Released in 1982, Hank Williams Jr.’s A Country Boy Can Survive became an anthem for self-reliance and Southern pride. Mixing outlaw country swagger with a defiant message about rural resilience, Hank Jr. sang of fishing, hunting, and living off the land while warning that “them ol’ boys raised on shotguns” wouldn’t back down from a changing world. Written by Hank himself, the song hit number 2 on the country charts and captured the spirit of the working man in Reagan-era America. Decades later,

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