Montana Cafe

Montana Cafe
Studio album by Hank Williams, Jr.
Released	July 1986
Genre	Country
Length	34:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Barry Beckett Jim Ed Norman Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr. chronology
Five-O (1985) Montana Cafe (1986) Hank Live (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Montana Cafe is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in July 1986. "Country State of Mind," "Mind Your Own Business" and "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" were released as singles. The album reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart^[2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Country State of Mind" (Hank Williams, Jr., Roger Alan Wade) - 4:00
2. "Montana Cafe" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 4:13
3. "My Girl Don't Like My Cowboy Hat" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 2:14
4. "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 3:25
5. "Medley: Harvest Moon/St. Louis Blues" (Frank E. Tours, W. C. Handy) - 5:01
6. "You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)" (Willie Dixon) - 4:00
   • with Huey Lewis
7. "My Name Is Bocephus" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 4:41
8. "Loving Instructor" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 2:44
9. "Fat Friends" (Paul Hatfield, Eddie Long, Bill Marshall, Hank Williams, Jr.) - 2:02
10. "Mind Your Own Business" (Hank Williams) - 2:27
    • with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson

Personnel

• Matt Betton – drums
• Dickey Betts – electric guitar, steel guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
• Dino Bradley – electric guitar
• Herbert Bruce – trombone
• Ray Carroll – trumpet
• June Carter Cash – autoharp
• Ben Cauley – trumpet
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – mandolin
• Ike Harris – tuba
• Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Huey Lewis – duet vocals on "You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)"
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
• Reba McEntire – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Jerry McKinney – tenor saxophone
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Lamar Morris – electric guitar
• Willie Nelson – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Tom Petty – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Reverend Ike – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Raul Ross – clarinet
• Henry Strzelecki – bass fiddle
• Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
• Wayne Turner – electric guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Hank Williams Jr. – electric guitar, lead vocals
• Paul Worley – electric guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	93

References

1. Campbell, Al. Montana Cafe review at AllMusic
2. allmusic ((( Montana Cafe > Charts & Awards )))
3. RIAA - Gold & Platinum