
OLD HANK WILLIAMS HEART
Music & Lyrics By
JR Greely Copyright 2000 - 2025

I was born to an old Hank Williams life,
With a passion for music a little hate for strife.
I found love in a bottle and no happiness for me,
the liquor stole my thunder and left its misery.

CHORUS
I was born with an old Hank Williams heart,
With a mind that's cold, sad, and dark.
Drinkin' whiskey by the gallon to ease away the pain,
Never finding satisfaction, just a victim of its game.
I was born with an old Hank Williams heart.

The roads I’ve traveled are long and hard,
Each mile a story, each tale a battle scar.
My eyes are glazed and my guitar is worn,
Every minor chord I play I hear a dyin' Angels horn.

CHORUS
I was born with an old Hank Williams heart,
With a mind that's cold, sad, and dark.
Drinkin' whiskey by the gallon to ease away the pain,
Never finding satisfaction, just a victim of its game
I was born with an old Hank Williams heart.


BRIDGE
Was the best God could give me.....
an Old ..... Hank Williams heart.


CHORUS
I was born with an old Hank Williams heart,
With a mind that is cold, sad, and dark.
Drinkin' whiskey by the gallon to ease away the pain,
Never finding satisfaction, just a victim of its game.
I was born with an old Hank Williams heart.

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Drinkin' whiskey by the gallon to ease away the pain,
Never finding satisfaction, just a victim of its game.
I was born with an Old Hank Williams heart.



Old Hank Williams Heart

Charley Crockett's album of his favorite country classics recorded in Austin, TX between a few fiery sessions. Co-Produced by Charley Crockett and Billy Horton at Fort Horton. Engineered by Billy Horton. Mastered by Jim Wilson.

08 I Ain't Never

07 You Must Be Drunk Again

06 Ramblin' Man

05 Just A Drink Away

04 Honky Tonk Blues

03 I Saw The Light

02 Jamestown Ferry

01 Night Train To Memphis

"I'm Movin' Out"
written and recorded by the Roues Brothers has been used in a Rene Zellwegger film, "New In Town", a super bowl commercial (2011), an epsode of Dexter and in a video game calle Fall Out New Vegas, features the vocals of Billy Roues accompanied by Steven Roues on upright bass, John Widgren on steel guitar.


I'm Movin' Out by The Roues Brothers

If you are an Artist looking for a song for your next project to make your own, send me a message. You never know, I may have a gem and a #1 hit for us both! 
My name is JR Greely a retired Maintenance Engineer/Auto Technician. 
I'm a traditional country/bluegrass style songwriter since 1991. You will find all different musical arrangements from Polka's to Hard Rock. I'm sure you'll hear something you just love. 
I've been lucky enough to have worked with Songwriters Of Wisconsin, Country Rainbow Music Inc, Hilltop Music, Tunesmith and NSAI Nashville. 
 I'm really excited to share my music with you. 
Happy Listening and Thank You for visiting!
JR~~~~The Songman

Growing up with a single mother in San Benito, Texas, the hometown of Tejano star Freddy Fender was not easy for blues singer Charley Crockett. Hitchhiking across the country exposed Crockett to the street life at a young age, following in the footsteps of his relative, American folk hero Davy Crockett, who also lived a wild life on the American frontier. After train hopping across the country, singing on the streets for change in New Orleans’ French Quarter, busking in New York City and performing across Texas and Northern California, Crockett set off to travel the world and lived on the streets of Paris for nearly a year before searching for home in Spain, Morocco, and Northern Africa.

The blues artist returned home to Texas and released his debut solo album titled A Stolen Jewel
in 2015, receiving critical acclaim in Dallas and ultimately landing him a Dallas Observer Music Award that year for “Best Blues Act”. A record “rich with Southern flavor, a musical gumbo of Delta blues, honky-tonk, gospel and Cajun jazz,” Jewel proved that Crockett, born into poverty in the Rio Grande, had come home to make his musical mark on the South. Crockett, who is self-described as elusive, rebellious and self-taught, has been compared to legends like Bill Withers, Merle Haggard, and Gary Clark Jr. 

He released his sophomore record In The Night, an admirable nod to his Texas country and Louisiana blues roots, on June 4 and ended 2016 having played over 125 shows. “In the Night” and Crockett’s song “I Am Not Afraid” received international recognition from top tastemakers after being picked by NPR Music as one of the "Top 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing” and selected by David Dye to be featured on World Cafe in late July. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called it “an impressive calling card, full of Crockett's plaintive soulfulness and swinging tempos" and Central Track noted the artist as having "the well-rounded songwriting capabilities of Van Morrison and a vocal approach that finds common ground between Bill Withers and early Dr. John." Crockett graced the cover of Buddy Magazine in May 2016, who called him “the archetype of the new American vagabond.”

He has shared the stage with artists like Turnpike Troubadours, Leon Bridges, Justin Townes Earle, Citizen Cope, Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Sean Hayes, Tab Benoit, Ace Enders and others. 

For more information www.CharleyCrockett.com

The Roues Brothers 
Billy and Steven “Muddy” Roues have been making music together since they were kids and have banded together with two friends with whom they’ve also played for many years; Ed “the Hammerhead” Steinberg and Kenny Margolis.  They are all journeymen in the music business, having crossed paths with some of the greats of Blues, Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll, Country, Soul, Folk, Jazz and Rhythm and Blues, including, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf, Pinetop Perkins, Lonnie Mack, Vassar Clemens, Lenny Kaye, David Bromberg, Pete Seeger, Johnny Johnson and many more. The experience of working with those artists that were and still are mentors and idols to them, whether onstage, in the studio, in films and television or in the songwriting process, has left an indelible mark on the music the Roues Brothers are making today. Their music can be heard worldwide on the internet, in movie and television soundtracks and on numerous recordings available at most digital sites including; CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon and the rest. The Roues Brothers have recently garnered new fans when a song of theirs, I’m Movin’ Out, was included in a popular video game, Fallout New Vegas. The brothers are working in several bands that feature their own original music including Finn and the Sharks, The UpSouth Twisters and Big Jim Wheeler & Wheels of Fire. You can find videos on YouTube and CD’s/mp3’s available CDBaby.com and as well as Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify and many other online outlets.
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/rouesbros 
 “These folks have the goods: they can write, sing and play stuff from all over the musical map and they always sound like they mean it.”
Nick Plakias online review

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