Hank is back on ESPN! From 1989 to 2011, Hank Williams Jr.’s song “All My Rowdy Friends” was how TV viewers began Monday Night Football, but ESPN and Hank parted ways and after 6 years, he’s back! Hank Williams said in interview on Sunday: “I never said ‘Are you ready for some football’ on stage one time the last five or six years, but I will now,”
Even Hank posted the news on his Facebook page
Are You Ready For Some Football is BACK. Yes, tune in Monday Nights to ESPN for some Bocephus.
Posted by Hank Williams Jr. on Monday, June 5, 2017
“I think it’s a return to our past in that it’s such an iconic song associated with football,” said Stephanie Druley, ESPN’s senior vice president of events. “It belongs to Monday Night Football. It’s a Monday night party and that’s what we’re all hoping to get back to.”
Are you ready for some football?
After six years, Hank and all his rowdy friends are back on Monday night.https://t.co/4ssbjDnfeo
— ESPN (@espn) June 5, 2017
If you may or may not know ESPN parted ways with Hank Williams Jr. due to some controversial comments about then-President Barack Obama.
ESPN Brings Back Hank Williams Jr. For 'Monday Night Football' Theme https://t.co/Z3bm6oPJ5d#HankWilliamsJr #MondayNightFootball pic.twitter.com/RiLKX8Gq31
— Wild Fire (@wildfiresingers) June 5, 2017
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Reported by RollingStone.com
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