Montana Cafe

Montana Cafe
Studio album by Hank Williams Jr.
Released	July 1986 (1986-07)
Length	34:45
Label	Warner / Curb
Producer	Barry Beckett Jim Ed Norman Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Five-O (1985) Montana Cafe (1986) Hank Live (1987)
Singles from Montana Cafe
"Country State of Mind" Released: June 9, 1986 "Mind Your Own Business" Released: October 1986 "When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)" Released: February 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Montana Cafe is the thirty-ninth studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner / Curb 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 No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart ^[2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Country State of Mind""	Hank Williams Jr., Roger Alan Wade	4:00
2.	"Montana Cafe"	Williams Jr.	4:13
3.	"My Girl Don't Like My Cowboy Hat"	Williams Jr.	2:14
4.	"When Something Is Good (Why Does It Change)"	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)" (duet with Huey Lewis)	Willie Dixon	4:00
7.	"My Name Is Bocephus"	Williams Jr.	4:41
8.	"Loving Instructor"	Williams Jr.	2:44
9.	"Fat Friends"	Paul Hatfield, Eddie Long, Bill Marshall, Williams Jr.	2:02
10.	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson)	Hank Williams	2:27

Personnel

• Hank Williams Jr. – lead vocals
• Huey Lewis – duet vocals on "You Can't Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)"
• Reba McEntire – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Tom Petty – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Reverend Ike – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Willie Nelson – vocals on "Mind Your Own Business"
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Paul Worley – electric guitar
• Dickey Betts – electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
• Thunderhead Hawkins - electric guitar
• Lamar Morris – electric guitar
• Dino Bradley – electric guitar
• Wayne Turner – electric guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Henry Strzelecki – bass fiddle
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Matt Betton – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• 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
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
• Jerry McKinney – tenor saxophone
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Raul Ross – clarinet
• Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1986) Peak position US Billboard 200 [4] 93 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 33 Chart (1987) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 28

References

1. Campbell, Al. Montana Cafe review at AllMusic
2. allmusic ((( Montana Cafe > Charts & Awards )))
3. RIAA - Gold & Platinum
4. "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
5. "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
6. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2021.