He was a sexual predator, a deviant, and a pimp. was a swindler, an embezzler, and a forger. (How much his wife knew was unclear, even years later.) J.R. Robinson led a second life-secret and sordid-dating back nearly two decades. Neither his neighbors nor his children knew that J.R. He was also a founding elder of the nearby Presbyterian Church. He was a neighborhood activist, an officer of the residents’ association, and chairman of its rules committee. as a successful businessman and entrepreneur, always talking of new ventures. He attended his daughter’s flute recitals and band concerts, and refereed school volleyball games. A skilled handyman, he had built a soccer goal in the family’s spacious yard so his son could practice at home. Robinson was a doting father and husband. drove from Troost Avenue back across the state line to his Kansas home, where he arrived in time to attend his teenage son’s regular Saturday soccer game. The terrified woman, her sobs slowly ebbing, did not summon help. withdrew the gun from Theresa’s body, holstered it, and left the apartment as suddenly as he had entered. “I’ll bet you’ve never had a blowout,” he said. slid the gun down her torso and stuck the barrel into her vagina. Now you got the answer.Cowering and crying softly now, Theresa stiffened as J.R. And still do love it,” Williams said, his words catching. He can’t bring himself to sing the song live now following his wife’s death. After all the debaucherous blues, he sings, “Jesus, won’t you come by here/Down on my knees to pray,” like a sinner on Sunday. The last track on the album “Jesus Won’t You Come By Here,” the only religious song on the record and penned by Lightnin’ Hopkins, was a song Williams loved for decades. Then his wife, Mary Jane Thomas, whom he married in 1990, died in March after a medical emergency at a Florida spa. Williams’ eldest daughter Kate died in a car accident at age 27 in 2020, just months before it was announced he would be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Recorded at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Studio in Nashville, the session musicians include electric slide guitarist Kenny Brown, bassist Eric Deaton, drummer Kinney Kimbrough and Auerbach on guitar.īut for all the bravado that Williams displays, he can’t escape his own heartbreak as his family continues to endure tragedy. Burnside and Muddy Waters, as well as Williams’ own original tunes. The album is a sexualized romp through X-rated blues material by Robert Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, R.L. His new record continues to mythologize the macho boogie-woogie man, even as he has reached his 70s. His comments once cost him the “Monday Night Football” intro spot. He’s not quiet about his conservative political beliefs, likes singing about God, guns and the South. 1 hits include “A Country Boy Can Survive,” “Family Tradition” and “All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin’ Over Tonight,” which later became the opening theme song for “Monday Night Football.” He’s been named entertainer of the year multiple times by the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music and won a Grammy for best country vocal collaboration.īut he also has become headline fodder for his boisterousness and brashness, especially in his later years.
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