line "So he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go. He fired Old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruett. And he fired some people that he didn't even know" is a comical reference to Hank Williams's overreaction to given circumstances. In 1991 country artist Alan Jackson released "Midnight in Montgomery", a song whose lyrics portray meeting Hank Williams's spirit at Williams's gravesite while on his way to a New Year's Eve show. Country artist Marty Stuart also paid homage to Williams with a tribute track entitled "Me and Hank and Jumping Jack Flash". The lyrics tell a story similar to the "Midnight in Montgomery" theme but about an up-and-coming country music singer getting advice from Williams's spirit. In 1983 country music artist David Allan Coe released "The Ride," a song that told a story of a young man with his guitar hitchhiking through Montgomery and being picked up by the ghost of Hank Williams in his Cadillac and driven to the edge of Nashville: "... You don't have to call me mister, mister, the whole world called me Hank." Songs that pay tribute to Williams include: "Alcohol and Pills" by Fred Eaglesmith and covered by Todd Snider "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way", "If Old Hank Could Only See Us Now", and "Hank Williams Syndrome", all by Waylon Jennings "The Car Hank Died In" by the Austin Lounge Lizards "Classic Cars" by Bright Eyes "The Conversation" by Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr., with the opening lyric sung by Jennings, "Hank, let's talk about your daddy" "Crank the Hank" by Dallas Wayne "Crazy Town" by Jason Aldean "Curse of Hank" by Tim Hus "The Death of Hank Williams" and "Hank Williams Sings the Blues No More", both by Jimmie Logsdon "Don't Look Down" by Grant Lee Phillips contains the line "Luke the Drifter and me thumbed us a ride down the highway of dreams." "Family Tradition" by Hank Williams Jr. "Ghost of Hank Williams" by David Allan Coe "The Ghost of Hank Williams" by the Kentucky Headhunters "The Grand Ole Opry (Ain't So Grand Anymore)" by Hank Williams III includes the lyrics, "The Grand Ole Opry ain't so grand anymore/Did you know Hank Williams is not a member, but they keep him outside their door." "The Great Hank" by Robert Earl Keen, detailing a dream in