CMT GIANTS: HANK WILLIAMS JR. SPECIAL HAS KID ROCK HANK WILLIAMS JR. SALUTED BY ALL HIS ROWDY FRIENDS: KID ROCK, TOBY KEITH, STEVEN TYLER, TIM McGRAW, ETC. The big news is that Kid Rock and a bunch of hard-drinking fellas got together to have a good time– and a fight didn t break out! Actually the wild celebration for Hank Williams Jr. was pretty tame considering all the bad boys of rock, country and sports who were on hand.

Kid Rock, Toby Keith, Aerosmith s Steven Tyler and football s mouthpiece Terry Bradshaw were among Hank Jr. s rowdy friends who showed up to sing Hank s hit songs and pay tribute to the legendary music rebel. And it was all filmed for cable s CMT. Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and sassy Gretchen Wilson were also part of the raucous party that took place on stage at the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Studios Hollywood.

They were there to honor the man who admitted he rather be on a hunting trip in Tennessee than fly into Los Angeles for the TV special CMT Giants: Hank Williams Jr. , premiering Nov. 17. But Hank Jr., called Bocephus by his good buddies (a nickname his dad gave him), did show up and basked in the glowing salutes by his peers. He sat on a sofa set up in front of the stage, and enjoyed the country-rock concert that also included Shooter Jennings, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buddy Guy and Holly Williams.

Hank Jr., well-known for his Monday Night Football opening, Are you ready for some football, has left an indelible legacy in the world of music. Although he follows in the family tradition of his father, country music icon Hank Williams ( Your Cheatin Heart ), he definitely made his own mark in the industry. We re all here to honor his extraordinary life and music, said Toby Keith, who saluted Hank Jr.