Hank Williams

Disc: 1

1. Hey Good Lookin'

2. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

3. Cold Cold Heart

4. Honky Tonk Blues

5. Ramblin' Man

6. (Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep

7. Kaw-Liga

8. Please Don't Let Me Love You

9. Half as Much

10. Mansion on the Hill [Live]

Disc: 2

1. Your Cheatin' Heart

2. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

3. Take These Chains from My Heart

4. You Win Again

5. I Saw the Light

6. Crazy Heart

7. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

8. Lost Highway

9. I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You

10. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Hank Williams,Hank Williams,Direct Source Label,Country,Honky Tonk,Pop,Traditional Country,United States of America

Average customer rating: Good, but a little too country/western Fun to drive with Cars! great cd Cars My boys love it!

Cars Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Disney | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Disney Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cars (Widescreen Edition) Cars: Lightning McQueen's Fast Tracks Happy Feet Cars Essential Guide (Dk Essential Guides) Disney Mack Truck Playset ASIN: B000EUMPBS Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

1. Real Gone - Sheryl Crow
2. Route 66 - Chuck Berry
3. Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts
4. Behind The Clouds - Brad Paisley
5. Our Town - James Taylor
6. Sh-Boom - The Chords
7. Route 66 - John Mayer
8. Find Yourself - Brad Paisley
9. Opening Race
10. McQueen's Lost
11. My Heart Would Know - Hank Williams
12. Bessie
13. Dirt Is Different
14. New Road
15. Tractor Tipping
16. McQueen And Sally
17. Goodbye
18. Pre-Race Pageantry
19. The Piston Cup
20. The Big Race

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Cars is a typical Disney-Pixar animated movie in that it deals with an anthropomorphic character (here, a car) and the heartwarming values of family and friendship. (Alas, we'll have to wait a little while longer for the company to take on greed and selfishness.) The accompanying soundtrack is equally typical in that it's split between catchy pop songs and a score by Randy Newman. The clear highlight of the pop tracks is Sheryl Crow's boisterous, huge-sounding "Real Gone" (her best song in ages). Rascal Flatts also cover Tom Cochrane's 1991 hit "Life Is a Highway," while John Mayer rocks out on "Route 66" (Chuck Berry's elegantly lean version is included as well). For his part, Newman continues his distinguished association with quality animation by supplying a nimble score. It's fun to hear him deploy riffs that wouldn't be out of place on a Quiet Riot album on the bombastic "Opening Race," while the bluesy "Bessie" does George Thorogood with a tuba. The CD's overall Southern flavor is emphasized by the frequent use of banjo and slide guitar, as well as by score tracks cantering about, like "McQueen and Sally." And, as usual, Newman delivers a nostalgic, misty-eyed song--in this case "Our Town," performed by that master of sensitive laid-back charm, James Taylor. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Good, but a little too country/western.......2007-07-17

My family LOVES a couple of the songs - Sheryl Crow's "Real Gone" and Brad Paisley's "Life is a Highway," but several of the rest are just too mellow or country/western-style for our taste. But there's a pretty good remake of "Route 66," as well as the classic original. All in all, it's worth the money just for those songs.

Fun to drive with Cars!.......2007-07-13

Used Cars Gotta love it! The movie's great and having the music in the car makes it a fun ride!

great cd.......2007-07-10

Great movie soundtrack cd. Lots of good songs and music; if you've seen the movie, you can almost see the action going on with the different orchestral pieces. The kids love the songs. We've only had the cd a couple of weeks but the kids are already singing along with the songs; the kids are 2 and 5.

Cars.......2007-06-14

My son loved the movie and we love the soundtrack. Sheryl Crow's song is great!

My boys love it!.......2007-05-25

I love this CD as much as my boys do. It is so upbeat and fun! We listen to this in the car all the time and the boys love to tell me what scene is happening with each different song. They even like listening to the back half of the CD and describing each part that is going on. I would definitely recommend this for any Cars fan - it's great!

Average customer rating: Hank made a lot of great music! HANK TELLS IT LIKE IT IS Classic Never grows old The Best Cd Ever

20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits Hank Williams Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits Patsy Cline - The Definitive Collection 16 Biggest Hits Merle Haggard - 20 Greatest Hits Ultimate Waylon Jennings ASIN: B000001EWA Release Date: 1990-10-17

Tracks:

1. Your Cheatin' Heart
2. Move It On Over
3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
4. Ramblin' Man
5. My Heart Would Know
6. Kaw-Liga
7. Cold, Cold Heart
8. Lovesick Blues
9. Honky Tonk Blues
10. Honky Tonkin'
11. There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight
12. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
13. Hey Good Lookin'
14. Window Shopping
15. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
16. Half As Much
17. Why nDon't You Love Me
18. You Win Again
19. Baby, We're Really In Love
20. Take These Chains From My Heart

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Hank 101. Country 101. After 27 years in print as 24 Greatest Hits, Mercury kindly reduced it to 20 Greatest Hits. It's still excellent value, and it's still sobering to realize that Hank recorded just 66 songs during his lifetime, almost all of them essential. Here are those that serve as a working definition of country music, and as an admonition to artists who try to get too wordy or try to lose themselves in minor keys. "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Honky-Tonk Blues," "Cold, Cold Heart," "Lovesick Blues," "You Win Again," "I Can't Help It," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and the rest. Fifty years later, they still have the power to move, and the power to shape modern country music. --Colin Escott

Customer Reviews:

Hank made a lot of great music!.......2006-11-10

Listening to this CD brought back a lot of memories of some great songs. I had forgotten how many songs Hank wrote. The quality of the recording is pretty decent, considering that some of the music was originally recorded a long time ago. There's quite a number of songs that have been recorded by others later, but Hank was the guy who wrote them...

HANK TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.......2006-08-29

I remember Hank. He could not write a bad song if he tried. The majority of his songs were about life, love and living. Often I saw myself in his songs.

To me, this collection is the best-of-the-best of Hank. If you like a good love song that tells a story, you will love this CD -- all 20 songs.
Dorothy W. Rossa
Chicago, Illinois

Classic.......2006-08-21

Anybody who likes Hank Williams will love this album. Classic Hank (tear jerker songs) Wonderful country poetry lyrics. This album has been remastered beautifully. Enjoy!

Never grows old.......2006-03-16

Hank Williams layed the foundation for all the kids that came after Him to Build.

The Best Cd Ever.......2006-03-09

I am 31 - but grew up on country music. I love all music - but especially older country music. I love Hank senior Johnny Cash etc. This CD is one of my very best purchases ever. I have a large music collection. If you enjoy his music -this is a must buy. Don't think twice. The best music is a souls essence released in song.

Average customer rating: That's Entertainment! Bwahaha... Album Stinks Pass this up and you are just plain Jack Ass through and through. the album i've been waiting for

Risin' Outlaw Hank Williams III Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lovesick Broke & Driftin' Straight to Hell Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts Put the O Back in Country Electric Rodeo ASIN: B00000K3G0 Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

1. I Don't Know
2. You're The Reason
3. If The Shoe Fits
4. 87 Southbound
5. Lonesome For You
6. What Did Love Ever Do To You
7. On My Own
8. Honky Tonk Girls
9. Devil's Daughter
10. Cocaine Blues
11. Thunderstorms & Neon Signs
12. Why Don't You Leave Me Alone
13. Blue Devil

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This is what rockin' country is supposed to sound like. Shelton Hank Williams, grandson of the country music icon, shows everything he's got on "I Don't Know," his debut's opening track: breakneck fiddle; fancy picking, equal parts Nashville and Macon; flexible rhythm section; wounded, piercing vocals; and unforgiving songs of rage, recklessness, and rejection. He then spends the rest of the CD refining it, song by song. As a writer, he has a real flair for imagery and the sturdy hook, and he also has good taste in remakes. Yes, there is some posturing; occasionally it feels like his nose for trouble, sense of despair, and wild eyes spring from listening to all the right records rather than out of anyone's real life. But for the most part, Hank III seems to come by these things the old-fashioned way: he earns them. Already. If he doesn't earn too much, he's going to do great things. --John Morthland

Customer Reviews:

That's Entertainment!.......2007-07-17

I love it when Hank III plays country (not so into his thrash side). Anyway, this is my personal favorite as "Lovesick Broke & Driftin'" is a tad weak and "Straight To Hell" seems a little too scattered and self-indulgent. This one just makes me wanna drink beer and have a good time! He's not the best songwriter, but it's that magic twang in his voice and the classic honky tonk sound that gets me going. As an aside, it's really annoying to me when all these former rock music guys proclaim stuff like this to be "Real Country". You people have no clue what real country is! It sure as hell isn't your little elitist/romanticized version where a rock beat, murder ballads and songs about partying are about all thats allowed to pass the hipster PC court. Country music gives comfort to working class people in rural communities. And if that means Faith Hill and Brad Paisley, so what! Real country people don't give a damn about you tattooed suburban posers trying to dictate what's "real". Hank III is no more "real" than any of that other "alternative" country crap that will be passe soon enough. He's just doing retro-flavored stuff to make a little money. I don't care. Enjoy your next fad!

Bwahaha..........2007-01-28

Loaded up, hammered back, I'll smack you with my tire jack.

All I gotta say and it's not even my quote. Buy it punks.

Album Stinks.......2006-02-15

Hank III has done nothing but prove what a whiner he is by trashing other artists. I have not heard one song on here that suggests any artistic ability. This guy needs to clean up his mouth and worry about himself instead of trashing others.

Pass this up and you are just plain Jack Ass through and through........2006-01-09

If you've never bought a Country CD in your life, Make this your first. It is haunting. I defy anyone to play this just once. I always repeat it at least 3 times.

The Man is the most potent proof that one can reveal the age of one's soul through his music. As flat & shallow as the most electronically plumped pop crap on the so called country charts today, is Hank Williams III deep. Next to III, His Father may as well be a fat drunk in a seedy karaoke bar. This young man does his Grandpa proud & them some. He seems possessed of the spirit without having to struggle to invent an identity of his own like his father before him to step out of big Hank's shadow. III steps into the shadow and lights it up like a state fair on the 4th of July. It is all there. It has skipped a generation but it is in the marrow of his bones. In fact he's a damn good living argument for re-incarnation if you ask me. Haunting is a word that is in my mind every time I play my copy of one of his albums. But this isn't for someone looking for a fair impression of Grandpa as his father once did. I myself find myself listening to III then putting on a bit of Grandpa & after a few songs I'm hungry for this all together new phenomenon. The dimensions he reveals & the music he creates in doing so. It's not old fashioned country, nor rockabilly, punk, rock or anything that I think can be pigeon holed. It is as new a form as the bop with which Charlie Parker once rocked the Jazz world. Hank III's versatility is beyond description. Surrounding himself with a posse of daredevil side men who are as hot, versatile & inventive as he, Hank III will have you banging on the Internet for more discs & cursing his woebegone label for holding him back. So talented & so obviously deep a well of humanity is this young man that it would come as no surprise to me if someone, someday mined a great acting ability from that well. The distant mournful look in his eyes within the innocent childlike face belies any image of less to which any reviewer of poorer soul may point.

He is at once, dark, mournful, childishly cocky, sexy, raw & miscieveouly playful. He has a facet for every emotion a listener can possibly need expressed through music. You will put him on when you're blue and end up cheered, you will put him on for a good time & end up haunted long after the album has reached it's end. He comes across as the kind of guy with whom any fun loving man would like to roll one, go out & get plastered & any woman would want to hole up for a stormy few days in shack with a guitar & couple of bottles of J.D.

I pray he can get by & be happy without ever selling out to the industry & falling into the same crap mold of all the big Nashville/Hollywood stars who pass for country artists today. Listen to this Boy & every country record, tape or cd you own that isn't his, his Grandfather's or Patsy Cline's will gather a thick layer of dust before you put them in a giveaway box where they belong.
He will surely leave you with an allergy to sequins sharp black suits and Grammy winning, bleached white teeth.

There was Hank Williams & There is HANK WILLIAMS III. Don't need nobody else & if ya do, you must have a tin ear, shallow life, black heart and a deep dark hole where your soul oughtta be.

Hank Williams JR. -- Do yourself a favor old man & retire. He has come -- no thanks to you!

the album i've been waiting for.......2005-03-29

This album is the epitome of honkytonk country. I have been waiting damn near all my life for this album. Many have tried but none have come this close to the real thing. I can listen to this for days and not get tired of it. It may not be for everyone but this is as good as it gets for the genre. His father may have left a few things to be desired but Hank III picks up right where his grandfather left off and brings a modern edge to this music. If I could rate this as six stars I would. A classic in music almost forgotten.

Average customer rating: Hank J.r. As good or better than his father. Country of today is pure Pop! Now This Is Real Rebel Country "Hank, Whyyyy Do You Drink...Whyyyy Do You Roll Smoke?"

Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.1 Hank Williams Jr. Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.2 David Allan Coe - 17 Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr. - Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 A Decade of Hits Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound: Original Classic Hits, Vol. 4 ASIN: B000000D7C Release Date: 1993-10-05

Tracks:

1. Family Tradition
2. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound
3. Women I've Never Had
4. Old Habits
5. Kaw-Liga
6. Dixie On My Mind
7. Texas Women
8. The American Dream
9. A Country Boy Can Survive
10. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)

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This is Hank Jr. in his late-'70s/early-'80s version, that brief moment after he'd discovered a sound and persona that wasn't just inherited but before he devolved into a good-old-boy caricature. Not that Bocephus isn't engaging in some posturing here already--the preposterous "Texas Women," for example, could stand unaltered as a Saturday Night Live parody of redneck lechery. More often, though, the 10 hit singles on this disc combine a low-key brand of Southern rock boogie with plenty of twang to fashion a wholly distinctive take on country tradition. Williams's work here is always indelible, and though he likes to drop his daddy's name a bit too often, it's hard to argue with introspective numbers like "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" and "Family Tradition," which each offer a unique and timeless take on the honky-tonk blues. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

Hank J.r........2007-05-02

The CD Hank Williams J.r. greatest hits is a great CD, and his famous song Famliy Tradtion is on this CD. There are ten song on this CD. Hank Williams J.r.talks about his dad in the song Family Tradtion. This is a great CD to listen to.


Ethan

As good or better than his father........2007-01-23

This album should be considered a classic for collectors for a long time to come. Well worth the amount paid for it.

Country of today is pure Pop!.......2006-01-28

This is great. Generally, Country Music is weak. Tim McGraw, Brooks and Dunn, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Randy Travis all create simple music for simple people. That is a fact.
But Hank serves up the real deal. Buy this and play it loud. Maybe you can drown out phonys of country. Better yet! Blast it in your F150's, while you run over the Nashville's corporate pretty boys.

Now This Is Real Rebel Country.......2005-02-19

Even though trendy folks like Gretchen Wilson and Big And Rich are abusively gripping to his coattails, you have to remember that Hank, Jr. wasn't always the popular kid on the Nashville schoolbus. It took them years to recognize him as a true performer who stood on his own. Perhaps it was having to deal with the shadow of his father, or just that Nashville didn't want him to be a popular act, Bocephus never received his due until he was well into his career.

Hank, Jr. remedied the problem of being the outcast in Nashville by doing what so many artists can't do: be himself. Sure, he's loud, a little too honest, and just a flat-out hellraiser, but that's what folks like to hear. That's what has staying power.

This disc, which features Bocephus' biggest hits from the late 70's/early 80's, is loaded with enough attitude to shake up even the biggest poser in Nashville. Things open up with "Family Tradition," the song that is a legend unto itself in bars and honky-tonks across the USA. Next we have "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound," "Women I've Never Had," and seven more instantly recognizable hits. My personal favorites include "Texas Women"(maybe 'cause I married one), and "Dixie On My Mind."

The biggest song on this disc has to be "A Country Boy Can Survive." It's the song that has spawned countless arguments over what would happen if the world fell apart tomorrow. It has empowered the good, bad, and ugly of the rural world. It makes city boys quiver in their metrosexual underpants. In short, it is one of the most popular songs ever put out there. It's influence is still felt today in acts like Montgomery Gentry and even Kid Rock.

In closing, buy this disc if you want real rebel country. Folks who like music by artists like Waylon Jennings will probably like this. Also, youngsters who enjoy Kid Rock need to check this out since without Hank, Kid Rock might have turned out to be another Vanilla Ice.

Give Bocephus his due, he's an integral part of the Country/Southern rock genre.

"Hank, Whyyyy Do You Drink...Whyyyy Do You Roll Smoke?".......2004-04-18

Hank Williams Jr. made me a Country Music fan. He mixes the perfect blend of Southern Rock and Country into his songs, creating music that even folks who dislike country music can learn to love; but make no mistake, it's without question classic Country music, and dang good music at that. This CD is a list of hits from 1979-1981, and if you're new to Hank's music, it's a good place to start getting acquainted with him.

What I love about Hank is that he shamelessly let's you know that he's a country boy and that he's proud of it. He's a real maverick and blazes his own trail instead of following country music trends. Hank does his thing and makes no apologies for it. If for no other reason, I personally would listen to his music for that reason alone.

Some of my favorites on this CD are the incomparable good-time bad-boy songs, "Family Tradition," "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound," and "Women I've Never Had." If you've never had a good time drinkin' with Hank in the speakers, you're missin' out and need to toss back a few with the music blaring! Then there's one of the proud anthems for country folks all around America, "A Country Boy Can Survive," which is a favorite around my hillbilly-in-laws' house. Then there's the sober, "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)," which is still a fun song to listen to even though all his rowdy friends have settled and "rowdy'd on down."

How can anyone not like Bocephus? He's plain spoken and sings his songs like he's just there to have a good time. Hey, anyone who sings a song that proclaims, "He likes happy and don't like sad," is worth listening to in my book; and any guy who sings songs about a ramblin' man, while askin' for a cold one in his hand is my kind of guy.

Don't stop to think it over, just put yourself in his position. Buy this CD, and make it a family tradition! It's a classic and worth every penny. Yee-Haw!!!!

Average customer rating: Hellbilly Hellraiser!!! 10 Stars Hell Is Right! For Me It's Freezing Over! I Like Hank III Hank 3 at his best!

Straight to Hell Hank Williams III Manufacturer: Bruc Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Risin' Outlaw Lovesick Broke & Driftin' Electric Rodeo Put the O Back in Country Thunderstorms and Neon Signs ASIN: B000AGTQGS Release Date: 2006-02-28

Tracks:

1. Satan Is Real, Straight to Hell
2. Thrown Out of the Bar
3. Things You Do To Me
4. Country Heroes
5. D Ray White
6. Low Down
7. Pills I Took
8. Smoke & Wine
9. My Drinkin Problem
10. Crazed Country Rebel
11. Dick in Dixie
12. Not Everybody Likes Us
13. Angel of Sin

Tracks:

1. Louisiana Stripes

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A new album from Hank Williams III is always a revelation: first, because it came out at all (his relationship with his label is as stormy as the marriage of his legendary grandparents); and second, because of its content and execution. So it's something of a miracle to see a 2-CD set of some of III's most hardcore Hellbilly (as opposed to the relentless screaming of his Assjack), especially as a number of the songs had been scheduled to appear on his unreleased 2003 album Thrown Out of the Bar. Hank III calls the new offering--recorded mostly on a $500 machine, for a DIY sound--a "thrill ride into a life of sin." This may explain the fact that Straight to Hell, which opens with some old-fashioned gospel and abruptly ends with the sound of a belly-laughing Satan, comes with a parental advisory sticker. He earns it, all right, especially on "Dick in Dixie," which is not a song about a man named Richard. As usual, III spends a lot of time pointing out what's wrong with Nashville; worshiping pills, weed, and wine; and self-mythologizing. But when he gets down to business, putting his graddaddy's bray on such songs of misery as "Angel of Sin," well, all is forgiven. III also gets big points for the second disc's 42-minute hidden track, a self-indulgent but brilliant pastiche of sound comprised of a Hank Sr. song ("I Could Never Be Ashamed of You"), snippets of a Wayne "The Train" Hancock tune, a fragment of a song III wrote with ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons, a little Cheech and Chong, as well as assorted sounds of a speeding train, runaway horses, pig snorts, a gunshot, and some hellfire-and-brimstone preaching. A drug-laced dream? The soundtrack to that journey to Hades of the album title? Damned interesting, either way. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Hellbilly Hellraiser!!!.......2007-06-26

To call this latest Hank III release revolutionary should demonstrate just how far country music has fallen from its roots. However, if anyone should lead the charge to regain the outlaw image while redefining the mythology of country, it ought to be Hank III.



Simply put, this is an absolute masterpiece. While Broke, Lovesick and Driftin' is a crooner of a record grandpappy would be proud to hear, Straight to Hell offers the best of all country and western has to offer. And make no bones about it, Hank III is serious about his country. Everything from bluegrass to hillbilly to southern rock can be found here.



You can also find the reverance of a young man who knows his country roots. Country Heroes is an ode to those outlaws that came before him. The men on which country has come to rest and, in times of need, fallen back on. D Ray White pays homage to III West Virginia roots while reminding Country music lovers who this music is really about.



And yes, there is the country mythology. Whether Hank has done half the things he claims makes no difference. The energy, enthusiasm and integrity with which he performs will make you believe just about anything. For all I know, he wrestled a grizzly bear with one hand tied behind his back while chuggin' a beer. Hell, that is tame compared to some of the content within.



At times the pace is so fast you can't help but wonder how they pulled it off. If you are ever trying to get your moonshine over the border, fuel up with Dick in Dixie. This steamroller of a song will have you burning a whole in your boots.



Then there is Low Down, a mid-tempo, southern rock diddy that could just as well been done by Hank, Jr. And the blues based tune, Not Everybody Likes Us, lets you know exactly what Hank III really thinks of todays state of Nashville.



'Old school' country fans may find some of the lyrics a bit harsh. There are plenty of drug references and colorful metaphors to describe sex. New country fans will not care for Hank's direct approach to the latest happenings with today's country scene. However, these are trifle matters easily brushed aside by the brilliance of this disc.



Oh yeah, and that is only disc 1. If the first disc has you reaching for the bottle, the second disc may just land you in jail. Enjoy!

10 Stars.......2007-06-07

Yeah, what everybody else has said and more. This CD gives me renewed faith in American music. I'm not a country music fan but I learned the words and sang along to Hank's records when I was a little kid and now, after the crap that Jr. puts out, here we are again, Hank Williams raising hell and turning things on their heads. Man, I cannot hear this CD enough. The songs are great, period, but don't overlook the musicianship, which is balls-to-the-wall great. Also a great act to see live if you get the chance.

Hell Is Right! For Me It's Freezing Over!.......2007-04-15

Now, I certainly hope you can take the word of a guy who has never been into country music. I dip into so many genres, and country I had always avoided intentionally. Listening to this cd I realized why that is. For someone who doesn't like country, the only place you will hear any country is on the radio or on tv if you happen to be within earshot(or riding shotgun in a car with some schmuck who's blaring and singing along with it). And what kind of country is played on the radio and tv, children? Like any other popular music station, 100% Grade-A crapola. Hank is certainly an eye opener. Hank reminds me of the stuff my grandparents were listening to when I was very young; Stuff that sounded like it came from the heart and soul, not pop music with fake southern accents. Hank is country the way I always felt it should sound. Hank sings about heartbreak, drinking, and his idols. He's not afraid to glorify drug use and make a slam on pop country every chance he can. Kinda like the Manowar of country if you will. The fact that Hank's singing from the heart comes right through your speakers. You can practically feel it, and his enthusiasm and love for country becomes downright infectious. You find yourself going, "Yeah, Hank! You tell em how it is!" This is a guy right at home and having the time of his life playing songs in a bar with rowdy, dedicated fans, not prancing around in an enormous arena with 80 band members and wearing one of those secret service earpieces(that ever really seem "country" to you?). Hank is "keepin' it real" as those wacky kids like to say nowdays. Not one throwaway tune on Straight To Hell, so you need not bother with that skip button, just put it on and let it run. Disc two shows us that Hank's also into experimenting with sound. Lots of acoustic tunes with noises and sound effects in between. If John Zorn were to do a country album, it'd probably sound something like this. One of the sounds is a few minutes of a locomotive. If you have a good sound system at home and turn this up, you'd swear you had a train going right through your living room. Needless to say Brooks and Dunn won't be doing a disc like this soon. But as I said before, you want the real deal, this is it. I'm definitely no authority on country music, but I know what I like, and judging by the previous reviews for this cd, I seem to be on the right track. Get yourself on track!

I Like Hank III.......2007-03-22

I really enjoy the music of Hank III. I own almost all of III's releases and each has some strong tracks on them. This one has some, too. I dig Satan is Real/Straight to Hell, Crazed Country Rebel,
and Dick In Dixie, but that's about it. That 42 minute whatever on disc
2 is a waste of space. For any disc to deserve 5 stars more than half of the songs should be good. Hank III has still not reached this yet...

Hank 3 at his best!.......2007-01-10

THIS IS THE BEST COUNTRY ALBUM I HAVE EVER HEARD KICK BACK AND ENJOY, START TO FINISH!

Average customer rating: Wow. It's Hank III, buy it for cryin out loud!! Hank 3! Just as good if not better than the original Hank GOOD CW Not My Style of Country

Lovesick Broke & Driftin' Hank Williams III Manufacturer: Wea/Atlantic/Curb ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Risin' Outlaw Straight to Hell Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts Electric Rodeo Put the O Back in Country ASIN: B00005V8PI Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. 7 Months, 39 Days
2. Broke, Lovesick & Driftin'
3. Cecil Brown
4. Lovin' & Huggin'
5. One Horse Town
6. Mississippi Mud
7. Whiskey, Weed, & Women
8. Trashville
9. Walkin' With Sorrow
10. 5 Shots Of Whiskey
11. Nighttime Ramblin' Man
12. Callin' Your Name
13. Atlantic City

Amazon.com

"Lord, honey, you're a ghost," Minnie Pearl allegedly told Hank Williams III after their first meeting. It's a natural reaction to the skinny singer with the sunken cheekbones and, especially, the pinched nasal vocal--so reminiscent of his famous grandfather's catch-and-moan delivery. Hank III's debut, Risin' Outlaw, made that clear, but now his follow-up carves it on the wall, vocally, melodically, and lyrically. While the third-generation rebel strives mightily to find his own sound by wedding the spooky, old-style country blues and dark themes of his grandfather (Hank Sr.) to the Southern rock and boogie of his dad (Hank Jr.), at times he's guilty of trying too hard to buck Nashville ("Trashville") and re-create the misery of the Williams family tradition. Song after song packs danger and despair between the lines, in drinking to kill the pain, in wallowing in depression, in walking the "low road" of life. That said, III knows how to conjure a gutbucket rhythm ("7 Months and 39 Days") as well as a mournful tearjerker ("5 Shots of Whiskey"), and his touring band keeps things spare, raw, and honkin'. Not everything comes together, but there's no doubting this is a fascinating snapshot of a magical performer struggling to make his own legend. --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Song after song packs danger and despair between the lines, in drinking to kill the pain, in wallowing in depression, in walking the 'low road' of life. That said, Hank III knows how to conjure a gutbucket rhythm ('7 Months and 39 Days') as well as a mournful tearjerker ('5 Shots of Whiskey'), and his touring band keeps things spare, raw & honkin'. Curb Records.

Customer Reviews:

Wow........2007-02-23

I grew up in rural Indiana, and grew up on honky-tonk and rock 'n roll. This is the purest honky-tonk album I've heard in a long time. (and maybe the best I've ever heard too) He sounds so much like his grandfather, It's eerie. Wonderful album, and III's best country effort, by far.
Peace

It's Hank III, buy it for cryin out loud!!.......2007-01-21

This is Hank III showing what this country boy can do best. He brings the "real" country back to the masses. I love this guys music and I don't even listen to country. All that new stuff ain't anything but pop music anyway.

If you buy this you have to buy his latest "Straight to Hell" too.

Hank 3! Just as good if not better than the original Hank.......2007-01-10

Hank 3 doing what he knows best, REAL COUNTRY!

GOOD CW.......2006-07-04

I used to say I don't like country. Then I said well except for Hank and Patsy. Now I am saying, I LOVE HANK III ! He does sound a lot like his Grandpa and not so much like his daddy whom I have never much liked. I was really expecting him to be more rockabilly which I love but he seems pretty classic. I will not be surprised when he kicks out the jams on some future disk. I recommend this disk.

Not My Style of Country.......2006-04-05

I'm a big fan of Outlaw and Texas Country, however, still album was not for me. Hank III is too raw, too basic, and too lacking for me. However, he does have a very unique sound and style and I can't think of anyone else out there that he sounds like. Still I'd be cautious about buy this CD and listen to the song samples that Amazon provides.

Average customer rating: Makes me feel closer to everyone... Nashville hacks singing for faux-patriotism Great CD To to a kids review A Message For A Kid's Rewiew Comment

Patriotic Country Various Artists Manufacturer: Bmg Marketing ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Patriotic Country, Vol. 2 American Patriot Have You Forgotten? America Will Always Stand God Bless America ASIN: B00025L42G Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

1. Lee Greenwood - God Bless The U.S.A.
2. Montgomery Gentry - My Town
3. Brooks And Dunn - Til My Dyin Day
4. Martina Mcbride - God Bless America (Previously Unreleased)
5. Aaron Tippin - Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly
6. Lones tar- Im Already There
7. Randy Travis - America Will Always Stand
8. Phil Vassar - American Child
9. Kenny Chesney - Back Where I Come From
10. Alabama - Born Country
11. Neil McCoy - Im Your Biggest Fan (Previously Unreleased)
12. Hank Williams, Jr - America Will Survive
13. Blackhawk - Days Of America
14. The Charlie Daniels Band - This Aint No Rag, Its A Flag
15. The Warren Brothers - Hey Mr. President
16. David Ball - Riding With Private Malone
17. Dusty Drake - One Last Time
18. Kenny Rogers - Homeland

Album Description

A portion of the proceeds from each CD sold will be donated to the USO, our active-duty troops, and the families of fallen soldiers.

This collection includes a previously unreleased "God Bless America" by Martina McBride (performed only once at the Rose Bowl Parade Jan 2002).

Customer Reviews:

Makes me feel closer to everyone... .......2007-05-30

When my husband deploys, I feel alone, scared and yes worried.. As a military wife you usually aren't allowed to admit that.. :) This cd is amazing... I love it and it makes him being gone a lot easier.. I don't care what anyone says... We are in the right fight.. at the right time with the right President. I don't like him being gone.. But its worth it.. This CD makes me feel patriotic.. it tugs at my heartstrings.. makes me smile.. I can imagine driving with Private Andrew Malone.. I can feel proud to be an American... I can cry over "I'm already there.." All the songs make me smile... So yes.. worth every penny and more!!!
God Bless America!!!

Nashville hacks singing for faux-patriotism.......2005-12-23

Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Lonestar, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, Aaron Tippin, Lee Greenwood, Neal McCoy, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Phil Vassar, The Warren Brothers, Dusty Drake, Hank Williams Jr., Alabama, The Charlie Daniels Band, David Ball, and Blackhawk.

What do these artists have in common? Cutting edge musical geniuses? Gifted songwriters able to speak to a wide range of audiences? Innovators in their genre?

Err, no.

Actually what they all have in common is that they all appear on this package, created to commercially exploit the war on terrorism, one which contains songs like Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly, This Ain't No Rag, It's A Flag, and Back Where I Come From. In other words, maudlin, xenophobic, cliche filled, black/white dichotomous sentiments, and the lack of any attempt at rational or questioning political analysis, all set to fiddles and pedal steel guitars, and to be marketed and sold at Wal-Mart. I should add that I am not against patriotism, when it is intelligent and well informed; this, however, is dumb, reactionary faux-patriotism. Nothing is more so than the song God Bless the USA. As an American who loves his country, I can say that this song, with its syrupy sound and its naive lyrics, does not speak for me.

I listened to a bit of this schlock on a plane ride a while back just to see how much of it I could take. The answer was - not very much. What little I could take made me want to drink, and heavily.

Some of these performers, specifically Brooks and Dunn, Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels, and perhaps Kenny Chesney and even (I hate to admit) Toby Keith are actually fairly talented; others, like former lounge singer Lee Greenwood, Alabama, Montgomery Gentry, etc, are 3rd rate musical hacks.

Ultimately, listening to this nonsense, I'm reminded that some of the greats of the genre, like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, George Jones, and Willie Nelson were neither knee-jerk
reactionaries nor apologists for a ruling political party. Then again, Dusty Drake, Montgomery Gentry, and Blackhawk are no Johnny Cashes. Just Nashville hacks, soon to be forgotten.

Great CD.......2005-08-21

It is a great CD. If you like country music, this is a great buy. Not all the songs are about America, but make you feel good and proud of where you come from.

NOTE: Most of the bad reviews below have to more with politics than music. These folks probably have never listened to all the songs let alone actually buying the CD.

To to a kids review.......2005-07-31

"would like to say that this is a great cd and I love it when people write reviews like the one written on Dec. 21, 2004 titled (One of the worst cds ever). People like you make me sick, first you don't use your real name (like your a terrorist wearing a hood), next you play it off like a kid wrote that review, very cowardly. "

I'll tell you I'm a kid (age 16) and some don't want to use their real name because this is the internet, not real life. If you knew my name or the original reviewer's real name, would that make any difference? Anywa, you say since a reviewer doesn't use their real name, they are a terrorist? Very intelligent.



"If your home is destroyed by someone, you are not going to look for the people or person involved. No you are going to the proper authorities and they will handle it.

That is what happened here. We were attacked and the proper authorities are handling the situation."

We were not attacked by Iraq and the proper authorities are not handling the situation. We attacked Afghanistan, but Iraq has nothing to do with this.

"Look I am all for freedom for imagrant's but they took it to far with the attacks. Living in our country, working here, becoming friendly with the neighborhoods and gaining the trust of everyone around just to destroy part of the country you love (so you say) is just something that cannot be tolerated. At least we had the guts to tell them we were coming. You should be thankful that you have a country who is willing to protect you and your family. "

So you think it's immigrants fault that we were attacked? And you call yourself an American? You should be blind to race and country of origin, we are all Americans here. The country of Afghanistan attacked us and we went after them, that has nothing to do with immigrants.

"Right after 9/11 happened EVERYONE was togther as a whole to make sure the people behind this act of cowardly violence (kind of like the way you wrote your rewiew) and any kind of terroristic threats on U.S.A. would never happen again. But I guess for some of you people that was just like hopping on the band wagon for a short period of time."

It was not cowardly violence. In a war you strive to kill the most enemies you can. I would only Hope the US would strive to kill or detain as many terrorists as they can just as their target was civilians. Whatever you say, suicide bombings are not cowardly, they are actually pretty effective. Find me a US citizen willing to fly a plane into a building full of terrorists to kill our enemies.


"It's not a matter of what song's are good to listen to and what songs aren't. It's about a bunch of people who support the country (they love) so they can feel safe to go shopping, go to work or just go for a walk and not have to worry about some idiot flying a couple of planes into some building's or into the ground and never see their loved ones or the light of day ever again."

Ah, back to the actual review of the CD, which you have made a minor detail. I don't care about what these singers support, I care about their music. I care about what politicians support, and how singers sing. I happen to like many of the songs on the CD, but I didn't buy it because I own many of the songs already.


"How can you say you love something if you are going to let it get hurt and not try to justify the situation. I feel sorry for the people in your life."

Well more people are in car crashes every year than were in the WTC during 9/11, so you should be pushing for safety in cars. How can you say you love something if you are going to let it get hurt and not try to justify the situation? Of course you are a very effective tool of the terrorists, the typical American scared out of his pants when a building goes down, scared to shop, when you are in more danger driving your car. We have killed over 10 times the ammount of CIVILIANS in Iraq (nothing to do with 9/11) than the 9/11 attacks killed. Of course I'm sure they aren't people to you.


But back to the CD, I am really thinking about buying it mainly just for "Hey Mr. President" and I'm dissapointed they didn't put it on another CD, I love the song and the Warren Brothers.

Most of the songs are really great, although "God Bless The USA" was overplayed and I used to love it, but now I'm just tired of it. All of these songs are great, although some don't even seem to be patriotic. But that doesn't matter to me, because great music is great music, which is worth buying.

A Message For A Kid's Rewiew Comment.......2005-03-10

I would like to say that this is a great cd and I love it when people write reviews like the one written on Dec. 21, 2004 titled (One of the worst cds ever). People like you make me sick, first you don't use your real name (like your a terrorist wearing a hood), next you play it off like a kid wrote that review, very cowardly.

If your home is destroyed by someone, you are not going to look for the people or person involved. No you are going to the proper authorities and they will handle it.

That is what happened here. We were attacked and the proper authorities are handling the situation.

Look I am all for freedom for imagrant's but they took it to far with the attacks. Living in our country, working here, becoming friendly with the neighborhoods and gaining the trust of everyone around just to destroy part of the country you love (so you say) is just something that cannot be tolerated. At least we had the guts to tell them we were coming. You should be thankful that you have a country who is willing to protect you and your family.

Right after 9/11 happened EVERYONE was togther as a whole to make sure the people behind this act of cowardly violence (kind of like the way you wrote your rewiew) and any kind of terroristic threats on U.S.A. would never happen again. But I guess for some of you people that was just like hopping on the band wagon for a short period of time.

It's not a matter of what song's are good to listen to and what songs aren't. It's about a bunch of people who support the country (they love) so they can feel safe to go shopping, go to work or just go for a walk and not have to worry about some idiot flying a couple of planes into some building's or into the ground and never see their loved ones or the light of day ever again.

How can you say you love something if you are going to let it get hurt and not try to justify the situation. I feel sorry for the people in your life.

Average customer rating: NOT COMPLETE claasic country Hank Walliams Jr. bocephuspalooza Almost Perfect

The Complete Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams Jr. Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bocephus Box That's How They Do It In Dixie - The Essential Collection Ultimate Waylon Jennings David Allan Coe - 17 Greatest Hits 40 #1 Hits ASIN: B00000IFW5 Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. Mobile Boogie
2. I Fought The Law
3. Family Tradition
4. Whisky Bent and Hell Bound
5. Women I've Never Had
6. Kaw-Liga
7. Old Habits
8. Texas Women
9. Dixie On My Mind
10. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
11. A Country Boy Can Survive
12. All For The Love of Sunshine - (with the Mike Curb Congregation)
13. Honky Tonkin'
14. The American Dream
15. If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie

Tracks:

1. Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight
2. Leave Them Boys Alone
3. Queen Of My Heart
4. Man of Steel
5. Attitude Adjustment
6. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
7. Major Moves
8. I'm For Love
9. This Ain' Dallas
10. Ain't Misbehavin
11. Country State of Mind
12. Mind Your Own Business
13. Born To Boogie
14. Heaven Can't Be Found
15. Young Country

Tracks:

1. If The South Woulda Won
2. That Old Wheel
3. Early In The Morning and Late At Night
4. There's A Tear In My Beer - (with Hank Williams Sr.)
5. Finders Are Keepers
6. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness
7. Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'
8. Don't Give Us A Reason
9. If It Will It Will
10. Angels Are Hard To Find
11. Come On Over To The Country
12. Everything Comes Down To Money and Love
13. I Ain't Goin' Peacefully
14. Hog Wild
15. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - (with Hank Williams Sr./Hank Williams III)

Amazon.com

Hank Jr.'s career stands as the most frustrating of all modern honky-tonkers', as much for the way the industry has managed his immense catalogue as for the way he has managed his undeniable gifts as a songwriter and singer. At three CDs, Curb's overview is a far cry from "complete": his best work, especially the tough, bluesy songs of Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, is slighted in favor of a play-the-hits approach, even though Williams's singles haven't always been his best work. Likewise, the collection includes nary a cut from the sadly out-of-print Hank Williams Jr. & Friends, though the liner notes recognize that 1975 album as a landmark. Instead Curb has cobbled material readily available elsewhere on existing hits packages and complete albums. That said, Jr.'s country-fried rock--newcomers may be shocked at how hard he rocks--and his unreconstructed hillbilly ideology can be bracing on "Come On Over to the Country," on the foreboding "A Country Boy Can Survive," and on his best '80s performance, a scorching duet with Johnny Cash on "That Old Wheel" (from Cash's classic Water from the Wells of Home). But instead of focusing on similarly strong tunes, this box includes the tasteless beyond-the-crypt duets with Hank Sr., the silly, unblushing prejudice of "Young Country," and the war-mongering diatribe "Don't Give Us a Reason"--as if the listener needed reminders of just how bad Bocephus can be. What Hank Jr.'s legacy needs is a thorough, critical, and eclectic compilation of his finest performances. This set isn't it. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

NOT COMPLETE.......2007-03-09

The description "complete" on box sets gets more ridiculous all the time. Only 45 songs from a guy who had 9 of the top 40 albums on the Billboard country chart at the same time?! Those 90 songs would barely be the beginning of a real Complete Hank Jr. Better off getting the bargain price CD reissues of the original albums than a bogus set like this.

claasic country.......2007-01-16

a fine retrospective of hank williams work and in our case a great price.
all our favorites were there and she who must be obeyed was very happy with the cd.

Hank Walliams Jr........2007-01-12

It's a must have CD for any music lover. I like that it has most of his hit songs.

bocephuspalooza.......2006-11-04

If you like Hank Jr. then you get a great compilation here. If you enjoy the "new" bad boy country singers then you should get this set to hear where they all got it from. The original (Hank Williams Jr.) outlaw country singer is still the best!

Almost Perfect.......2006-10-11

What a great collection of pure honky tonkin' country music. All of his biggest hits are here, as well as a few of the minor (but still excellent) tunes. In the late 1970's and early 1980's I don't think a day went by that I didn't have Hank Jr. on my turntable at home or on my tape deck in the car.
What I would like to add to the other reviews of this very fine collection is the fact that some of Hank's mid-1970's music is always over-looked. Great hard-edged country songs such as The New South, Montgomery In The Rain, and a great drunken version of Uncle Pen. Then there's other fine tunes like The Conversation, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, and If You Don't Like Hank Williams. And that's why this collection received a "4" instead of a "5" - it is in no way complete, and should not be called that.
Hank Williams Jr., in my opinion, did not get the true acclaim that he should have. The radio play, at the time most of these releases came out, seemed to be hung on Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood, and others of their ilk, so many of these tunes did not get the hot airplay that they should have. And, as for Country Music Awards, well, it took clear until the mid-80's before he truly began to be recognized for his contributions to Country Music.
So, all n' all this is a very good collection of Hank Williams Jr.'s biggest hits, and you definitely will not be disappointed. He's back to being played quite often in my house, and he sounds just as good as he did twenty plus years ago. Go Hank!
By the way, many of Hank Jr.'s earlier albums/cd's are available at extremely low prices here at Amazon (The New South, Old Habits, Pressure Is On, & Friends). Check them out. You'll be glad you did.

Average customer rating: A good Hank Jr. CD thats how they do it in dixie Not Bad for a Collection It's not that bad. Only 12 Tracks? This Falls Wa-a-a-y Short of 'Essential'

That's How They Do It In Dixie - The Essential Collection Hank Williams Jr. Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dangerous Man White Trash with Money If You're Going Through Hell It Just Comes Natural Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol.1 ASIN: B00097DXHG Release Date: 2006-06-27

Tracks:

1. That's How They Do It in Dixie
2. Family Tradition
3. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
4. Country Boy Can Survive
5. Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
6. Tear in My Beer
7. If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie
8. Born to Boogie
9. Women I've Ever Had
10. Country State of Mind
11. My Name Is Bocephus
12. Stirrin' It Up

Customer Reviews:

A good Hank Jr. CD.......2007-06-03

For the serious Hank Williams Jr. fan, this CD has little to recommend it. Reading the reviews will catalog all their objections, valid or not. I am not a big fan but like his work and enjoy hearing his songs now and again. For me, this is an excellent buy. There are at least five must have hits coupled with a strong selection of standards, make this a good buy. The title song is excellent and could become his newest must have song.

I am not enough of a fan to think Hank Jr. can do a great CD, however this is very enjoyable. When you want to hear his style of country, this is the CD to have.

thats how they do it in dixie.......2007-06-02

i was happy with the album especially the title song as i like country music probably the most this album is one of the better ones i've listened to as i live in australia the only way i can keep up with current american artists is by watching the Country music channel on Foxtel,and i have only recently seen and heard Hank Williams jr on this channel but i am impressed with his music and as i only have two of his albums at the moment i am sure in the future i will purchase more at the moment both albums are good this is the better of the two.

Not Bad for a Collection.......2006-11-07

Well the two new songs are Awesome... How they do it in Dixie and Stirrin it up. The other songs are good too. If you are a die hard Bocephus Fan you already have these albums but when it's a new album it's a gotta have no matter what! It has the classic good songs from Hank Jr and it would be great for new Fans.

It's not that bad........2006-07-11

O.K. Maybe they should have left off "The Essential Collection", and just kept the main title. But, if you count all of the hits ole Bocephus has had in the past. It would be down right impossible to fit them all on 1 CD (unless it's an MP3 format). If you did we would be calling it a boxset...Not, The Essentials. Being a longtime member of the Hank Williams Jr Fan Club, this collection of past hits compliments this CD. Along with the two new recordings titled, "That's How They Do It In Dixie" with a little help from his newest country friends Big & Rich, a very talented Gretchen Wilson and Van Zant. The second entry, "Stirrin' It Up" Is not too shabby in it's own right. Myself I woulda like to have seen "If The South Woulda Won" and "If It Will, It Will" added to this collection. But, the hits that appear on this one is good enough. Like old ThunderHead Hawkins would say "I Ain't Going Peacefully".

Only 12 Tracks? This Falls Wa-a-a-y Short of 'Essential'.......2006-06-28

Hank Williams Jr deserves a thorough career-spanning single-disc anthology. Unfortunately, THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT IN DIXIE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION ain't it.

Don't get me wrong. Williams is one of the great outlaw country artists. I first got hooked on his mid-Eighties albums like BORN TO BOOGIE and MONTANA CAFE.

What ESSENTIAL COLLECTION does is cherry pick a handful of tracks from GREATEST HITS, Vol. 1-3 (all still in print) and then adds two new tracks: The title track (which features Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Van Zant) and "Stirrin' It Up." There are just too many missing tracks to qualify this as "essential." At only 12 tracks and a little over 40 minutes, fans deserve more than this before spending their hard-earned money. A better purchase (although more expensive) is Curb's 2000 excellent 3-CD set THE BOCEPHUS BOX. At 65 tracks, it certainly provides more bang for your buck.

Average customer rating: Need a defintion for the word "tragedy?" Even more incredible over 50 years later It doesn't get any better Grab hold of this collection before it disappears forever Care about country? This should be in your collection

Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits Hank Williams Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Jimmie Rodgers 40 #1 Hits Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits Patsy Cline - The Definitive Collection Red Headed Stranger ASIN: B000001F76 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Move It On Over
2. A Mansion On The Hill
3. Lovesick Blues
4. Wedding Bells
5. Mind Your Own Business
6. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
7. Lost Highway
8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
9. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
10. I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living
11. Long Gone Lonsome Blues
12. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
13. Why Don't You Love Me
14. Why Should We Try Anymore
15. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
16. Moanin' The Blues
17. Nobody's Lonesome For Me
18. Cold Cold Heat
19. Dear John
20. Howlin' At The Moon

Tracks:

1. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
2. Hey, Good Lookin'
3. Crazy Heart
4. I Heard That (Lonesome Whistle)
5. Baby, We're Realy In Love
6. Ramblin' Man
7. Honkey Tonk Blues
8. I'm Sorry For You My Friend
9. Half As Much
10. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
11. Window Shopping
12. Settin' The Woods On Fire
13. You Win Again
14. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
15. Kaw-Liga
16. Your Cheatin' Heart
17. Take These Chains From My Heart
18. I Won't Be Home No More
19. Weary Blues From Waitin'
20. I Saw The Light

Amazon.com essential recording

With a legend like Hank, than man who largely dragged country music into the modern age, the question is how do you pick just 40 of his songs? There were the immediately obvious biggies like "Hey Good Lookin'," "Jambalaya," and "Move It On Over," but almost everything was a gem in one way or another. Whether this collection is the greatest hits or not will depend on the listener, but for anyone with even the slightest curiosity about country music, it's essential listening. Hank was a landmark of the genre, and to hear him is to understand how country could change from rural to urban. Essential listening for everyone. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

Need a defintion for the word "tragedy?".......2006-05-25

Hank Sr. ( as great as it gets in American music ) dies at age 29 in 1953. Hank Jr. continues to annoy us with musical litter to this day......Although I have heard very good things about Hank Williams III....

Here's another question; why don't we ever hear tragic stories about bands like Good Charlotte dying in plane crashes? Its always people like Buddy, Otis, and Skynyrd.

I'm not advocating murder...but why do sucky bands never accidently meet with a tragic end and "force" us to have to do without their music?

Even more incredible over 50 years later.......2006-05-25

If you're not familiar with Hank Sr. and want a true understanding of American music of the 20th century or hell, of American culture in general for that matter, buy this.This is the man who has influenced country, rockabilly, folk and rock for over 50 years now. Still today it's not hard to find a band somewhere covering these songs.And still there is some young person out there discovering Hank for the first time and being blown away by it. I was. I discovered Hank when I was a teenager in the early 90's, the age of Kurt Cobain, Smashing Pumpkins, etc, and to me he tapped into something that they never could. Hank is THE classic country singer, but his music transcends time, regions, and all labels and genres. It's simply American music. And very very human.

It doesn't get any better.......2005-12-18

It really doesn't get any better than Hank Williams. And, this is a superb collection. If you already have many Hank Williams CDs, you may want to look at the list of songs. If you are considering your first Hank Williams collection, you won't go wrong by buying this one.

Grab hold of this collection before it disappears forever.......2005-11-22

Believe it or not I purchased my copy of "Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits" when it was first released as a 2 LP set way back in 1978. I was not a big fan of country music in those days but I had heard and read enough about the man to know that he had played an important role in the history of American popular music. Even then I was sure that this was a collection worth owning.
Hank Williams meteoric rise to stardom began in Montgomery, Alabama as a high school student in the late 1930's. Known as "The Singing Kid" Hank hosted his very own radio show on radio station WSFA. Before long he would put together a backup band known as the Drifting Cowboys and the group began showing up in roadhouses, auditoriums and juke joints all over the region. From a very early age it was quite apparent that this young man had an awful lot of talent. However, Hank Williams' personal life was a mess. His father Lon virtually abandoned the family when Hank was very young. Hank's mom was extremely overbearing and by the age of 11 or 12 Hank had developed a taste for liquor. The scourge of alcoholism would plague him for the rest of his days. He would marry Audrey in 1944 and in many ways the marriage would become yet another source of unhappiness in young Hank's life. But in spite of it all this extremely gifted singer-songwriter was bound and determined to make his mark in country music.
The man who would come to be known as "the father of country music" signed on with the fledgling M-G-M label in 1947. After a couple of near misses "Lovesick Blues" was the surprise hit of 1949. Despite objections from all of his handlers Hank insisted on releasing it as a single. He obviously knew what he was doing because the song spent an amazing 16 weeks at the top of the country charts. The monumental success of "Lovesick Blues" would earn Hank a spot on the brand new radio program "Louisiana Hayride". Could the Grand Ole Opry be far behind? Later on in 1949 Hank would have two more huge hits with "Wedding Bells" and "Mind Your Own Business". Now there was just no question about it. Hank Williams was invited to join the Grand Old Opry. Hank Williams was now more popular than ever. He seemed to strike a chord with the record buying public. And the hits just kept on coming. In spite of the overwhelming personal problems that would eventually cost him his health, his marriage and his spot on the Opry, Hank would remain a fixture on the country charts with fabulous tunes like "Cold Cold Heart", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and of course "Your Cheatin' Heart". You could hear all of that pain in his voice. During his relatively brief recording career Hank Williams would record just 66 sides. He wrote 50 of them. Unfortunately the life of Hank Williams was all too brief. He passed away in the back seat of a car on New Years Day 1953 at the age of 29.
"Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits" is a celebration of the music of this true American original. His lyrics will move you and his vocals will haunt you. Listen carefully to these tunes and you will come to appreciate what a truly remarkable talent this man was. These are all the original M-G-M studio recordings. Beware of some collections that include some inferior "live" recordings. For my money, "40 Greatest Hits" remains to this day the finest Hank Williams collection ever issued. Highly recommended!!!

Care about country? This should be in your collection.......2005-06-29

While Jimmie Rogers may have invented country, Williams made it what it is today. If you can't afford the "Complete" box set (most beginers probably wouldn't want to buy it), this is a good starting place. It's meatier than most single-disc compilations, but isn't as exhausting as a multiple-disc set. William's songwriting skills were, at the time, unopposed. He could create compositions with heartfelt lyrics for any mood he was in. Happy, sad, angry, Williams could reflect it. Country is one of the most purely American creations, and this collection is pure American music. It reflects some of the roots of popular music in the pre-Rock era. If you aren't affected some way by "Lost Highway", you just don't appreciate roots music. I enjoy Johnny Cash's work better, but this is an undeniable essential. Any collection of country or American music should have at least one compilation of Williams.

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