Hank Williams Jr. and Friends
album by Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. & Friends is the twenty-sixth studio album by Hank Williams Jr.
Composition
Hank Williams Jr. & Friends is Williams' breakthrough album, featuring Williams' own unique style as opposed to imitating his father's. The album's sound has been classified as country rock, southern rock and outlaw country.
Production
According to Williams' autobiography, Living Proof, the album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at Music Mill Studios between February and July 1975. The album insert says that this was recorded at Capricorn Studios in Macon, Georgia.
Release
The album was issued by MGM Records as number M3G5009 and was later reissued by Polydor Records as number 831 575-4 Y-1. It was also reissued on CD in 2000 by Mercury Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Critical reception
The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said, "The authority of Williams' voice and persona, plus the good sense of his songwriting and selection, focuses an Allman and a Marshall Tucker and a Charlie Daniels into what I'm sure will stand as the best Southern-style rock of the year." Years later, the Allmusic editor, Thom Jurek cited, Hank Williams Jr.
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