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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | October 05, 1993 | | Studio: | Curb Records | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 37 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 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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19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 "Hank, Whyyyy Do You Drink...Whyyyy Do You Roll Smoke?" Apr 17, 2004
By Randy E. Aveille
"raveille"
Hank Williams Jr. opened my mind and taught me to appreciate Country music. 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!!!!
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
This is possible the greatest album ever. Dec 05, 1998
There is nothing quite like stretching out in the bed of your pickup truck, grabbing a bottle of Jack Daniels, and playing this Hank Willimas Jr. Album. It seems as though you only have to hear it once to know it by heart. When it comes to country music, Hank Willimas Jr. doesn't screw around, and this is his finest work.Jared McKinney, Cairo Missouri
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Now This Is Real Rebel Country Feb 19, 2005
By K. Fontenot
"Prairie Cajun Lives!"
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.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
No fluff, all tuff Jun 20, 2003
I have met a few people in Alabama that know Hank and used to hang out with him. Back then, he didn't have a record deal and played in on an old farm for free, just to get people to listen. No fluff there. He would sit out on the porch and just play with the people that showed up. He got so popular, that they built a set of bleachers for people to sit on. That is the Hank that is the real deal. So, he is singing about stuff he knows. This CD puts together some of his best compilations.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
The way we feel. Jan 19, 2002
By Jeremy Baughn
If you were a male growing up in the rural south in the Eighties this album and these songs gave voice to you opinions perfectly.Bocephus does'nt give a da-- about what anyone thinks in these songs and for many that is just fine."A Country Boy can Survive" is simply the finest anthem of this time in existence .A typical Chicagoan will be baffled by this album however I do not think Hank meant it for them anyway.
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