Man of Steel

Performer: Hank Williams, Jr.
Artist: Leon Redbone
Producer: Jimmy Bowen; Hank Williams, Jr.
Distributor: (Independently by Label)

Notes: This is part of Curb's Bocephus series. Although in most respects a typical early '80s Hank Williams, Jr. album, if you listen closely here there are signs of change to come. Two songs, the otherwise amusing "Now I Know How George Feels," and the cautionary "It Just Don't Get it No More," hint that Williams' hellraising was taking a personal toll. Elsewhere, however, it's rowdy business as usual, with a fine de rigeur cover of a song associated with his father ("Lovesick Blues"), and a raucous take on country standard ("Orange Blossom Special"). There's also a nervy remake of a pop hit--the Hollies "The Air That I Breathe"--that you wouldn't automatically assume to be Williams' style.

Hank Williams Jr. spent years trying to duplicate his famous father's sound. But his greatest success came when he shook off that weighty mantle. Williams's new sound integrated country and southern rock, a formula that made him one of country's biggest stars of the 1980s. Down the line, he proved to be influential to a new generation of rebels like Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker.

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