The Pressure Is On

Performer: Hank Williams, Jr.
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Hank Williams, Jr. (vocals, dobro); Kenny Bell, Bobby Thompson, Paul Worley (acoustic guitar); Reggie Young (electric guitar, sitar); Billy Walker (electric guitar); Cowboy Eddie Long, Sonny Garrish (pedal steel guitar); Vernon Derrick (mandolin, fiddle); Kieran Kane (mandolin); Mike Auldridge (dobro); Bobby Thompson (banjo); Lisa Silver (fiddle); Jerry Vinett (clarinet); Boxcar Willie (train whistle); Terry McMillan (harmonica); Terry Mead (trumpet); Irve Kane (trombone); Larry Knechtel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Mike Lawler (organ); Tony Migliore (synthesizer); Joe Osborn, Boby Wray (bass); James Stroud (drums). This is Volume 7 of Curb's Bocephus series. THE PRESSURE IS ON is one of Hank Williams Jr.'s best '80s albums. The regretful anthem "All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down" is almost a country version of Warren Zevon's "Detox Mansion." On "The Coalition to Ban Coalitions," Williams does an excellent Daffy Duck imitation and comes to terms with our highly litigious society. "Some want to get rid of Fender guitars," he complains. There's also Williams Sr.'s "I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)," done as a gorgeous duet with George Jones, and--reinforcing the family theme--the very funny "Ballad of Hank," written and co-sung by his father's old bandmate Don Helms.

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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