Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound

Performer: Hank Williams, Jr.
Artist: Waylon Jennings
Engineer: Jimmy Bowen; Ron Treat
Producer: Jimmy Bowen
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: This is Volume 4 of Curb's Bocephus series. Personnel: Hank Williams, Jr. (guitar); James Burton (guitar, electric guitar); Rock Killough (guitar, harmonica); Reggie Young (electric guitar); Kieran Kane (mandolin); Buddy Spicher (viola); Irving Kane, John Gore, Terry Mead, Jim Horn, Muscle Shoals Horns (horns); David Briggs , Larry Knechtel (keyboards); Larrie Londin (drums, percussion). Unknown Contributor Role: Waylon Jennings. WHISKEY BENT AND HELL BOUND is one of Hank Williams, Jr.'s best albums, with his lyrical persona as a hell-raising, rowdy redneck who likes girls, guns, and whiskey really coming into focus. This may or not explain why there are fewer covers here than usual, a nice exception being an excellent version of Greg Allman's "Come and Go Blues." Other highlights include "Tired of Being Johnny B. Good," in which Williams takes a courageous (if unexpected) stand against instant ice tea, and the amusing road-to-excess song "O.D.'d in Denver." The very down home "The Conversation," featuring Waylon Jennings, is a tribute to Williams's dad, in which Jr. rightly decides not to discuss "the habits," but rather "just the music and the man."

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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