The Complete Hank Williams Jr [Box]

Performer: Hank Williams, Jr.
Artist: Johnny Cash; Hank Williams
Engineer: Jimmy Bowen; Hank Williams, Jr.
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Hank Williams Jr., Hank Williams Sr., Hank Williams III, Mike Curb Congregation, Johnny Cash. Producers include: Hank Williams Jr., Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Ray Ruff, Jimmy Bowen. Compilation producer: Mike Curb. Includes liner notes by Jimmy Guterman. Liner Note Author: Jimmy Guterman. This 45-track, three-disc box set is not in fact a complete set of everything Hank Williams Jr. recorded for the Curb Records label. Instead, it's a solid overview of all sides of the man's musical personality. The weepy pure country ballads mix with the party manifesto country-rockers (including Williams's signature tune "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight," which he later reworked into the ABC Monday NIGHT FOOTBALL theme), and the defiant outlaw-country tunes and statements of regional pride ("If the South Woulda Won," "A Country Boy Can Survive") sit next to sincere religious tunes ("All for the Love of Sunshine") and covers of songs associated with his late father. (The latter include some of the re-engineered duets with Hank Sr. that purists found so enraging.) Taken as a whole, this is the best encapsulation available of Hank Williams Jr.'s career. For many, it might be not only the best starting point, but also the only Hank Williams Jr. they need.

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.

Click Here for Shipping Options and Policies

Shipping or Dimension weight in pounds: 0.25