The Essential Molly Hatchet

Performer: Molly Hatchet
Engineer: Johnny Rosen
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Molly Hatchet includes: Danny Joe Brown (vocals); John Galvin (vocals, keyboards); Duane Roland, Dave Hlubek (guitar); Banner Thomas (bass); Bruce Camp (drums). Producers: Tom Werman, Terry Manning. Compilation producer: Jeff Magid. Recorded between 1978 & 1985. Includes liner notes by Jaan Uhelszki. Personnel: John Galvin (vocals, keyboards); Danny Joe Brown Band, Riff West, Jimmy Farrar, Joyce Kennedy (vocals); Dave Hlubek (guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Duane Roland (guitar, slide guitar); Steve Holland, Scott Shelley, Dru Lombar (guitar); Jai Winding (keyboards); Banner Thomas (bass guitar); Bruce Crump, Barry "B.B." Borden (drums). Recording information: Bee Jay Recording Studios, Orlando, FL (1978-1985); Compass Point Studios Nassau Bahamas (1978-1985); Dallas TX (1978-1985); Jacksonville, FL (1978-1985); The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA (1978-1985); The Sound Pit, Atlanta, GA (1978-1985). Photographers: Paul McAlpine; Ron Pownall. Molly Hatchet's long and illustrious career has many times taken the band down a highway late at night, going from town to town unflinchingly rocking many to their foundations. It's easy to imagine the bandmembers reveling in all-night partying and playing some steely-eyed, good-time simple rock & roll with every ounce of sweat and soul in their bodies. Then right before the run rises, they have to pack up and get ready to do it all over again the next night in some other lonely town in another lonely place. It's the story of many an American band, and no one tells it better than Molly Hatchet. Showing relentless pride for its roots, Molly Hatchet unabashedly tells the story of the South and rocks harder than most of its contemporaries, and this essential release covers all of the bases from the band's decades of rocking without mercy. Hatchet fans need not look any further than to put this collection on their shelves. It's the audio diary of a band whose legacy is finally due. ~ Rob Theakston

At the tail end of the 1970s, when Southern rock's popularity seemed to be waning, a new generation of Dixie outlaws appeared, and Molly Hatchet led the charge. The hard-rocking Southern boogie band released its first album in 1978, but it was the '79 follow-up, FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER, that made the band a major name. Shortly thereafter, singer Danny Joe Brown quit the group, and was replaced for a couple of albums by Jimmy Farrar before finally returning for 1983's NO GUTS...NO GLORY. Though Brown and guitarist Duane Roland died in the mid-2000s, the band never stopped performing.

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