Southern Rock Masters

Molly Hatchet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0013XW9X4
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,503 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sharp Dressed Man

2. The Boys Are Back In Town

3. Desperado

4. Bad To the Bone

5. Dreams I'll Never See

6. Melissa

7. Mississippi Queen

8. Tequila Sunrise

9. Tumbling Dice

10. Wild Horses

11. Whiskey Man

12. Beatin' the Odds

13. Flirtin' With Disaster

Editorial Reviews

Review

Brand new studio recordings from Southern Rock heroes Molly Hatchet, paying tribute to their influences such as ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and more!

Includes 9 exclusive tracks not found on any other release including cover versions of The Stones Wild Horses, The Allman Brothers Dreams I ll Never See, Thin Lizzy s The Boys Are Back In Town and a whole lot more!

Bonus live tracks of the band s most well known songs! --Official Press Release

Product Description

1. Sharp Dressed Man
2. The Boys Are Back In Town
3. Desperado
4. Bad To The Bone
5. Dreams I ll Never See
6. Melissa
7. Mississippi Queen
8. Tequila Sunrise
9. Tumbling Dice
10. Wild Horses

BONUS LIVE TRACKS
11. Whiskey Man
12. Beatin The Odds
13. Flirtin With Disaster

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Reviewed from the perspective of a Hatchet fanatic, October 20, 2008

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Scott Waters "ultmetal" (New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Southern Rock Masters (Audio CD)

I am about as big of a Molly Hatchet fan as they come. As such, it was a no brainer that I run out and pick up this album of covers. Hatchet has always done a great job with covers. Their cover of "Dreams I'll Never See" from their first album is a classic. They've been doing "Mississippi Queen" live for decades. With "Southern Rock Masters" Hlubek, McCormick and Ingram revisit some of their favorite classic rock songs. However, as with any album of this nature there are some songs that are better than others.

I've never been a big fan of the Eagles, but any classic rock fan worth his vinyl collection is familiar with "Deperado". Hatchet does a commendable job here with Phil McCormick giving an exceptional vocal performance. He also does a phenomenal job on the Stones "Wild Horses" and the Allman Brothers "Melissa". I am a huge Thin Lizzy fan, so one of my favorite bands doing a cover of one of my other favorite bands is awesome. Oddly enough I felt that Hatchet's cover of "The Boys Are Back In Town" was decent, but not one of the better tracks on the album. Unlike a song like "Dreams I'll Never See" in which Molly Hatchet just owns, with "The Boys Are Back in Town" they seem to be trying too hard to stay faithful to the original recording and don't give it a full blown Molly Hatchet treatment. I felt the same way about "Bad to the Bone", although I actually did enjoy this song quite a bit. The addition of horns was a good idea. The biggest disappointment was "Mississippi Queen". Perhaps I am just use to hearing the cover they did with Ted Nugent on Volunteer Jam VII, but this version seems a little weak in comparison. I also think think this song doesn't feature the strongest vocal performance on the album. "Tumbling Dice" on the other hand is a killer cover, although one that had already been done on their 2001 release "Kingdom of XII".

With the title being "Southern Rock Masters" I had hoped that Hatchet would cover some other Southern bands like The Outlaws, Blackfoot or Charlie Daniels Band, especially since Hatchet has worked with Charlie Daniels in the not so distant past. It's a bit disappointing that two Rolling Stones tracks were included and nothing from Lynyrd Skynyrd.

The last three tracks are live versions of Molly Hatchet classics, all taken from the band's recent live album "Flirtin' With Disaster-Live". I suppose these were added on to help promote that album. I certainly don't mind having them tacked on at the end, but they are somewhat unnecessary for the Hatchet fan that already owns that live album. The CD also came with a small button featuring the cover art from "Flirtin' With Disaster-Live", giving further promotion for that live album.

3.5/5 stars
(reprinted from NoLifeTilMetal.com)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Molly Hatchet is best covering Molly Hatchet..., May 16, 2008

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Baberufus (West Jordan, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Rock Masters (Audio CD)

I bought this album mainly on faith, thinking, "OK, I like all the original versions of the songs they recorded for this, let's hear them Molly Hatchet style!" It's OK, but on this CD it appears that the band was trying to record faithful reproductions in the style of the original artists, for the most part. For a cover band, they did a good job here. However, this is Molly Hatchet!--a band with its own considerable power, legacy and individual style of music. I don't want to hear them play watered down versions of the styles of the original artists, I want to hear them approach these songs in their own style! Some of these songs shouldn't have been considered, IMO. Desperado, for one. C'mon guys. You're not a ballad band. Sharp Dressed Man--OK, that's more in their ballpark. But instead of taking Billy Gibbons' licks to another level with more power chords and dual leads or whatever, they're just trying to sound like ZZ Top. And it's good, but hey, if I want to listen to a ZZ Top song played in the style of ZZ Top, I'd rather listen to ZZ Top doing it!

So overall, a disappointment. A cool idea, kind of like what Guns 'n' Roses did with the Spaghetti Incident, but on this CD I thought the Hatchet should have taken these songs and adapt them more to their own style.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Songs with a Southern Rock Mastery, April 22, 2008

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R. Bailey "Eden Place" (TEXAS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Rock Masters (Audio CD)

I've just finished listening to the new Southern Rock Masters CD and I have to say that some of the songs are better than the originals. Phil McCormack's vocals on "Desperato" and "Wild Horses" make these two songs my favorites on the CD. The entire CD is tight, the awesome guitars of Bobby, Dave and Tim, the keys of John with magic Thunder from Shawn on drums. If you like the original songs on this CD you will really enjoy the Molly Hatchet version of these songs.

P.S. Molly Hatchet is as good LIVE IN CONCERT as they are on CD. A must see show in 2008!!!

Bob Bailey