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That's How They Do It In Dixie - The Essential Collection

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Hank Williams Jr deserves a thorough career-spanning single-disc anthology. Unfortunately, THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT IN DIXIE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION ain't it.

Don't get me wrong. Williams is one of the great outlaw country artists. I first got hooked on his mid-Eighties albums like BORN TO BOOGIE and MONTANA CAFE.

What ESSENTIAL COLLECTION does is cherry pick a handful of tracks from GREATEST HITS, Vol. 1-3 (all still in print) and then adds two new tracks: The title track (which features Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Van Zant) and "Stirrin' It Up." There are just too many missing tracks to qualify this as "essential." At only 12 tracks and a little over 40 minutes, fans deserve more than this before spending their hard-earned money. A better purchase (although more expensive) is Curb's 2000 excellent 3-CD set THE BOCEPHUS BOX. At 65 tracks, it certainly provides more bang for your buck.

O.K. Maybe they should have left off "The Essential Collection", and just kept the main title. But, if you count all of the hits ole Bocephus has had in the past. It would be down right impossible to fit them all on 1 CD (unless it's an MP3 format). If you did we would be calling it a boxset...Not, The Essentials. Being a longtime member of the Hank Williams Jr Fan Club, this collection of past hits compliments this CD. Along with the two new recordings titled, "That's How They Do It In Dixie" with a little help from his newest country friends Big & Rich, a very talented Gretchen Wilson and Van Zant. The second entry, "Stirrin' It Up" Is not too shabby in it's own right. Myself I woulda like to have seen "If The South Woulda Won" and "If It Will, It Will" added to this collection. But, the hits that appear on this one is good enough. Like old ThunderHead Hawkins would say "I Ain't Going Peacefully".

Hank Williams, Jr. is one of the greatest country music singers ever, and the Williams name is further imprinted on the history of country music by his father and son, both of whom are well-known country singers as well. One of the songs, "There's a Tear in my Beer" has audio from an older version of the song done by Hank Williams, in fact. I loved every song on this album. They are all essential Hank William, Jr. songs, especially the feature song and "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight". The album title is simply awesome. But is this truly worthy of being called the 'essential collection'? Some certainly seem to think it a debatable thing. I don't disagree, necessarily. But if you're just beginning your collection of country music, or simply music, CD's, this is a perfectly good place to start.

This is a superb album by a great singer, and I can't recommend it enough. Your country music collection won't be complete without these superb 12 songs.

THAT`S HOW THEY DO IT IN DIXIE. IS A OK CD IT GOT HIS OLD SONG`S BUT 3 NEW ONE AND TO ME THY ARE NOT TO GOOD.TO ME HIS OLDER GREATEST HIT`S CD`S ARE THE BEST.I GIVE THIS CD A TWO STAR.HIS 3 NEW SONG`S ON THIS CD JUST DON`T DO IT FOR ME IN DIXIE. THANK YOU

This is a great CD, sent to my son in Alaska, he loves this type country music and bluegrass. Bought one for myself, fun to listen to.

Hank Williams Jr. is one of the absolute giants of Country Music, and this CD is one of the best collections of his music that I have heard. It contains a lot of excellent tunes, including A Country Boy Can Survive, Family Tradition, and If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie. But, my absolutely favorite track is There's A Tear In My Beer, which is him singing along with his father. It's got a great sound, and sometimes I just listen to it over and over again. (I know, it's a well he can't return to, so there will never be another one like it, but I sure wish there was!)

This is a great CD, one that is sure to please any fan of that great Country Music sound! I really like this album, and I don't hesitate to recommend it.

I bought the Hank Jr C.D. for a gift and the person i bought it for said they can not thank me enough it is the best gift ever and i would agree i also have it and it is great

I love country music and have lots of favorite singers, but Hank Jr. is one of my favorites of favorites, if not my very favorite. I enjoy his music, not only because of his talent, but because of the material he sings about. He sings a lot of songs about the country and having fun. Those types of songs are the types I love the most. Of all Hank's songs, "Country State of Mind" is my favorite, and it is on this CD. The song is about being in the country and fishing - it reminds me of my teen days when I fished on the creekbank in the hot ole summer sun.

This CD also has "A Country State of Mind", another one of my favorite songs, and it is about the country!

"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" and "There's a Tear In My Beer" (with Hank Sr.) are also my favorites.

Hank Jr.'s songs are the type of country that I will never stop listening to.

Well the two new songs are Awesome... How they do it in Dixie and Stirrin it up. The other songs are good too. If you are a die hard Bocephus Fan you already have these albums but when it's a new album it's a gotta have no matter what! It has the classic good songs from Hank Jr and it would be great for new Fans.

I really did not think I would like hank jr, but I did, I don't know but I thought he was a joke, but I was wrong good stuff. Not one bad song on here, if one were to start listing to hank, this would be a good start, or for fans as well who need a straight shot of Bocephus with some of his best songs right away