Hog Wild (album) explained

Hog Wild
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hank Williams Jr.
Cover:	Hog Wild (Hank Williams, Jr Album.jpg
Studio:	Mid Town Studios, Tone and Volume Studios, Treasure Isle Studios
Genre:	Country
Length:	38:41
Label:	Curb Records
Producer:	Chuck Howard, Hank Williams Jr.
Prev Title:	Tribute to My Father
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
Next Year:	1996

Hog Wild is an album by the American country music artist Hank Williams Jr.^{[1] [2]} It was released on January 24, 1995 by Curb Records.^[3] Williams supported the album with a North American tour.^[4]

Production

The album was produced by Chuck Howard and Williams.^[5] Williams wrote or cowrote six of the 10 songs.^[6]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly called the album "lame," noting that "Junior salutes the girls of Daytona Beach and makes pig calls on the title song." The Calgary Herald dismissed it as "two-bit rock 'n' roll."

The Ottawa Citizen wrote that "Williams's two biker tunes, 'Hog Wild' and 'Iron Horse', both have a spirited kind of energy."^[7] The Indianapolis Star concluded that "'Daytona Nights' and 'It's a Start' are sure to appeal to women who don't mind being bedded, then stalked."

Track listing

1. "Hog Wild – 3:31 (Hank Williams Jr., Rick Arnold)
2. "I Ain't Goin' Peacefully" – 3:02 (Williams Jr.)
3. "Between Heaven and Hell" – 3:22 (Tommy Barnes)
4. "Iron Horse" – 3:43 (Williams Jr.)
5. "Daytona Nights" – 4:19 (Williams Jr.)
6. "Tobacco Road" – 4:11 (John D. Loudermilk)
7. "It's a Start" – 2:59 (Danny Bear Mayo, Bob Regan)
8. "Greeted in Enid" – 2:46 (Williams Jr.)
9. "Eyes of Waylon" – 6:16 (Williams Jr.)
10. "Wild Thing" – 7:35 (Chip Taylor)

Personnel

• Rick Arnold – jew's harp
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Butch Baker – background vocals
• Greg Barnhill – background vocals
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Ricky Lynn Gregg – electric guitar
• Tony Harrell – keyboards, organ, piano
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• John Hobbs – keyboards, organ, piano
• Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
• Carl Jackson – background vocals
• John Jorgenson – electric guitar
• Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
• Jana King – background vocals
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Steve Nathan – keyboards, organ, piano
• Danny Parks – fiddle
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Billy Bob Shane – background vocals
• Hank Singer – fiddle
• Denis Solee – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
• Hank Williams Jr. – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• John Willis – electric guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200^[8]	91

External links

• Hank Williams Jr's Official Website
• Record Label

Notes and References

1. Web site: Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Irwin. Stambler. Grelun. Landon. July 14, 2000. Macmillan. Google Books.
2. Lasswell . Mark . Picks & pans — Hog Wild by Hank Williams Jr . People . Feb 13, 1995 . 43 . 6 . 31.
3. Web site: The New Generation of Country Music Stars: Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940. David. Dicaire. November 21, 2014. McFarland. Google Books.
4. News: Surkamp . David . FOX FANS GO 'HOG WILD' FOR HANK JR . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 26 Mar 1995 . 3D.
5. Country: Hog Wild by Hank Williams Jr. . Billboard . Mar 25, 1995 . 107 . 12 . 57.
6. News: McDonald . Sam . HOG WILD HANK . Daily Press . 9 June 1995 . Newport News . InRoads . 12.
7. News: Beyer . Susan . Hank Williams, Jr. Hog Wild . Ottawa Citizen . 15 Apr 1995 . D3.
8. Web site: Hank Williams Jr.. Billboard.