Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet

1979 - Background - Being named after a prostitute who mutilated and decapitated her clients isn t the best start for an aspiring Southern Rock band. But for M Molly Hatchet it seemed quite appropriate. Appearing at the tail end of the demise of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band was championed by another up and coming Southern Rock band - the excellent .38 Special. In fact Skynyrd s lead singer Ronnie Van Zant was slated to produce Hatchet s debut album before being fatally injured on that infamous plane flight. Hatchet developed a similar boogie / blues / rock sound that immediately found them at the forefront of country rock at the tail end of the 1970 s. Flirtin With ...

Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet

Tom Werman. The line-up for the album was Danny Joe Brown (vocals), Dave Hlubek (guitar), Steve Holland (guitar), Duane Roland (guitar), Banner Thomas (bass) and Bruce Crump (drums). Although M Molly Hatchet have always been heavier than most of their contemporaries, they were one of the last southern rock groups to stay true to their roots. Punk and new wave were having an effect on southern rock, as a genre, during the years immediately leading up to this album and their influences were changing the sound of southern rock. Most bands were leaving the style they started out with. Not Molly Hatchet, who stayed true to form. While their music has no frills or outrageous ...