Album

Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

.38 Special

1980 · Rock

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Wild-Eyed Southern Boys by .38 Special

Wild-Eyed Southern Boys is a Rock album by .38 Special, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 67 pressings tracked, owned by 18 collectors.

About

Wild-Eyed Southern Boys is the Platinum selling fourth studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1981. The album reached number 18 in the Pop Albums chart. Three of the four songs written or co-written by Survivor's Jim Peterik for the album charted as singles: the title track, "Fantasy Girl" and "Hold On Loosely". "Hold On Loosely" is a playable track in the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s as a cover version and a downloadable track, featuring the master recording, for the Rock Band series. It was also used in the movies Joe Dirt, Without a Paddle and Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Hold On Loosely4:39
  2. A2First Time Around3:59
  3. A3Wild-Eyed Southern Boys4:18
  4. A4Back Alley Sally3:11
  5. A5Fantasy Girl4:06

Side B

  1. B1Hittin' And Runnin'4:55
  2. B2Honky Tonk Dancer4:59
  3. B3Throw Out The Line3:45
  4. B4Bring It On5:38

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • crunchy
  • swaggering
  • southern

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Label variant with "R" to the left of A&M logo on the label ( pressing)
Recorded and Mixed at Studio One, Doraville Georgia.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Carol BristowBACKING VOCALS CREW , BACKING VOCALS
  • Carol VetoBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS
  • Don BarnesBACKING VOCALS BAND , GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS BAND , GUITAR , LEAD VOCALS
  • Donnie Van ZantBAND , LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
  • Jack GrondinBAND , DRUMS DRUMS
  • Jeff CarlisiBAND , GUITAR GUITAR
  • Larry JunstromBAND , BASS GUITAR BASS BASS GUITAR
  • Lu MossBACKING VOCALS CREW , BACKING VOCALS
  • Steve BrookinsBAND , DRUMS DRUMS
  • Steve McRayMUSICIAN , PIANO PIANO

18 collectors on Gatefold own this · 67 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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