3 hours ago, FloridaFishinFool said:

Molly Hatchet! A real can of worms can be opened on that band! I liked the harder edginess' that band's guitars had. 

 

I spent many long years around those band members. Got to meet and work with most of them for years in numerous bands. Even made it to one of the band's albums and earned front cover image for the audio album, got the disc as well, most liner photos, and DVD cover as well.

 

In short because too many words are apparently frowned on, Molly Hatchet was held down and held back by the other great bands of Southern rock. Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd tried to help them going so far as to try and produce that band's first album and shop it to record companies.

 

Dave Hlubek and founder of Molly Hatchet told me they sat on their front porches for 9 years trying to get that band out of the starting gate and were getting angrier by the minute not being allowed out there with the other Southern greats like Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Outlaws, Marshall Tucket Band, etc.

 

So on their first album they came out swinging with a song called Gator Country where they put down other Southern rock bands.

 

So Molly Hatchet was always trying to copy the others and from Skynyrd Molly Hatchet took the song FreeBird and recorded it on their live album along with another song Skynyrd played Called CrossRoads.

 

This song you posted "Dreams" is yet another one of the songs Molly Hatchet copied from another Southern rockin' band Allman Brothers.

 

I could write a book detailing decades of this band going all the way back to the beginning and why they earned the name the "GraveRobber band" which revolves around what happened in 1977 when Skynyrd died in a plane crash and Molly Hatchet's first album was when? 1978.

 

A direct connection right there and rock history too! The only reason Molly Hatchet was given a recording contract was because of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash. Epic Records wanted to use Molly Hatchet to clean up right behind Skynyrd's demise. Hoping the fans would switch over to Molly Hatchet now that Skynyrd was gone. Hired to takeover another band's fan base and musical legacy. Hence the name given to them of graverobber band. Only out there because Skynyrd died and then out there to take their fans and income through the music of Molly Hatchet.

 

The story of Molly Hatchet is a very interesting one. Brutal on road stories. Just brutal is all I can say.

 

Have you ever heard Edge Of Sundown? A FreeBird like copy cat rip off! lol But great Southern rock here some of you may have never heard of before now... I give this one an 8 myself just for the twin stereo blistering leads in left and right channels. Turn it up loud! Great story behind this album...

 

 

 

@FloridaFishinFool I for one am really enjoying the history you’ve been sharing and I hope you continue to do so. I’ll never forget I was probably 10 maybe 11 years old as my brother (RIP) was 5 years older than me and went into the Air Force right after high school when we were on a week long guys only fishing trip in the woods of Minnesota and I was completely wrapped up into Kiss and had been for awhile when my older brothers friend  handed me a cassette of “One More From The Road”, that cassette completely blew my mind and forever changed my music tastes for the better. Through the years my brothers friends and I became close friends ourselves as I was the younger brother they never had especially when my brother went into the Air Force and they helped shape my musical tastes with everything from Albert Brooks, The Cars, King Crimson and so forth making me realize the music world is vast and awesome 😃 Although I can’t figure out how to copy and paste anything one of my favorite bands that I still feel could hold their own today is Concrete Blonde, especially the albums “Free” and even more so “Bloodletting” where they were in there prime. Just kick butt from start to finish in my humble opinion and my all time favorite singer.

Thanks Eric! Its not just band history I can share. What I really want to share is all the music, bands and artists most have never heard of before. I believe the music benefits all of us. Its all about the music! And history.

 

I worked for a lot of independents like the musicians of King Snake Records out of Sanford, Florida. All dead and gone now. The record company is now out of business and all that is left are the 300 or so albums recorded and produced there.

 

Those people were like family to me for years, decades. Great musicians you may have never heard of before and I outlived them all, but in their memories I carry on for them bringing their music to the world if I can.

 

The albums are long out of print. No more copies will ever be made. What's out there is it. And slowly over time, these albums will fade into dust. But for my part, I try and keep my brothers' music alive and it brings me great satisfaction knowing this music brings others joy and enjoyment.

 

Two of my favorites .... Sierra Hull and Billy Strings, singing a Bill Monroe classic. I know this won't be most people's cup of tea, but I enjoy the talent.

 

We saw Sierra in concert last fall, and it was a joy.  No fancy costumes, no dancers, no floating cars, no computer generated music.  No gimmicks.  Just musicians playing music.  Looking forward to seeing her again in September.

 

 

 

 

@TLHSS, bluegrass is my favorite cup of tea! Been listening to Sierra Hull since she was a kid 😂 

 

On 8/10/2025 at 8:38 AM, TnRiver46 said:

@TLHSS, bluegrass is my favorite cup of tea! Been listening to Sierra Hull since she was a kid 😂 

 

I was at this show, actually sat next the guy who recorded it too.

 

@Boomstick, jealous, party of one!!!

 

 

On 8/20/2025 at 4:34 PM, king fisher said:

 

Love Jerry Jeff, 10/10

 

 

@Motoboss: 10/10 Thanks for that video!

 

Anyone up for a little soul?

 

 

@Swamp Girl thanks for posting some Annie Lennox.  Really enjoyed it!

 

This showed up in my feed this week.  

 

 

@TLHSS: So, I gave you a thimble of silver and you gave me a bucket of gold. I love your video.

 

 

 

www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/01/14/producer-who-worked-journey-skynyrd-helping-jacksonville-band/9090897002/

 

Thank you  @FloridaFishinFool.  Greatly appreciate the history you have related above!

  I vividly recall exactly where I was when I heard about the Skynyrd plane crash, and really liked Rossington Collins.

I never was a fan until I saw this a couple days ago.

 

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8 ~  

A-Jay

 

 

^^^^^ Nice ~ 8 ~

Cain Walker just dropped this one . . . . 

https://youtu.be/nIOXAIvVQfs?si=kjXgZz-RZPpmQLrj

A-Jay

Good suggestion @A-Jay 👍🏻 

I give an 8 to @A-Jay’s suggestion 👍🏻. 
 

This is currently my favorite song of the year. Being born in the wrong generation I just found this one.

 

I’m not exactly sure what this song is about , but I first heard it attached to a video about saving wild Florida…