Molly Hatchet

The album eventually sold more than 1 million copies.

Jesse James Dupree's voice is clearly influenced by Brian Johnson and Bon Scott, but Jackal also incorporates elements of Leonard Skinner, Molly Hatchet, Ted Nugent, Georgia Satellites, Rose Tattoo.

The first album managed to do quite well, peaking at number 76 on the Billboard 200 and hit number one on the Top Seekers chart.

There were several singles, including the highest-peaking song...

What? It's not on here? No, because to me, that started the whole Southern rock genre.

You know, all those Molly Hatchet and all those bands that came after them.

They were the ones that started that.

Here's ZZ Top.

And I'm going to play this for Kelvin Bale and Richard Monk, our long-term unofficial creative consultants, unpaid.

This is Molly Hatchet and Gator Country.

The Lord lives in Tennessee But I'm going back to the Gator country Where the wine and the women are free That's the Gator in the Bush Shield He's calling my name in the sea Come on, boy, you better make it back home with me Baby, when you travel home You ought to kind of live the same That's the Gator in the Bush Shield The Lord is calling my name Take all that they can hold The outlaws down in Tampa town It's a mighty fine place to be They got great grass, they got high tide And it sure looks good to me That's the city of Bush Hills He's called by name and I said Come on Let's get it.

Let's get it.

MMH, the home of rock radio.

That was this week's song of epic proportions.

That was Molly Hatchett and Gator Country from their self-titled ST album from 1978.

Interesting little factoid about that album, the artwork on the front cover, the very striking artwork by Frank Frazetta.

So he showed up and we had drums, we had bass, we had singers, and then we had me.

So on the fly, I remember having to go like, uh... doing something like that and I felt really lame but you know what can you do I know the big big big super hits I know Panama like Panama I've heard hot for teacher I'm mostly the drum intro is like something that gets cited like like it's this big triplet kind of thing I know running with the devil which I always thought was flirting with the devil for some reason I think I was conflating flirting with disaster by what Molly Hatchet with running with the devil by Van Halen I always thought was flirting with the devil but it's not that it's running with the devil I know that at least one of their famous lineups had Eddie Van Halen on guitar Alex Van Halen his brother on drums and David Lee Roth as a lead singer and then at some point David Lee Roth left and it was Sammy Hagar and they I think still had hits with Sammy Hagar but there's this joke in the movie Joe Dirt where it's like something something something I like Van Halen not Van Hagar so I think that there might be some kind of cultural split among Van Halen fans about the before and the after.

I know ACDC has that a little bit with the Bon Scott era and then

the Brian Johnson

Chris Kroc in for my friend Mark Davis on 660 AM, The Answer.

Nothing like a little Molly Hatchet at 737 AM.

Chris Kroc in for my friend Mark Davis.

On 660 AM, the answer.

That's a good question, man.

On Culture Barbarian, how you doing? Victory Monday jams are Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran, Flirting with Disaster by Molly Hatchet, and A Certain Song by Prodigy.

Oh, I know the song, sir.

And that's a good trio.

I wonder if he's purposefully trying to sing like Kermit the Frog.

Is this Molly Hatchet? I know the song is for disaster.

Hey, there's the other broken lizard guy.

Paul Soder.