Ballads of the Hills and Plains

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Ballads of the Hills and Plains
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1965
RecordedJuly 1965
StudioColumbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Genre Country, Western Music, Cowboy Music
Length32:17
Label MGM
Producer Jim Vienneau
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Father & Son
(1965)
Ballads of the Hills and Plains
(1965)
Blues My Name
(1966)
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Ballads of the Hills and Plains is the fourth studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. The album was issued by MGM Records as number E/SE 4316.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The River" (Cliff Friend, Jack Sanders, Mack Vickery) – 2:53
  2. "Doc Holiday" (John Paulovic) – 2:09
  3. "Cowpoke" (Stan Jones) – 2:06
  4. "Blood's Thicker Than Water" (Danny Dill, Wayne P. Walker) – 2:32
  5. "The Blizzard" (Harlan Howard) – 3:24
  6. "Stampede" (Jim Dale, Frances Paulin) – 2:40

Side two

  1. "The Rainmaker" (Cliff Friend, Jack Sanders, Mack Vickery) – 2:34
  2. "Streets of Laredo" (Traditional) – 4:04
  3. "Black Lightning" (Ricky Hester) – 2:56
  4. "Big Twenty" (Dillis) – 2:00
  5. "The Eyes of Death" (Danny Dill) – 2:42
  6. "I'm Afraid" (Allen Nelson, Carolyn Stringer) – 2:17

Personnel

Hank Williams Jr. and the Cheatin' Hearts

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References

  1. "Hank Williams, Jr. – Ballads of the Hills and Plains". AllMusic.