127 Rose Avenue

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127 Rose Avenue
127 Rose Avenue Hank Williams Jr.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 2009
Genre Southern rock [1]
Length44:16
Label Curb
Producer Doug Johnson
Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr. chronology
That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
(2006)
127 Rose Avenue
(2009)
Old School New Rules
(2012)
Singles from 127 Rose Avenue
  1. "Red, White & Pink-Slip Blues"
    Released: April 15, 2009
  2. "Farm Song"
    Released: 2009
  3. "All the Roads"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
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RoughstockFavorable [2]

127 Rose Avenue is the fifty-first studio album from American musician Hank Williams, Jr. This album was released June 16, 2009 on Curb Records, his last for the label. It includes the single "Red, White & Pink Slip Blues", which peaked at #43 on the U.S. country singles charts shortly before the album's release. The album title "127 Rose Avenue" is a reference to the boyhood home of Hank Williams Sr in Georgiana, AL. One of the co-writers Bud McGuire was inspired after a visit to the home, whose actual address is 127 Rose Street. The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard country chart.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Farm Song"Rick L. Arnold, Hank Williams, Jr.3:51
2."Red, White & Pink Slip Blues"Mark Stephen Jones, Bud Tower4:17
3."High Maintenance Woman"Hank Williams, Jr.4:27
4."Mighty Oak Trees"Don Poythress, John Scott Sherrill 3:14
5."Forged By Fire"Darryl Burgess, Ron Hellard3:53
6."Last Driftin' Cowboy"Hank Williams, Jr.3:04
7."127 Rose Avenue"Bud McGuire, Ray Hood, Kim Williams4:09
8."All the Roads"Hank Williams, Jr.3:08
9."Sounds Like Justice"Phil Barnhart, Carson Chamberlain, Michael White 3:57
10."Long Gone Lonesome Blues" Hank Williams 6:06
11."Gulf Shore Road"Hank Williams, Jr.4:10

Personnel

Charts

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