That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection

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That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
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Compilation album by
ReleasedJune 26, 2006
Genre Country
Length41:07
Label Asylum-Curb Records
Producer Barry Beckett
Jimmy Bowen
Doug Johnson
Jim Ed Norman
Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
I'm One of You
(2003)
That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
(2006)
127 Rose Avenue
(2009)
Singles from That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
  1. "That's How They Do It in Dixie"
    Released: 2006
  2. "A Country Boy Can Survive"
    Released: 2007
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That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection is a greatest hits album by American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams Jr. This album was released on June 27, 2006 on the Curb Records label. This album has two brand new songs, "That's How They Do It in Dixie," and "Stirrin' It Up". The former was released as a single, while "A Country Boy Can Survive" was re-released. Both songs were made into music videos in 2006. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and has been certified Gold by the RIAA, giving him the 23rd Gold album of his career.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Hank Williams Jr., except where noted.

  1. "That's How They Do It in Dixie" (Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear, Mark Irwin) – 3:16
  2. "Family Tradition" – 4:02
  3. "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" – 2:58
  4. "A Country Boy Can Survive" – 4:17
  5. "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" – 3:10
  6. "There's a Tear in My Beer" – 2:52
  7. "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie" (Bill Maddox) – 2:47
  8. "Born to Boogie" – 2:43
  9. "Women I've Never Had" – 2:51
  10. "Country State of Mind" (Hank Williams Jr., Roger Alan Wade) – 3:58
  11. "My Name Is Bocephus" – 4:42
  12. "Stirrin' It Up" – 3:25

Personnel on new tracks

Charts

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