Their self-title debut album from 1978. Molly Hatch had some big shoes to fill coming up out of the south in the late seventies. This is the back cover of the record. Their front covers were typically the medieval-looking artwork done by science fiction artist Frank Frazetta. See below. But back to the music. A band coming out of Jacksonville FL in this era needed to sound new and solid, while at the same time, be respectful of the southern rock movement, which they do/did. This record contains one of the great cover songs of all time. MH does a version of The Allman's song "Dreams" that is so different from the original (both are great songs), that it's hard to know they are the same songs. This record, again, their debut effort, is an oddity for this reason: it is Molly Hatchet's best record. Their follow-up, Flirtin' with Disaster was very good. But I prefer this record's songs to even their mega-selling greatest hits record. I read recently that founding member Dave Hlubek is back in the band as it exists today.
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