127 Rose Avenue

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.

127 Rose Avenue
Studio album by Hank Williams, Jr.
Released	June 16, 2009
Genre	Southern rock[1]
Length	44:16
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
"Red, White & Pink-Slip Blues" Released: April 15, 2009 "Farm Song" Released: 2009 "All the Roads" Released: 2009

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Roughstock	Favorable[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Farm Song"	Rick L. Arnold, Hank Williams, Jr.	3:51
2.	"Red, White & Pink Slip Blues"	Mark Stephen Jones, Bud Tower	4:17
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 Hellard	3:53
6.	"Last Driftin' Cowboy"	Hank Williams, Jr.	3:04
7.	"127 Rose Avenue"	Bud McGuire, Ray Hood, Kim Williams	4:09
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

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Mark Catacchia – assistant engineer
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar
• Lisa Cochran – background vocals
• Perry Coleman – background vocals
• Eric Darken – jaw harp, marimba
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Doug Johnson – background vocals, producer, engineer
• Jelly Roll Johnson – harmonica
• Troy Johnson – background vocals
• Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
• Paul Leim – drums
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Ken Levitan – management
• Joe Martino – assistant engineer
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Patrick Murphy – engineer
• John Ozier – production coordination
• Robert Randolph – steel guitar
• Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
• Ed Seay – background vocals, engineer, mixing
• Shawn Simpson – digital editing
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
• Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar
• Steve Turner – drums
• Dennis Wage – Hammond B-3 organ
• Craig White – digital editing
• Hank Williams, Jr. – electric guitar, lead vocals, producer
• Hank Williams – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009) Peak position US Billboard 200[3] 19 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 7

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 75

References

1. 127 Rose Avenue Hank Williams, Jr. Allmusic.com Thom Jurek
2. "Hank Williams, Jr. - 127 Rose Avenue | Country Music Reviews, Taylor Swift to Lady Antebellum". Roughstock.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
3. "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
4. "Hank Williams Jr. Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2020.