Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Wild-Eyed Southern Boys is the fourth studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1981.
Three of the four songs written or co-written by Survivor's Jim Peterik for the album charted as singles: the title track, "Fantasy Girl" and "Hold On Loosely".Track listing
- "Hold On Loosely" – 4:39
- "First Time Around" – 3:59
- "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys" – 4:18
- "Back Alley Sally" – 3:11
- "Fantasy Girl" – 4:06
- "Hittin' and Runnin'" – 4:55
- "Honky Tonk Dancer" – 4:59
- "Throw Out the Line" – 3:45
- "Bring It On" – 5:38
"Hold On Loosely" is a playable track in the PlayStation 2 video game as a cover version and a downloadable track, featuring the master recording, for the Rock Band series. It was also used in the movies Joe Dirt, Without a Paddle and Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas.Personnel
- Don Barnes – guitar, piano, lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, background vocals
- Steve Brookins – drums
- Jeff Carlisi – guitar, steel guitar
- Jack Grondin – drums
- Larry Junstrom – bass guitar
- Donnie Van Zant – lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, background vocals
- Carol Bristow – vocals
- Lu Moss – vocals
;Guests
- Carol Veto – background vocals
- Steve McRay – piano
- Terry Emery – percussion
Production
- Producer: Rodney Mills
- Engineers: Rodney Mills, Greg Quesnel
- Cover art painting: Larry Gerber
Charts
Album – Billboard
Singles – Billboard
