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Article: Hank Williams Jr. honors dad on `Almeria Club'

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Hank Williams Jr. honors dad on `Almeria Club'

By RAY WADDELL

Billboard

Friday, September 7, 2001

Nashville, Tenn. -- With an unmatched pedigree and his own place in country music history secure, Hank Williams Jr. is set to deliver an album that taps into both legacies.

"Almeria Club" (Curb, due Jan. 2) is a rootsy, diverse project that examines Williams' musical loves, with a reverent nod to his legendary father.

"I've made a lot of albums in my life and won a few awards, and I wanted to do something that had some substance to it this time around," Williams says. "The time was right."

The bulk of the project was recorded at the Almeria Club, a 100- year-old schoolhouse-turned-social-club in ...

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