Molly Hatchet will perform at the Payne & Mencias Palladium at 7 p.m. Friday, July 25. Click here to find tickets.
Since the early ‘70s, Florida guitar heroes Molly Hatchet have been injecting a heavy dose of boogie into Southern rock, crafting bluesy, metal-adjacent tunes like “Flirtin’ With Disaster,” “Gator Country,” “Whiskey Man,” “Bounty Hunter,” “It’s All Over Now” and the slow-building monster tune “Dreams I’ll Never See.”
Molly Hatchet has been churning out guitar riffs and boogie for over 50 years. Founded in 1971 by guitarist Dave Hlubek in Jacksonville, they experienced popularity and commercial success during the ‘70s and ‘80s amongst southern rock and hard rock communities. They released six wildly successful studio albums on Epic Records between 1978 and 1984, including the platinum-selling Molly Hatchet (1978), Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979) and Beatin’ the Odds (1980). Molly Hatchet has gone on to release many more studio albums since their split with Epic Records in 1985.
Recently, the band released a brand new song, “Firing Line,” recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios. The song was produced by the band’s own Bobby Ingram, engineered by Chris Bolster (Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Elton John), and mastered by Lucy Launder and Alex Wharton (Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones). Listen now on all digital platforms.