High on the Hog is the most commercially successful album by the southern rock

Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...

 band Black Oak Arkansas

Black Oak Arkansas

Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970s with ten charting albums released in that decade...

. It is mainly known for its cover of the LaVern Baker

LaVern Baker

LaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer, who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedlee Dee" , "Jim Dandy" , and "I Cried a Tear" .-Early life:She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois...

 song "Jim Dandy

Jim Dandy (song)

"Jim Dandy" is a song written by Lincoln Chase, and was first recorded by American R&B singer LaVern Baker in 1956. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the pop charts in the U.S...

", which reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. The album prominently featured southern electric guitar licks and James Mangrum

Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

James Mangrum, better known as Jim "Dandy" Mangrum , is the lead singer and frontman for the American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair, and wild, sexually-explicit stage antics which sometimes included miming sex with a washboard which he often uses...

's scratchy, hillbilly

Hillbilly

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 vocals.

Track listing

All songs by Black Oak Arkansas, except "Jim Dandy" by Lincoln Chase

Lincoln Chase

Lincoln R. Chase was an African-American songwriter and occasional recording artist. As a writer, his most notable songs were "Such a Night", "Jim Dandy", and several of Shirley Ellis' hits in the early 1960s including "The Name Game" and "The Clapping Song".-Career:He studied at the American...

 and "Moonshine Sonata" by Black Oak Arkansas & Tom Dowd

Tom Dowd

Tom Dowd was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. Dowd worked on a virtual "who's who" of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul records.- Early years :Born in Manhattan, Dowd grew...

1. "Swimmin' in Quicksand" - 3:20
2. "Back to the Land" - 2:25
3. "Movin'" - 3:13
4. "Happy Hooker" - 5:27
5. "Red Hot Lovin'" - 2:45
6. "Jim Dandy
   Jim Dandy (song)
   "Jim Dandy" is a song written by Lincoln Chase, and was first recorded by American R&B singer LaVern Baker in 1956. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the pop charts in the U.S...
   
   " - 2:38
7. "Moonshine Sonata" - 5:26
8. "Why Shouldn't I Smile" - 2:21
9. "High 'n' Dry" - 2:25
10. "Mad Man" - 3:50

Personnel

• Jim "Dandy" Mangrum
  Jim "Dandy" Mangrum
  James Mangrum, better known as Jim "Dandy" Mangrum , is the lead singer and frontman for the American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. He is noted for his raspy voice, long hair, and wild, sexually-explicit stage antics which sometimes included miming sex with a washboard which he often uses...
  
   - vocals
• Harvey Jett - guitars
• Stanley Knight - guitars
• Rick Reynolds - guitars
• Pat Daugherty - bass
• Abel Ji McKnight - drums

Production

• Tom Dowd
  Tom Dowd
  Tom Dowd was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. Dowd worked on a virtual "who's who" of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul records.- Early years :Born in Manhattan, Dowd grew...
  
   - producer
• Ron & Howie Albert - engineers on tracks 3, 9, 10
• Ed Barton - engineer on the other tracks
• Joe Petagno
  Joe Petagno
  Joe Petagno is an artist known principally for creating images used on rock album covers, for bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nazareth, Motörhead, Roy Harper, Marduk, Nightshade, and Illdisposed....
  
   - album illustration

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1974	The Billboard 200	52

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"Jim Dandy"	Billboard Hot 100	25