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  • Summary: The first album on Williams' own independent label, Bocephus Records, features guest appearances by Trace Adkins, Merle Haggard and Brad Paisley.
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  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock, Country-Rock, Outlaw Country, Traditional Country, Southern Rock, Urban Cowboy
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Keep the Change
I'll keep my freedom I'll keep my guns Try to keep my money And my religion too Try to keep on workin' Try to keep on smilin' I will keep my... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Aug 10, 2012
    70
    There aren't really any new rules on this album, just old-school honky tonk dressed up in shiny new boots.
  2. Aug 10, 2012
    60
    Hank's been bruised but not broken, and Old School's aggressive attitude evidences that he still rules, with or without reinforcements, on his particular piece of the playground.
  3. 42
    Old School New Rules leans heavily on that persona, spewing Internet-troll claptrap about the "gotcha" media and impinged freedom.
  4. Aug 13, 2012
    10
    This is truly a fascinating album, but for all the wrong reasons.
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