Best known as a legendary tough guy actor, Jack Palance recorded an album in 1969 for Warner/Reprise (now on CD for the first time) that recalls the wacky country-rock music vibe of Lee Hazelwood's albums during the same time period. Fans of Johnny Cash will also dig Palance's deep growl as well as Palance's self penned classic song "The Meanest Guy That Ever Lived" featured here. Recorded in Nashville with the usual studio cats, the album is a playful country-rock romp not unlike other late-‘60s Nashville recordings. This remains Palance's only album, except for when he returned to the studio in 1984 with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters to provide narrative for Waters’ “The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking” project.