Tracklist front / back album covers
38 Special - 38 Special
1. "Long Time Gone" 4:02
2. "Fly Away" 5:15
3. "Around and Around" 3:27
4. "Play a Simple Song" 3:24
5. "Gypsy Belle" 4:58
6. "Four Wheels" 4:41
7. "Tell Everybody" 4:09
8. "Just Hang On" 5:00
9. "I Just Wanna Rock & Roll" 5:56
38 Special Band Members / Musicians
Donnie Van Zant – lead vocals
Don Barnes – guitar, background vocals
Jeff Carlisi – guitar, pedal steel, dobro
Ken Lyons – bass
Steve Brookins – drums, percussion
Jack Grondin – drums
Terry Emery – piano
Dan Hartman – piano on "Fly Away"
Larry Junstrom – bass on "Fly Away"
Carl Hall – background vocals on "Tell Everybody," "Just Hang On" and "Fly Away"
Lani Groves – background vocals on "Tell Everybody," "Just Hang On" and "Fly Away"
Joslyn Brown – background vocals on "Tell Everybody," "Just Hang On" and "Fly Away"
38 Special is the 1st studio album by the southern rock band, 38 Special, released in 1977 on A&M, their first of many for the label. It was remastered and reissued on the Lemon record label in 2003. Two singles, "Long Time Gone" (A&M 1946-S) and "Tell Everybody" (A&M 1964-S), were released, but neither charted on the Billboard Hot 100. "Around and Around" is a cover of a 1958 song by Chuck Berry.
38 Special (sometimes stylized as .38 Special) is an American rock band that was formed by Donnie Van Zant and Don Barnes in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida.
38 Special Band Members / Musicians
Don Barnes – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards (1974–1987, 1992–present)
Bobby Capps – keyboards, backing vocals (touring member 1987–1992; 1992–present)
Gary "Madman" Moffatt – drums, percussion (1997–present)
Barry Dunaway – bass, backing vocals (2014–present; touring substitute 2011, 2013)
Jerry Riggs – lead guitar, backing vocals (2019–present)
Carol Bristow – backing vocals (1977–1987)
Dale Krantz Rossington – backing vocals (1977–1979)
Billy Powell – keyboards (1977–1980; died 2009)
Nancy Henderson – backing vocals (1979–1980)
Lu Moss – backing vocals (1981–1984)
Lynn Hineman – backing vocals (1986–1987)
Donny Baldwin – drums, percussion (1996; filled in for Scott Hoffman)
Donnie Van Zant – lead and backing vocals, guitar (1974–2013)
Jeff Carlisi – lead guitar (1974–1997)
Jack Grondin – drums, percussion (1974–1991)
Steve Brookins – drums, percussion (1974–1987)
Ken Lyons – bass (1974–1977; died 2012)[5]
Larry Junstrom – bass, occasional guitar (1977–2014; died 2019)
Steve McRay – keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals (1986–1987)
Max Carl – lead vocals, keyboards (1987–1992)
Danny Chauncey – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (1987–2019)
Scott Meeder – drums, percussion (1991–1992)
Scott Hoffman – drums, percussion (1992–1997)
38 Special Discography Full
38 Special (1977)
Special Delivery (1978)
Rockin' into the Night (1979)
Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1981)
Special Forces (1982)
Tour de Force (1983)
Strength in Numbers (1986)
Rock & Roll Strategy (1988)
Bone Against Steel (1991)
Resolution (1997)
A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night (2001)
Drivetrain (2004)