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Hank Williams III

Post Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:44 pm

First off, I was very surprised to not find a thread for Hank III. After decades of Shania Twain-Toby Keith- Dixie Chicks wankery the man is the very clearly the greatest thing to happen to country music in recent years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbKwF36o3JA
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Secondly, his hardcore-punk side project, Assjack, has finally found a release and it is fucking burningly quality fantastic.

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Sometimes I think I actually prefer his work to his Grandad's. Well, no, that's not true. But he's really up there.

Any other fans?
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:15 pm

Smerker wrote:Any other fans?


Yes, saw him in Austin, TX and he kicked ass.
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:56 pm

It's been a while, I've seen him three times. His second tour was the best. I thought they would make an excellent opening band for one of the east or west coast tours. I wasn't aware he was touring again. I'd see him again. :)
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:51 pm

territa wrote:It's been a while, I've seen him three times. His second tour was the best. I thought they would make an excellent opening band for one of the east or west coast tours. I wasn't aware he was touring again. I'd see him again. :)


I'd put him (in his country set up) in the same genre as Justin Townes Earle, who is opening for some of the Pogues north american tour.
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:17 pm

Cheers for the heads up Jim Bob!
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:54 am

He did a couple of gigs in London at the Garage in Islington about a fortnight ago, I went to the Sunday night show. First he and his band played a countryish set, then some Hellbilly (hardcore but with banjo, pedal steel etc) followed by a set by his hardcore band Assjack.

I love his song Country Heroes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScJbmqEK0tI
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:51 pm

2 weeks ago I went to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville and they had a special exhibit called Family Tradition which featured Hank Williams, Junior and Hank III. Only one case of Hank III stuff but I got a kick out of seeing an AssJack poster in the Country Music Hall of Fame. My favorite part of the exhibit was Hank III's well abused cowboy boots wrapped in duct tape that he wore for every performance from age 15 to January of 2008.

Side Note: saw instruments used by Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Rogers and Dr. Ralph Stanley among others yet inexplicably the Good Doctor Stanley has not yet been honored with his own plaque in the Hall of Fame, WTF?
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:24 am

Smoz wrote:He did a couple of gigs in London at the Garage in Islington about a fortnight ago, I went to the Sunday night show. First he and his band played a countryish set, then some Hellbilly (hardcore but with banjo, pedal steel etc) followed by a set by his hardcore band Assjack.


Mate, I am sick as a fucking dog to have missed that.
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:42 pm

Smerker wrote:
Smoz wrote:He did a couple of gigs in London at the Garage in Islington about a fortnight ago, I went to the Sunday night show. First he and his band played a countryish set, then some Hellbilly (hardcore but with banjo, pedal steel etc) followed by a set by his hardcore band Assjack.


Mate, I am sick as a fucking dog to have missed that.


You're not alone. My sister had just seen him in Berlin and called me to say, Go!!! and I couldn't make it, so yes, annoying.
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:23 pm

Smerker wrote:
Smoz wrote:He did a couple of gigs in London at the Garage in Islington about a fortnight ago, I went to the Sunday night show. First he and his band played a countryish set, then some Hellbilly (hardcore but with banjo, pedal steel etc) followed by a set by his hardcore band Assjack.


Mate, I am sick as a fucking dog to have missed that.



He did said that it was the first time he had played a gig in London in about twelve years.
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:15 pm

Here's something fun with him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojXKbYF ... ature=fvwp
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:33 pm

yeeehaaaaawwww
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:56 am

Heads up for Smerker/James and Christine (and anyone else who didn't make it to Hank III's last London gig), I have just noticed that his website shows that he will be playing at the Electric Ballroom next week, Weds 20th June along with a few other British/European gigs:

http://www.hank3.com/tour.html
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:52 pm

Smoz - many thanks for the heads up! Tickets in hand... I'm very curious. Quite possibly a four-hour affair?
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Re: Hank Williams III

Post Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:37 pm

Christine wrote:Smoz - many thanks for the heads up! Tickets in hand... I'm very curious. Quite possibly a four-hour affair?



When I saw him in 2009 he did three sets, get there early. I won't be able to make it to the gig tonight, any chance of you doing a brief review?
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