2007-02-23 08:41:37 · 3 answers · asked by i_kool_sam 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Other - Auto Racing
The son of the Great Hank Williams Jr and grandson to Hank Williams Sr. here is some info on him as well as a link to his my space page
In certain ways, III is the redneck equivalent of a gangsta rapper, challenging the system, putting out his own bootlegs and trading on ’tude. “In the end I’m a nice guy, even though I talk a lot of ****,” he reflects. “It’s just what I’ve had to do around here, man. I think that’s what missing nowadays — everybody calls themselves outlaws and all that stuff, but that’s what’s missing in country music. Everything’s so clean and pretty and perfect, and you need a couple of people in there that aren’t perfect and that don’t sound the best. That’s the way some of the best guys were, man.”
More than ever, Hank III appears to be the quintessential anti -Nashville Cat. “I’m totally anti-Music Row,” he confirms, “but as far as the livin’, man, you can’t beat it. ****, I pay a thousand bucks a month in rent for a five-bedroom house on 60 acres 10 minutes from downtown. You can’t find that in no big city. Just to keep the damn band goin’, man, all the things I need are around here — musicians, cheap buses and cheap livin’. I definitely like everything about Nashville besides the business part of it, man.”
Hank III’s live shows pay respects to both his country roots and the punk and metal he cut his teeth on. He starts off with over an hour of hardcore country music, then cross-breeds country and rock elements in a set that he bills as “Hellbilly,” before climaxing the three-hour marathon with a stripped-down metal assault known as “Assjack.”
As for representing this side of his music on record, Hank says, “There will definitely be a rock release. I have the Assjack stuff, which is more screamin’, and then we have our Hellbilly sound that’s got some melodies to it and still got the steel and the fiddle on there. I got my band chompin’ at the bit — they’re ready to go. Now we’re just waitin’ on the system, I guess.”
Despite his battles, Hank III is pretty happy with where he’s at now, all in all. “Just to be on a major label and act independent is pretty cool for us,” he says. “I had complete control of [2002’s] Lovesick, Broke & Driftin’ , and I had complete control of Straight to Hell , so if anybody’s gonna get ****, it’s gonna be me. I’m just now startin’ the process all over again for the next record, doin’ it the same way. To me, every record is a learning process, and the biggest thing on this one is, we’re just very proud that we did it ourselves. No other record like this one is comin’ out of Nashville.”
2007-02-23 13:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by katlady927 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the best shows I've seen... EVER!
(3 or 4 times in the past year!) He plays an hour or so of the "cuntry" and another hour or so of AssJack, hard, crazy greatness!
Hes a wonderful mix of the old with the new!
2007-02-27 14:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by Hanks Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know him personallt but i saw it on MTV2. he is kool.
hope i helped!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-23 16:45:20 · answer #3 · answered by blondebeauty 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋