Les Jones

Hank Williams III and the Damn Band

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 | A&E, East Tennessee |

I’ve been on a Hank III kick lately. When “Broke, Lovesick & Driftin’” came out Jay loaned me his copy. I loved it. With his yodelly twang and country string band III sounds more like his granddaddy than his daddy.

7 Months, 39 Days

and this makes me want to see him live:

Cocaine Blues - Spartanburg, SC 10/18/06

Smoke and Wine (acoustic with banjo - my fave)

LATER: That’s the best video of the bunch and it looks even better on the LiveDaily Sessions site. Follow that link for videos of “Country Heroes” and “Six Pack of Beer.”

My Drinkin’ Problem

This is just a hell of an old style, blue vein country tune.

She said she’s gonna quit me,
If I didn’t quit the booze.
So I just started drinkin’ more,
To see if she would really choose.
And I have to hand it to that girl:
She meant every breath.
An’ I’m glad she did, ’cause I was about,
To drink myself to death.

Because my drinkin’ problem left today.
She packed up all her things and walked away.
Well, it looks like off the bottle now is where I’m gonna stay,
Because my drinkin’ problem left today.

Something almost unlistenably different

Blue Devil

7 Months 39 Days live

My wife found his Wikipedia entry, which is pretty darned interesting. I liked this: “Upon first meeting Hank III, Minnie Pearl, a friend of the late Hank Williams Sr., reportedly said “Lord, honey, you’re a ghost,” as she was astonished by his striking resemblance to his grandfather.”

P.S. - Hank III’s fiddle player deserves the Nobel Prize in Fiddlin’.

P.P.S. - I don’t know who the banjo player on “Smoke and Wine” is, but he’s damned good. Is that a Mississippi Rebels ball cap or a Maryville, TN Rebels ball cap?

Tags: both kinds of music - country AND western

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