Hank Williams III to Release Four Albums Next Month
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Written by Rob Sleigh
Hank Williams III aka Hank III - the grandson of country music legend Hank Williams and the son of Hank Williams Jr. – is to release four new solo albums on 5th September. Following in the footsteps of both his father and his grandfather, Hank III has become known as a performer of country music, but has also explored a number of other genres including heavy metal. For his new four-album release, he will be dividing his talents between both genres.
On ‘Ghost to a Ghost’ and ‘Guttertown’, which will be available as a double-album, Hank III will be releasing a mainly country collection, while ‘Attention Deficit Domination’ and ‘3 Bar Ranch Cattle Callin’ will both revolve around heavy metal. ‘Ghost to a Ghost/Guttertown’ features guest appearances from artists including Tom Waits and Primus’s Les Claypool.
The new offerings are to be released through Williams’s own label Hank 3 Records. Speaking about the new label, Hank III said: “I have musical freedom. I'm able to say ‘here's my record’ and I don't have to go through a million different channels just to put out a song. It's all me now.”
Going on to speak about a couple of the new albums, he said: “Both ‘ADD’ and ‘Cattle Callin’ are very intense. It's very manic. It's hard to follow, even for the guys I play with. I'm playing everything on these two. It's very complex.”
Hank III released his sixth album ‘Hillbilly Joker’ earlier this year.
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