Risin' Outlaw

by

Hank Williams III

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I admit not being a fan of country music at..that is " the modern so called country music"...I still enjoy playing the classics time to time Cash/Waylon,Hank Jr/Hank Sr./Jones,etc,,etc,,..but in past 5 years or more I got fed up and disgusted by the sound I heard from airwaves and the sound of these new "pop-rock-hollywood artists". The only recent artists I do buy is Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam when they have a new release out. I was in Target shopping last week..and I saw a video from Hank III on the screen. I immediately gave the screen my full attention and was knocked out by the song. Not to mention his stark resemblence to Hank Sr. in look and voice.. I wondered who IS this "Hank III"? ..some wannabe using the name? ...I did some research on the net..and found out he is the grandson of Hank Sr. and son of Hank Jr.! ...aso saw that he is playing a concert nearby in June. Ive since purchased the CD..and I wont get in to reviewing each song...but got to say...its such a welcome of fresh air! ..Excellent CD of what were missing in country music today! Hope to hear more from this artist in future.

I think this album is pretty good, but by no means wonderful. Hank III only wrote a couple of songs on the album, and the rest are covers. It is a little to "poppy" for my tastes. I was expecting something closer to Johnny Cash or Steve Earle or Norman Blake, something with a little more rough edged sound. Not a bad album though, hopefully he will get better as he ages. I think this album has been mis-represented as "alt-country" or "punk-country", when in fact it is country. Not that there's anything wrong with country, I just suggest it not be produced to sound quite so glossy and clean.