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Shelton Hank Williams (born December 12, 1972 in Nashville Tennesee) is an American musician. He is sometimes credited as Hank III or Hank 3.

The grandson of Hank Williams and the son of Hank Williams Jr., he spent much of his early years playing drums in and bands. In 1996, child support payments led Hank III to sign a contract with Music City giant Curb. Three Hanks: Men With Broken Hearts was issued shortly thereafter, which brought the voices of all three generations of Williams men together. While this may seem to be a nice beginning, it was quite different from what Hank III himself desired musically. Despite having been born in Nashville, Tennessee, Hank III has never had a preference for mainstream country.

While his name (and his uncanny vocal and physical resemblances to his grandfather) could have guaranteed him a thriving country audience, he had no patience for the often predictable Nashville sound, nor for even the minimal constraints on behavior his promoters required. His opinions on this subject are well summed up in the songs “Trashville” and “Dick in Dixie”.

His first album on his own, titled Risin’ Outlaw, was released in September 1999. Lovesick, Broke & Driftin’ was released in 2002.

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  • WINTERREICH666

    Oi, Hank ya cunt

    9 May 1:30am Reply
  • theleprosy

    Punch, Fight, Fuck

    23 Mar 10:38pm Reply
  • CanIUseThis

    I like Attention Deficit Domination. Nice classic doom.

    2 Mar 6:45am Reply
  • AMPACITY

    You know I eat my words. I did not think Hank lll would be any good but I stand corrected. Hank lll Nice job cutting your own sound.

    13 Jan 3:31am Reply
  • traqua89

    sarco_pl , you do realize that Long Gone Daddy was released by Curb Records and that the album is a collection of old unreleased Hank III songs? Unfortunately this does not mean that Hank is "back to his country style"... Lets hope though that the next Hank 3 album will not be as terrible as Ghost to a ghost / ghutter town...

    11 Dec 2012 Reply
  • sarco_pl

    Long Gone Daddy it's what I needed. Great that He's back to his country style!

    29 Nov 2012 Reply
  • Fullmettall

    eta porra

    17 Nov 2012 Reply
  • damnchick

    Great... Just Great.

    7 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Oppressotron

    Just picked up four of his discs. I'm totally digg'n the use of echo, delay and sound manipulation. The stoner references are a big plus for the community.

    27 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Enot990

    "Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town" is more than two hours of pure awesomness! *_*

    9 Sep 2012 Reply
  • AlarmClock12

    l9ove you hank so much, come to toronto, do drugs, 420, kenzington park n shit

    8 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Steelvagina

    Come to fucking Croatia!

    7 Sep 2012 Reply
  • TARAjackson

    amazing<3

    5 Sep 2012 Reply
  • patykol

    Love so muuuch ! <3

    22 Jul 2012 Reply
  • Rockdrigo_666

    Hero.

    21 Jul 2012 Reply
  • ZombiePsyche

    v Dumbass.

    19 Jul 2012 Reply
  • ammo_box

    Tool.

    17 Jul 2012 Reply
  • LiannaFox

    why is 'I Don't Know' not on the top-list?)

    14 Jul 2012 Reply
  • SledzWSS

    Attention Deficit Domination - sludgy, outstanding album - check this fucker out!

    8 Jul 2012 Reply
  • aguitarplayer94

    Smoke & Wine and Pills I Took are my theme songs lol

    26 Jun 2012 Reply
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