With his new album release, Viper of Melody, Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been all over the place like a bad rash. This is a good thing, because Viper of Melody might be Wayne’s best work to date, and with 15+ years of recording and touring, he’s due for some more exposure. There’s a great […]
From Hank III.com Jun 16 2009 8:00P Headliners Louisville, Kentucky Jun 17 2009 8:00P Bogart’s Cincinnati, Ohio Jun 19 2009 8:00P V Club Huntington, West Virginia Jun 20 2009 8:00P Altar Bar Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jun 21 2009 8:00P Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York Jun 23 2009 8:00P Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut Jun 24 2009 […]
The King of Country and Western Troubadours, part time voice actor for Cartoon Network’s Squidbillies, and full-time bad ass guitar player Unknown Hinson is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow night! (Tue 4-21-09) Unknown Hinson (or at least his other persona, Danny Baker) was in the news recently, swept up in the whole […]
From deep in the heart of Texas, the king of Juke Joint Swing Wayne “The Train” Hancock presents his new album Viper of Melody! It will be released through the greatness of Bloodshot Records this Tuesday (4-24) but is available for pre-order now. From what I’ve heard from this album so far it is superb. […]
Apparently Tuesday (4-14-09) on the Oprah Winfrey Show there was a “Country Music Special.” Guests included Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, and Kenny Chesney. If you’re wondering where the COUNTRY music artists in that list are, so am I. Upper-middle class housewives screeched as fashion-plate stars sang songs written by other people through pitch benders, […]
Country music is an interesting thing. More so than in any other genre of music, you can look back at it’s history and almost see a grand design; an underlying purpose to all of it’s ebbs and flows. Country music has created folk heroes and arch villains within it’s ranks of performers and business handlers. […]
For the past 38 weeks, Outlaw Radio has been playing REAL country music every Tuesday night at 9 PM Central, and interviewing guests like Hank III, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Joe Buck, Roger Alan Wade, the .357 String Band, and many others. The show is aired live on punkandbeansradio.com, but in the past, if you […]
I first heard about this story earlier in the week, and was waiting for the dust to settle a little to try to discern what exactly had happened and why. Now I think I know. And though this might cause me to start by day off by giving up my Post Toasties to the porcelain […]
On March 3rd, I traveled up to Portland, OR to catch the Hank III show at the Roseland Theater. Before the show, I sat down with Hank III’s steel guitar player and recording guru Andy Gibson to talk about his mentor Kayton Roberts, his work recording bands like The .357 String Band and Bob Wayne […]
I reported back in late February that Hank Williams III’s first three albums were going to be released on vinyl on April 18th. Well those bad boys are now available for pre-order through Amazon.com. Why pre-order? Well I know that times are tough, but if you’re planning to buy the vinyl albums anyways and you […]
In a poll conducted by The Birmingham News in Alabama where over 31,000 ballots were cast in six total rounds since March 5th, Hank Williams was named Alabama’s “Top Music Icon” by the people. I first learned about this contest from the General of European Operations Restless in Amsterdam. Unfortunately I heard about it too […]
Tonight (Sunday) the joke that is the Academy of Country Music awards will be going down in Las Vegas. Place your bets that this show will SUCK, and I guarantee it will pay off in spades. I was going to write at length of why the ACM’s are a sham of the highest order, but […]
The It Burns When I Pee Podcast needs help people. No, I’m not talking about castration, a flea dip, and electro-shock therapy (though Jeebus knows they could use this as well.) No, they need your ears, simple as that. Sure you could also go to the IBWIP Store and be tempted by the lifted skirt […]
Take one of the best living guitar players pound for pound (and Chubby’s got a few pounds to count), and the most bad-ass bass plucking bad housewife whose got more balls than the boys blabbing out bad country on 98.1, and you got yourself some pretty Vicious Country my friends. Vicious Country is full tilt […]
I get a lot of questions from people. I think that questions are a really interesting way to judge the mood or the interest of people at any given time. Its funny, because I rarely get the a question just once. It seems like the same things are racing through people’s minds at the same […]
According to Hank3.com, III is going to be hitting the road on an east coast leg sometime around mid-June, and opening will be the greatness of Lucky Tubb. According to Lucky’s MyWaste the tour is going to start on June 16th in Kentucky, but I’d caution on believing any dates until they are posted on […]
That’s right people, Real Deal Dale (just made that up) is releasing a new album “Truckin’ Sessions Volume 2” on April 21st. Here’s the company spiel: “Following up his 2007 release ‘From The Cradle To The Grave,’ Watson is back with his second album for Hyena Records entitled ‘The Truckin Sessions: Volume Two.’ Here he […]
Being the son or daughter of a famous country performer is a dichotomy. Sure, the name may help you get a contract from a record label, but for everyone that gives you a listen because of who you are, there will be another who writes you off as just living off the family name. You […]
With technology, the strangleholds that major label have over artists are decreasing by the day. It used to be that you needed a label to record your music, publish your music, distribute it and promote it. But now all off these things can be done by the artists themselves through the internet. And as time […]
Alright people, I’m not going to lie to you. I’m a little hot right now, even though I’ve tried to give myself a chance to cool off, because I know, justice is better served cold. But someone’s gotten on the fighting side of me, and let me warn you foul language is going to follow. […]
Scott H. Biram, the “dirty ol’ one man band” who bridges country, blues and punk, recently ended a very successful European tour by slipping and breaking his lower left leg. It was a break of the compound persuasion. On his stomping leg. Ouch. This has forced Biram to cancel all his March and April tour […]
OK people, you might want to perch a paper bag on your knee for this one, ’cause it could get nasty. This week the great cultural deconstructionist and mind-numbing indoctrinator American Idol is going to have “country week.” No, songs by Willie and Waylon will not be featured. Try Sailor Twift, Timberly McGraw, and whatever […]
To sign the petition to Reinstate Hank Williams to the Grand Ole Opry CLICK HERE To learn more about the movement to Reinstate Hank CLICK HERE To learn more about Outlaw Magazine’s request for Reinstate Hank video’s CLICK HERE To learn about my Reinstate Hank video contest CLICK HERE To see an updated list of […]
Down in Houston the Annual Livestock Show and Rodeo has been raging for a little over a week now, and pop country acts have been running through there spewing their plastic form of ear vomit all over the masses. Luckily the forces for REAL country have found an ally down there in the form of […]