Well, if you liked Part 1 of ‘Down with the CMA’, this part is gonna blow your doors off. In the last part we learned from Waylon Jennings about the backroom deals that go on when the CMA decides who to give awards to. Waylon also talked about how he and Ricky van Shelton were […]
On Wednesday night, the CMA Awards will be shoving pop music down America’s throat packaged as “country,” in an attempt to sell as many CD’s of talentless, pretty-faced product musicians as possible. This is NOT and award show people. This is not even an event to promote country music, because I’ll venture to guess not […]
Hank III News: –There’s a great new interview with Hank III, probably one of the best I’ve ever read on americanroots.com. –There a contest to win an Epiphone guitar and other Hank III gear you can read about on the Hank III MySpace blog. –Please if anybody recorded the Hank III stuff on Fuel TV, […]
I’ve always said that Hank Williams III’s Straight to Hell was one of the most significant albums in country music history. But since no mainstream media outlets are willing to recognize this, I will, and to prove that this is not my biased opinion as a simple Hank III fan, I’m going to name off […]
The long suffering, soulful, beautiful South: You might have noticed that I have avoided all this political stuff like a pop country compilation on the record store shelf. There a few reasons for this, mainly that I got all kinds of people who read here and I don’t want to offend anybody: Rebels, Yanks, Hippies, […]
The revolution to take back Country Music has begun my friends. I am boldly declaring that on this day, the 3rd of November in the year 2008, the first salvo has been shot, and the money changers and Californicators of the Nashville power-elite oligarchy have no other choice but to take notice. Pop country is […]
Hank Williams III is not gonna get a tattoo of you on his arm unless you got some skins on the wall. For Halloween Unknown Hinson is releasing a new live album Live & Undead. It is available at www.unknownhinson.com. 300-Year-Old Vampire & King of Country and Western Troubadors: Underrated, Amazing Guitar Slinger: Head Sqidbilly: […]
Hank III’s Damn Right, Rebel Proud: No. 2 Nielson Top Current Country Albums No. 18 Nielson Total Top Current Albums 20,000 Albums sold JUST THIS WEEK ! Man, what can I say? This thing may be groundbreaking. I’ve always said that if Hank III even had a little promotion behind him he would see dramatically […]
Hank Williams III is going to be on Fuel TV’s Daily Habit on November 7th at ‘Prime Time’ (sry, that’s all I got) and twice on November 10th. So consider your ass told. I’m guessing it will also be archived on their site, and maybe one of you video people can roll tape on it. […]
There’s a bunch of new reviews of Hank III’s Damn Right, Rebel Proud out there, too many to list, but there’s a great one at Twangnation you should check out. There’s also a great interview with III at bullz-eye.com and Shelton gets political on your ass HERE . And last but not least there’s some […]
We always talk about Nashville and pop country being ‘fake’ or ‘plastic’ and I’m sure some people see these words as being figurative. But no, pop country is fake, FAKE! In the truest sense of the word. Don’t believe me?? From an article about ‘Pro Tools’ from the Nashville Scene: /“So what is this demon […]
Some stuff going on today and the coming days for the release of Hank III’s Damn Right, Rebel Proud so in no creative fashion I’ll run it all down for anybody who is interested. –Hank III will have an exclusive interview tonight on Outlaw Radio at 9 PM Central Time. To listen CLICK HERE and […]
“I want to walk down the street someday and see young people coming here, writing good songs, proud to be here again. When I first came here, a lot of people were proud to be here. It was a good feeling. It gave you pride. You didn’t give a shit whether the rest of the […]
There’s a couple cool Hank III sites to check out if you haven’t already: You can listen to all of Hank III’s new album (including some annoying clicks) at Damn Right, Rebel Proud Amazon Listening Party. There’s also some new III pics HERE. SPIN Damn Right, Rebel Proud Review. If you want to see this […]
Well, well, well. I had many other things I was planning to write about today, but I’ll always preempt my plans to bring you a juicy news item involving a spat between the evil empire of Curb Records (insert Darth Vader procession music here), and a pop country perfume peddling pussy. Uh cat. That’s right […]
The word is that none other than Unknown Hinson will be joining none other than Billy Bob Thorton’s new band The Boxmasters as the opening act for none other than the venerable Willie Nelson. If that combination ain’t enough to make you horny for music, then check your pulse. The tour is supposed to happen […]
First off some house cleaning stuff: If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the Hank 3 music blog about Hank III Listening Parties happening around the country. I might have more about this in a future blog. If you read my blog from yesterday and thought you saw some of the language change, you […]
Yesterday, Hank III played another show at Layla’s Bluegrass Inn in Trashville, TN. Just as a disclaimer, I dropped a big hint that this would happen in my last blog, but because it wouldn’t behoove anybody if the word got out so much that Layla’s was shut down by the Po Po or the Fire […]
So first off, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, sometimes the BEST information in these blogs comes in the comment section, supplied by YOU, my loyal and much appreciated readers. My LAST BLOG was no exception. So if you didn’t read through the comments, ESP. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR MUSIC […]
On Wednesday night, Hank Williams III played a one-off show at Layla’s Bluegrass Inn on Broadway in Nashville. This show was not advertised at all, in fact apparently mum was the word for all involved. I’m not sure what the occasion was. Could’ve been a warmup for a tour, a video shoot, or a thank […]
This blog may not be for everybody, because it’s gonna be a very long and very involved one. But for a while people have been asking for info and my comments on the subject. It’s taken a while for me to put it out because I want to get what facts there are straight, and […]
Real quick, if you did not see the message from the Hank 3 music page yesterday that was all over the bulletin board like a bad rash, CLICK HERE . This is the next front in the Free Hank III movement, to get Shelton played on the radio. We’re targeting this one radio station in […]
Man, I’ll tell you. Since I started this thing I’ve been trying to push the podcasts out there that support REAL Country music and real music in general. But the thing with podcasts is sometimes they come and go, because of course just like us bloggers, there’s no money in it, and it can consume […]
I have great news! The other day, a little birdie flew up to me a whispered this in my ear: “All of this great push for this album (Damn Right Rebel Proud) has come from the people who really care and love the music here on MYSPACE. This in turn has made it possible for […]