Album Review – Willie Nelson’s “Last Leaf On The Tree”
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For his latest project, Willie teams with his youngest son Micah. f nothing else, the album gave the two lots of quality and creative time together, and moments that will forever be preserved into the grooves of vinyl.
Outlaw Lawyers
2 CommentsThis is the new album from Those Poor Bastards. In a blog they wrote “It was originally supposed to be released after “Hellfire Hymns,” but was delayed due to some legal mumbo jumbo.” Outlaw Country musicians have always had to fight for their music, whether it is Hank Williams III or Waylon Jennings, and whether […]
Random News Roundup Vol. 4
0 CommentsJust some quick stuff today, nothing special. Hank III Collector’s Edition. Well yesterday and in other blogs I had been reporting that the newly-released Hank III Collector’s Tin would have the tracks of Straight to Hell’s second disc cut up. I haven’t received my copy yet, but some of my operatives in the field have, […]
Hank III Exposed to 50 Million & Collector’s Edition Released
1 CommentToday is the release day for the Hank Williams III 3 CD Collector’s Edition Tin. This set includes all of Hank III’s previously released material. If you already have Hank III’s 3 previous albums, there’s still a reason to but this above the cool tin the CD’s come in: This edition has all the songs […]
Kinky Friedman Interview on Big ’G’s Roadshow!
0 CommentsIf you don’t know who Kinky Friedman is, then holy shit. Aside from being a writer, columnist, humorist, governor of Texas candidate, this dude was one of the ORIGINAL country artists down in Austin, TX with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Michael Murphy, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the others, when Austin music and The Outlaws took country […]
Shotgun Willie on a Boob Tube Near You
0 CommentsIf you’re reading this right now and you are not a MySpace friend of Wayne you should ramble over there and send him a friend request. The main reason is because Wayne checks the Reinstate Hank petition pretty much every day and looks for cool messages people have posted there, and then shares them will […]
Waylon Jennings to Release a NEW Album !!!! (+ Hank III Stuff)
1 CommentThat’s right, Waylon Jennings is going to release a new album!!! From Billboard: “”Waylon Forever,” billed as the final recordings from outlaw legend Waylon Jennings, will be released Oct. 21 on Vagrant Records, Billboard.com can reveal. The eight-song set features remakes of Waylon classics, surprising covers and a new Jennings original, all backed by the […]
Ike Hits Close to Home & .357 String Band
0 CommentsI’m happy to announce that the GREAT .357 String Band has a new MySpace profile. PLEASE everyone gets your ass over there and add them. Their other profile was irrevocably infected with spambot crap, and has to be 86’d. I’ve been trying to help them with this because I think this is one of the […]
Listen to Samples of DRRP! (+ more stuff)
0 CommentsFirst off, everyone should go and check out Cathy’s Blog about how you can print off an official copy of the Reinstate Hank petition to sign. Thanks to Johnny Wright Jr. for doing a lot of the work on this, and also Blake Judd & Keith Neltner. I’m gonna get that on savingcountrymusic.com as soon […]
New DRRP Muddin Video & Hank III and Jr. Patch it Up !!!
0 CommentsJust down from hank3.com: The muddin’ version of ‘Long Hauls and Close Calls’ ALSO: Yep that’s none other than Shelton Hank III and Hank Jr. hanging out with none other than Jesco White. Here’s the scoop: “Recently, a meeting of the outlaws took place in Paris TN for the filming of “The Wild and Wonderful […]
The Avett Bros. and an Album Review
0 CommentsAbove is a piece of poster art done by none other than Keith Neltner , Hank III’s poster and album cover artist, and member of the Metal Farm Magazine staff. I don’t know a whole lot about the Avett Bros., except they’re from the Carolinas, and there seems to be a lot of fans of […]
Saving Country Music (+ Metal farm Party Pics)
0 CommentsFreehank3.org had correspondents crawling all over the place at the Metal Farm Release Party this last Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cathy’s Reinstate Hank Bandwagon and her Hubby Wayne, Donnie Cash from the Hank III Coalition, and the very lovely Sugar were there shaking it at Shake It Records. If you want to see some pics, […]
The Highwaymen & Hank VS. The Here and Now
0 CommentsI found this on Charlie G’s page. It’s about as poignant and true as it gets. Sure, these old farts are straining to harmonize and the whole thing seems a little contrived, but the verses are so true it hurts. Charlie G. pointed out in the comments of my last blog that the Grand Ole […]