Hank Williams III news

Hank Williams III plays Downtown Music Hall Tuesday night. HANK III 7 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $21 adv., $25 d.o.s. I've probably bemoaned the current state of music and culture as much as or more than anybody, but there have been some positive developments in the last few years. For one thing, the major labels are dying. With a few notable exceptions, these corporations were bloodsuckers that ...

As the grandson of country's founding father, Hank Williams III - currently billing himself as Hank 3 - is a direct heir to the music's roots. But rather than fall back on his lineage, Williams offers himself as a musical mongrel, continuing some traditions and establishing a few of his own.

Cyndi Lauper: The “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” singer will perform hits and blues numbers at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 in the Silver Legacy’s Grande Exposition Hall. Tickets cost $65 and $49.50. Details: 800-687-8733 or www.silverlegacy.com.

In the family tradition practiced by his famous father and forged by his legendary grandfather, Hank Williams III loves to break the rules.

Thursday, March 15 7pm 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. Shelton Hank Williams III was born December 12, 1972, in Nashville, Tennessee. As the grandson of Hank Williams and the son of Hank Jr., he was country music royalty before he ever sang a note.

Descendant of country icon performs March 6 in Orlando On the morning after splitting with the Curb Records label in 2010, Hank Williams III started writing songs that eventually filled four discs: "Ghost to a Ghost, "Guttertown," "3 Bar Ranch Cattle Callin" and "Attention Deficient Domination."

WHAT: Even though Hank Williams III, the third-generation musical descendant of country legend Hank Williams, called his 2010 studio album "Rebel Within," he has always let his freak flag fly. Expect more of that raucous combination of rockabilly, hard rock and old-school country on Tuesday at the Plaza Theatre. It should be interesting to see how he reproduces material off the four — yes, four ...

It ain't easy being three. Despite drawing heavily from his love of punk and heavy metal, Shelton Hank Williams III -- stage alias Hank3 -- has had to work for years to distinguish himself from his father and grandfather's country legacy.

Hank Williams III -- Hank 3 as he is more commonly known -- will play his first-show in Montgomery in more than 15 years Saturday at Rock Bottom American Pub.

Marty Stuart will release his latest album, Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down, on April 24. The second release from Marty on Sugar Hill Records, the project will include 10 songs (almost entirely written by Marty) and feature his touring band, The Fabulous Superlatives. Hank Williams III and Lorrie Carter Bennett of The Carter [...]

My Favourite Listens For 2011 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2011 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 05:46 p.m., Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Difficult to listen to at times, but never boring, Hank Williams III is a refreshing change of pace from the rhinestone shclock that passes itself ...