Straight to Hell
Bruc Records - Bruc Records
Hank Williams III
Release date: 2006-02-28
Audio CD
Country, Pop, Rock, Americana, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Outlaw Country, United States of America, Country & Western
1. Satan Is Real, Straight to Hell
2. Thrown Out of the Bar
3. Things You Do To Me
4. Country Heroes
5. D Ray White
6. Low Down
7. Pills I Took
8. Smoke & Wine
9. My Drinkin Problem
10. Crazed Country Rebel
11. Dick in Dixie
12. Not Everybody Likes Us
13. Angel of Sin
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Straight to Hell
Date undefinedThis is a very unusual album. Most reviewers seem to like it very much. I think Hank Williams III is a very talented musician, who could do great things if he wanted to. I think this album is basically a mess. While it has flashes of brillance, it is basically one long self-parody. It takes every country cliche, and beats it into the ground. Superfically, the words are all about drinking and drugging and bad love. Since this is Hank Williams III, however, all of these subjects have covered over and over, and with far more brillance by both his grandfather and his father. Hank III's primary contribution seems to be unending defiance of ordinary country. His most heartfelt songs are profanity-laden rants directed at Nashvile for its lack of authenticity. I find this a little hard to take, given the almost total lack of originality involved in Hank the Third once again singing about the same old things. Is it authentic? Yes, in the way that a raised middle finger is authentic, but it has about as much artistry as a raised middle finger.
I hate to psychoanalysis music. Hey, I do not know the guy, so I can not say what is driving him. For what it is worth, however, I see Hank the Third as someone who simply cannot escape the family legacy. Hank the First, I think, was a genuinely tortured man, who drank and drugged to escape real demons of frustrated love and all the rest of it. I do not think Hank the Third has those demons. HIS demons, I think, are living with being the grandson of the greatest country singer of the last century. He wants to be loyal, but how do you be loyal to a heritage of defiance and suicidal self-destruction? I guess this album answers that question. You sing profane rants which repeat the same old themes of defiance. I have to say, however, while Hank the First was the genuine thing, and Hank the Second was good-humored about the whole legacy thing, Hank the Third is just kind of tedious and self-indulgent.
Straight to Hell
Date undefinedWell the third album by III is a little different. His first two albums rode the Outlaw Country rock road. Shelton wanted something a little different here and it seems it took awhile to convince the boys in Nashville. "What we have here is a ............ This album broke his mold fer sure. This is a True OUTLAW Underground COUNTRY. I can't wait for the next ............ Oh and you have to listen the the other disc Ha. ha ha ha ha ha...........BFC
Straight to Hell
Date undefinedCountry Masterpiece, Solid Rebel Gold, This is my 3rd copy,we wore the others out. Not that pop country on CMT,
