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Hank Williams III
About Hank Williams III
Born Shelton Hank Williams, the singer-songwriter adopted the moniker Hank III (or Hank3) when he started playing country, telling his punk music peers, āIf Iām gonna do [it], Iām gonna milk it.ā
ā Williams said heād avoided his familyās country music legacy until finding out that he had a son and owed years of child supportāso he hit the Branson, Missouri, concert circuit to pay off the debt.
ā Hank 3ās recording debut, Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts, featured the voices of three generations of Williamses singing Hank Sr.ās tunes.
ā He cut a version of his legendary grandfatherās āIām a Long Gone Daddyā for the 2001 Grammy Award-winning Hank Williams tribute album, Timeless.
ā Beginning in 2002, he played bass in the heavy metal supergroup Superjoint Ritual, cofounded by Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo and Eyehategod guitarist Jimmy Bower.
ā True to his outlaw heritage, in 2006 he released Straight to Hell, the first-ever country album with a parental advisory sticker (although a clean version was also produced).
ā In 2011, he launched his label Hank3 by releasing four albums in three different genresāhellbilly, doom rock, and ācattle coreāāall on the same day.
ā Williams said heād avoided his familyās country music legacy until finding out that he had a son and owed years of child supportāso he hit the Branson, Missouri, concert circuit to pay off the debt.
ā Hank 3ās recording debut, Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts, featured the voices of three generations of Williamses singing Hank Sr.ās tunes.
ā He cut a version of his legendary grandfatherās āIām a Long Gone Daddyā for the 2001 Grammy Award-winning Hank Williams tribute album, Timeless.
ā Beginning in 2002, he played bass in the heavy metal supergroup Superjoint Ritual, cofounded by Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo and Eyehategod guitarist Jimmy Bower.
ā True to his outlaw heritage, in 2006 he released Straight to Hell, the first-ever country album with a parental advisory sticker (although a clean version was also produced).
ā In 2011, he launched his label Hank3 by releasing four albums in three different genresāhellbilly, doom rock, and ācattle coreāāall on the same day.
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