Rachel Brooke & Lonesome Wyatt on Tour

The Hank Williams female reincarnation known as Rachel Brooke and Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards have just finished up a tour through the Midwest, Texas, and Florida in support of their duo record A Bitter Harvest. All the eyewitness accounts I have come across have had nothing but glowing things to say, and as I was hoping, some good quality videos have surfaced of the duo.

One of the things I was surprised and impressed with from Those Poor Bastards when I saw them earlier this year, was how they translate music that in the recorded format is heavily dependent on production to the live format without losing a lot of what makes the song great. A similar thing can be said about this Bitter Harvest material. “Someday I’ll Fall” is in top running right now for my Song of the Year, and following is a great performance of it:

The way Rachel slowly drops her pitch during the second part of the yodel nearly pulls off the amazing things Lonesome Wyatt did with her voice on the recorded version.

Here’s another from Backwoods Films, at the The Lafayette Brewing Company in Lafayette, IN:

Also for fans of Those Poor Bastards, the two 7″ Halloween releases including the one with Hank III’s alter ego “Skelton” are now available to purchase HERE. That is, if the 250 quantity hasn’t already been snatched up.

Hank III Tour Announced & “Skelton” w/ TPB

Hank III has just announced some tour dates starting in the south and heading up to the Midwest. Here are the dates as of now, but you can check the Tour Page to see if more dates are added to this tour later. Those Poor Bastards will be opening.

• Nov 2 2009 8:00P The Catalyst Knoxville, Tennessee
• Nov 3 2009 8:00P Crossroads Cafe Huntsville, Alabama
• Nov 4 2009 8:00P Zydaco Birmingham, Alabama
• Nov 9 2009 8:00P Cottilion Wichita, Kansas
• Nov 10 2009 8:00P Sokel Omaha, Nebraska
• Nov 11 2009 8:00P Val Air Des Moines, Iowa
• Nov 13 2009 8:00P Barrymore Theater Madison, Wisconsin
• Nov 14 2009 8:00P First Ave Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Nov 15 2009 8:00P Double Door Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 17 2009 8:00P Vogue Indianapolis, Indiana

Also, it was just announced that “Skelton” a skull-masked alter ego of Hank III will be appearing on a very limited, 250-run 7″ record with Those Poor Bastards to be released on Halloween. The record will feature acoustic and live versions of the song “Black Dog Yodel.” TPB will also be putting out an EP called Abominations on Halloween. It will also be only a 250 record run, but this will also be made available for digital download, unlike the “Skelton” project. Here’s there artwork for the projects: