On IBWIP, they interviewed Rachel Brooke who is good friends with Tim Pop, they mentioned a comment I left in passing on their MySpace site, the Hank III Coalition won their contest.

They also announced that they will be doing their show next month from the Metal Farm Magazine release party in Cincinnati.

Then I read this amazing blog from Cathy, and it hit me.

Man this thing is big, and getting bigger.

And it may not include millions of people, but the people who are in it are in heart and soul.

And the whole thing is bookended with Hank Sr. & Hank III. When Hank Sr. got kicked out of the Opry, that’s when it all started. That’s when money became the most important power broker in Nashville. Waylon Jennings and the original Outlaws proved that, and Waymore made light of it in his song ‘Are you Sure Hank Done It This Way?’ Then Shelton comes along, and right out of the gate declares he’s an Outlaw, and even better sees with GREAT WISDOM what is going on in Nashville, where the lines need to be drawn and the battle needs to be fought.

I don’t know that this post is going anywhere, except to say that this Big Hellbilly Family is as strong as it ever was, and is growing. I can feel it. And I feel humbled to be a part of it in any small way.

freehank3.org

Partly spurned by soul-inspiring weekend, and partly by circumstances, partly by MySpace screwing up my last two blogs, I am working on completely revamping freehank3.org. There are no noticeable changes at this moment, but when I’m done with it, it’s going to be a place where people who are not on MySpace can not just be informed, but also participate. It will also hopefully DRAMATICALLY increase the exposure this movement has all over the internet.

It will also make this blog much more accessible to people, and make it easier to find information in blogs. I’m not leaving MySpace don’t worry, but there are lots of people out there that think MySpace is full of fags and whorebots, and don’t want anything to do with it, and I want those people to be able to participate too.

It might be a couple of days or a couple of weeks before it’s done, it just depends on how much time I got to throw at it, and how many pinche problemos come up. I let you know when it’s live.

Other Stuff:

You can go to neltnercreative.com now and see some of the art that is going to be displayed at the Metal Farm release party in Cinci. God dammit I wish I could go, but it’d cost me four figures to get there.

You should also check out RustyJames. He’s got a really cool song up called ‘Hank I, II, & III.’

First off sorry to everyone who tried to leave comments or kudos on my blog yesterday and got an error message. Stupid MySpace.

Another Hank III Impostor

If you go here you can see there’s yet another Hank III impostor. I don’t know if these dudes get off on this or what, but man does it bring my piss to a boil. He even put “me” under a picture of Hank III. Is this dude sick? Shit just be yourself. Again to report these bastards you go all the way down to the bottom of the page and click “report abuse.”

The problem is that MySpace will probably not take it down unless Hank III contacts MySpace himself, and then he’s got to take a picture of himself holding a photo ID or some bullshit, it’s this huge process. The way we got the last site taken down was through copyright infringement, because they had Shelton’s music on it illegally.

Yep, if you want to kick it old school, there will be a number of DRRP albums pressed in vinyl, and it will also include with it the CD. For more info on this you can read the release on HANK III.com where you can also get all Hank III OFFICIAL news.

Tim Pop Live has just release his 100th show, and there is a rumor that the head hellbilly of freehank3.org MIGHT make an audio appearance. So you should check that out, and you should also check out his last show which was an all country show if you haven’t yet.

It Burns When I Pee has just released their latest podcast featuring the women of underground country. It’s got an interview with the lovely Rachel Brooke, and great music so you should check it out. If you want a preview of the show, or to learn more about some of the female artists it features, you can check out my Ode to the Hellbetties blog.

I’ll be listening to these podcasts and might have some reviews up for you later.

Let me just say that I like boobs. Big boobs, small boobs, real boobs, fake boobs. I’m a fan of ‘em all.

I just wanted to say that clear up some misunderstandings that might’ve arisen from my Ode to the Hellbetties blog. If you thought that I was implying that I do not like boobs, and thus, may not be as much of a man as you thought I was before, that was not what I was trying to say. Nor was I targeting fake boobs as being bad.

I simply was trying to make the point that pop country today is all pretty faces and no substance. It used to be that if country singers were easy on the eyes, that was a bonus. But now if you aren’t hot by the bland standards of Nashville, then you can’t make it in country music.

And pop country singers don’t write their own songs any more. That’s what the “ugly” people do behind the scenes, while the “pretty” people get all the fame and money lip sincing what others write.

Sound familiar?

Click here for the story.

This is what’s happening in music all over the world, and it must be stopped.

(Bob Wayne with Hank III’s famous Guild)

If you’ve browsed my comments section lately, you might’ve seen that I got confirmation that Bob Wayne is indeed the writer of the ‘Working Man’ track, which was one of the new tracks added to Hank III’s Damn Right, Rebel Proud .

For those of you that don’t know, Bob Wayne is (or was) Hank III’s guitar tech, and is also a former opening act for Hank III. His band, the Outlaw Carnies, which always has a revolving lineup, has also featured Joe Buck and III’s flat picker Andy Gibson.

Speaking of damn good live shows, Joe Buck has got a helluva Fall tour schedule being put together so go and check his site out.

Every time I start talking about podcasts I feel like I’m whipping everyone’s ass and getting preachy. But really if you’d rather drink dihreea out of a buffalo’s dick than listen to pop country radio, podcasting is one of the ways to go.

Tim Pop has got a new show up if you like old school punk with a little country mixed in.

It Burns When I Pee also has a new episode up.

This episode IBWIP has an interview with Jayke Orvis of the .357 String Band. They even got this poster out there done by Keith Neltner to promote the show:

I always have trouble finding their podcast because their site is under construction, but if you’re looking for it, do NOT go through their MySpace site or IBWIP.com. The easiest way to get to their podcast is to go to Hank in Chains and The Bootleg Asylum Radio Show .

IBWIP are big supporters of REAL country music, so go CHECK THAT SHIT OUT!

Listen, all I got to say is that I’m pissed too, but you just can’t release an album through a major label overnight. This shit takes time. And something that might’ve pushed the project back a little was when they added the new tracks, ‘Three Shades of Black’ & ‘Working Man.’ And hell, I don’t blame Shelton for trying to cram as many tracks on this album as he can, because you never know when the next one is coming out.

If Curb Records does anything to help promote Damn Right I’ll eat my hat, but it looks like on this album Hank III ain’t gonna wait for Curb and he’s going to do his own promotion. But to do this you have to space things out on the calendar properly, not considering actually making the CD’s and getting them to the stores.

For example this was the last and only music video ever made for a III song, off of his first album:

So III this time said fuck it, if Curb isn’t making any music videos, I’ll do it my derned self. That’s where the ‘Mud as Fuck’ shoot came in, and the video for ‘Long Hauls and Close Calls’ is being made from that footage.

By the way, rumor is the ‘Long Hauls’ video is coming out September 30th. In my personal opinion, that song is the best one Shelton has ever written, and since it contains no cussin’, it could be a break out radio hit if they can just figure out what format to play it in.

But if you’re itching for the new III and are pissed off it’s going to take so long, all I can say is that I feel your pain, but pretty much there’s nothing we can do. I’d hate to push for it to come out sooner, and then the production or distribution or promotion is poor on Curb’s end.

But if you’re itching to get your listen on, here’s some stuff you can check out:

–The proverbial house organ of freehank3.org, Tim Pop Live has a new show up. There’s also a spanking new podcast called Punk & Beans Radio . There’s only one episode up, but what I’ve heard so far they play Hank III and a lot of the old school country stuff.

Another cool thing to check out is and to fill your Hank III jones is THIS SITE . Click on “Hank III’s Wild Ride” and then you can arrange video and watch them in your own order and all this stuff. This site is SICK!

Another thing we can do to make sure that Damn Right makes it out on October 21st is to pre-order it online through Amazon or whoever, or through a local music store once it is available. If there are enough orders, this kind of obligates Curb to put the CD out, and also labels will sometimes judge the promotion they will put behind an album or even how many albums they’ll make by the amount of pre-order sales, so this is another way we can help Shelton out. I’ll keep an eye out and let you know when and where you can pre-order online.