Hank III w/Bob Wayne opening

Last time Hank III had rolled through town I was not able to shoot him, much to my regret, especially after everyone told me what a great show I'd missed. I almost had to miss this one since I had to be in Laredo the next morning and that's 6 hours away. Who needs sleep though, right?
Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies opened up and as it turned out three fifths of Bob Waynes band is Hank III band members. The only ones who aren't are Bob Wayne himself and the drummer. I liked Bob Wayne for some reason. The songs were fun the stories told were just wrong, I laughed and then I bought his two CDs. Gotta support the musicians who aren't selling out and aren't even looking for a record deal. Matter of fact he's so independent they burn their own CDs on a laptop and print their own covers. Very low budget setup. On the other hand hell I don't care about fancy packages, I want the product to be good.

Next up was Hank III and lo and behold out comes the same band. I was confused at first but ultimately it was cool since his band is, uhm shall we say, interesting subjects to shoot. Now while I'm not a huge country fan I can say I like real country and especially the outlaw variety pretty well. To me it was as if Hank Williams had flipped off the Grand Ol Opry back in the 50's and went ahead and just invented "outlaw country" instead. Hank III sounds a lot more like Sr. than Jr. to me. Looks more like him to.

Then later he switches gears and it's thrash metal time. The older more country aligned crowd dissapate and the hardcore fans take over the floor. It's a strange dichotomy to be sure but somehow it all seems to work. Hellbilly is what they call it, and I can't agree more. Good stuff, I think everyone owes it to themselves to catch these guys. It's a hell of a lot more real than 99% of the stuff coming out of Nashville that's for sure.
Satyr
9/12/2006
satyr at satyrgraphs.com