Hank Williams III discography

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Hank Williams III discography
Williams in 2006
Studio albums11
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Music videos5
Singles49
Collaboration2

The following is a complete discography of all albums and singles credited to American musician Hank Williams III, some of which were released without his approval.[1]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
U.S. Country U.S. U.S. Heat U.S. Indie
Risin' Outlaw 52
Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'
  • Release date: January 29, 2002
  • Label: Curb Records
17 156 4
Straight to Hell 17 73
Damn Right, Rebel Proud 2 18
Rebel Within
  • Release date: May 25, 2010
  • Label: Curb Records
4 20
Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town 14 49 7
3 Bar Ranch Cattle Callin'
  • Release date: September 6, 2011
  • Label: Megaforce Records/Hank 3 Records
27
Attention Deficit Domination
  • Release date: September 6, 2011
  • Label: Megaforce Records/Hank 3 Records
179 21
Brothers of the 4×4
  • Release date: October 1, 2013
  • Label: Megaforce Records/Hank 3 Records
10 61 12
A Fiendish Threat
  • Release date: October 1, 2013
  • Label: Megaforce Records/Hank 3 Records
42
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaboration albums and side projects[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
U.S. Country U.S. U.S. Heat U.S. Indie
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts (with Hank Williams Sr. and Hank Williams Jr.) 29 167
Assjack (with Assjack)
  • Release date: August 4, 2009
  • Label: Curb Records
92
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Unsanctioned albums[edit]

After Williams left the label, Curb Records decided to release old materials but advertising those albums as new releases. Williams, who never authorized these albums, rejected their validity.

Hillbilly Joker[edit]

Released May 17, 2011 on the sublabel Sidewalk Records.

Basically it's the album This Ain't Country,[2] recorded in 2001 but rejected by the label.[3] Two missing tracks ("Hang On" and "Runnin' and Gunnin'") were not included here but on the third collection.

Long Gone Daddy[edit]

Released April 17, 2012 on Curb Records.

Title Original source
"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute[4]
"Sun Comes Up" Lovesick, Broke and Driftin' outtake[4]
"The Bottle Let Me Down" (Unknown, Merle Haggard cover)
"Wreck of the Old '97" Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
"'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone" Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts[4]
"The Wind Blew Cold" (Unknown)
"Good Hearted Woman" (Unknown, Waylon Jennings cover)
"This Ain't Montgomery" (with Joey Allcorn) Actually by Allcorn with Hank III as guest; from 50 Years Too Late[5]
"What They Want Me to Be" "Trashville" (from Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'), but remixed with little overdubbings[6][7]
"If the Shoe Fits (Shuffle Mix)" Slightly alternate version,[8][9] originally from Risin' Outlaw

Ramblin' Man[edit]

Released April 1, 2014 on Curb Records.

Title Original source
"Ramblin' Man" (with Melvins) Actually by the Melvins with Hank III as guest; Hank Williams Sr. cover from The Crybaby[10]
"Fearless Boogie" Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top[10]
"Okie from Muskogee" (with Melvins) Actually by the Melvins with Hank III as guest; Merle Haggard cover from The Crybaby[10]
"The Only Hell (My Momma Ever Raised)" Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck;[10] Damn Right, Rebel Proud outtake[10]
"On My Own (Full Length Version)" Risin' Outlaw alternate cut
"Marijuana Blues" Rare Breed: The Songs of Peter La Farge[10]
"Hang On" This Ain't Country[2] (and Driven soundtrack)
"Runnin' & Gunnin'" This Ain't Country[2]

Take as Needed for Pain[edit]

Released April 14, 2015 on Curb Records.

Title Original source
"Get Outta My Life" (with Cowboys from Hell & David Allan Coe) Actually by David Allan Coe & Cowboys from Hell with Hank III as guest, from Rebel Meets Rebel[11]
"Ruby, Get Back to the Hills" Everybody Loves... ANTiSEEN: A Loving Tribute to the Boys from Brutalsville[11]
"Torn Between Suicide & Breakfast" For the Sick: A Tribute to Eyehategod under the name of The Unholy Three[11]
"No Values" Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three[11]
"Gotta Buy Paw a Truck" Redneck Ride (by AssJack) alternate version[11]
"Take as Needed for Pain" For the Sick: A Tribute to Eyehategod under the name of The Unholy Three[11]
"White Trash" (Probably a version of the live song "White Trash Pt. 1")[11]
"King Cartel" (Unknown)

Greatest Hits[edit]

Released August 18, 2017 on Curb Records.

A selection of tracks from the country albums done on the label (mainly from Straight to Hell).[12][13]

Official bootlegs[edit]

Hank III started sharing bootlegs of his own live shows, specially of his heavier stuff, and (on the last one) demos of the then-unreleased AssJack album.[14]

Year Album details
2000 Hank III Says Fuck You!!![14]
Life of Sin/Hellbilly (45 rpm)[14]
2001 Live in Scotland[14]
Bootleg #1[14]
Bootleg #2[14]
2002 Bootleg #3[14]

Singles[edit]

Year Single Peak positions Album
U.S. Country
1996 "Move It On Over"[15]
(with Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr.)
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
2000 "You're the Reason" Risin' Outlaw
2001 "I Don't Know" 50
"If the Shoe Fits"
2002 "Mississippi Mud" Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'
"Cecil Brown"
2003 "Nighttime Ramblin' Man"
2006 "Low Down" Straight to Hell
2007 "Louisiana Stripes"
2008 "Six Pack of Beer" Damn Right, Rebel Proud
"Long Hauls and Close Calls"
2009 "P.F.F"
"Redneck Ride" Assjack
2010 "#5" Rebel Within
"Rebel Within"
"Lost in Oklahoma"
"Karmageddon"
2011 "Hellbilly" Hillbilly Joker
"Tennessee Driver"
"Hillbilly Joker"
"Gutter Town" Ghost on a Ghost/Gutter Town
"Gutter Stomp"
"Outlaw Convention"
2012 "The Wind Blew Cold" Long Gone Daddy
"Sun Comes Up"
"Good Hearted Woman"
"The Bottle Let Me Down"
"Make a Fall" Attention Deficit Domination
"Goats "N" Heathans"
"Livin' Beyond Doom"
"In the Camouflage"
"Demons Mark"
"Black Cow" 3 Bar Ranch Cattle Callin'
"Mad Cow"
"Square Bailor"
"Countin Cows"
"Branded"
"Moo You"
2013 "Nearly Gone" Brothers of the 4×4
"The Outdoor Plan"
"Broken Boogie"
"Deep Scars"
"Farthest Away"
"Fight My Way" A Fiendish Threat
"Broke Jaw"
"Your Floor"
2014 "Breakin' Free"
"Different from the Rest"
"Runnin' and Gunnin'" Ramblin' Man
"Marijuana Blues"
"I'm the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised"
2015 "White Trash" Take as Needed for Pain
"No Values"
2016 "Torn Between Suicide & Breakfast"
"King Cartel"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notable appearances[edit]

Year Song Album Artist
2000 "Ramblin' Man" The Crybaby Melvins
"Okie from Muskogee"
2001 "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams Himself
2002 "Fearless Boogie" Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top Himself
2006 "Ruby Get Back to the Hills" Everybody Loves... ANTiSEEN Himself
2008 "Swallowed By Sin" Satan Is Watching Those Poor Bastards
2009 "Black Dog Yodel (Acoustic)"

"Black Dog Yodel (Live)"

"They Don't Make Folks Like They Used To (Live)"

Black Dog Yodel EP Those Poor Bastards & Skelton (an alias for Hank III)
2015 "180 Proof"[16] 180 Proof Grandpa's Cough Medicine
"Face of the Demon"[17] Volto Del Demone Moonbow

Music videos[edit]

Year Video Director
2000 "You're the Reason" Preston Long
2008 "Long Hauls & Close Calls" Win Riley
2014 "Different from the Rest"
"Loners 4 Life"

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hank 3's "Ramblin' Man": Another Unauthorized and Inessential Collection from Curb Records". January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c This Ain't Country by AssJack, retrieved January 12, 2019
  3. ^ Trigger (June 3, 2011). "Hank III in Billboard Top 10 For All The Wrong Reasons". Saving Country Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Trigger (February 15, 2012). "Curb to Release "Long Gone Daddy" from Hank Williams III". Saving Country Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Joey Allcorn - 50 Years Too Late". Discogs. October 3, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Hank Williams III - Topic, Trashville, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved January 12, 2019
  7. ^ Hank Williams III - Topic, What They Want Me To Be, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved January 14, 2019
  8. ^ Hank Williams III - Topic, If The Shoe Fits, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved January 12, 2019
  9. ^ Hank Williams III - Topic, If The Shoe Fits (Shuffle Mix), archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved January 12, 2019
  10. ^ a b c d e f Trigger (January 23, 2014). "Curb Records to Release Hank III "Ramblin Man" Album". Saving Country Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Trigger (February 6, 2015). "DON'T BUY Hank III's "Take As Needed For Pain"". Saving Country Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  12. ^ Trigger (February 3, 2017). "Curb Records to Release Hank Williams III Greatest Hits Album". Saving Country Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  13. ^ Trigger (August 18, 2017). "Why You Shouldn't Buy This New Hank Williams III Greatest Hits Album". Saving Country Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "-Discography-". 3Bay. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  15. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. November 30, 1996.
  16. ^ http://www.thecornernews.com/entertainment/wildman_picks/article_e3f6ca6e-c8e7-11e4-b789-2b7da1086b78.html/ [dead link]
  17. ^ "Volto del Demone - MOONBOW". December 14, 2015.