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Article: HANK WILLIAMS III PUNK-ROCKS FAMILY'S COUNTRY-MUSIC ROOTS.(What's Happening)(Review)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- June 30, 2000
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It's often said that kids rebel against their parents. What, then, to do if you're Hank Williams III?
His grandfather, Hank Williams Sr., was one of the all-time American rebels, changing the face of country music in the late 1940s and early '50s before his alcohol-and-drug-related death on New Year's Day of 1953.
Hank III's father, Hank Williams Jr., became a country star in the 1970s known for his rowdy, rambunctious ways; he had his own battles with drugs and alcohol, and nearly died in a mountain-climbing accident in the Northwest in 1975. Leave it to the next generation to revive the rebel spirit. Shelton Hank Williams, a k a Hank Williams III, ...