Article: Hank Williams III: Sex, drugs and country music?

Seth Denlinger
University Wire
02-20-2001
(FSView & Florida Flambeau) (U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Most likely a possessor of an ABC Liquor Card and no stranger to rebellion, Hank Williams III is the kind of guy who might break into a barn, steal a few chickens, escape by way of pick-up truck and still make it back to a gig in time to take a few shots before ripping through a set of enigmatic country rock. He is rock and roll.

As much a cowboy as a punk, Williams, born Shelton Hank Williams III, is the great-grandson in a long line of influential musicians who have each made their own twang in the country legacy. At the age of 10 he started drumming for his father's (Hank Williams ...

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