homemade noize

The other night I went to see Hank Williams III. He really looks like his grandfather. It was like looking at a ghost(well maybe a pissed off ghost that grew long hair and dropped a few grand at a tattoo parlor.) Lords knows I am not trying to be a personal blogger trying to tell the world what I ate for breakfast & how long it took or being a fan boy for a musical group. Thing I want to make a point of is how eclectic the show was. A lap steel guitar, fiddle, and stand bass were replaced by a Krank & 5150 stack and a Les Paul by the end of the show. The familar old honky tonk rhythm was replaced by double kick drum thunder. There was a Johnny Cash cover but also a GG Allin cover. Honestly I heard the “Death Metal Voice” towards the end of the show and headed for the hills. Not my thing at all. Though the music growing harder as the show progressed did not seem like a gimmick. The same liquor & and drug fueled FTW attitude was a common thread throughout. I found it comforting that the was greatly varying ways to get across that feeling wether it was all to my liking or not. The collection of different types of people at the show and lack of genre specific music was cool. In a era where everything seems to be a nice and neat product targeted for a very specific audience I like things that do not adhere to convention. It is good that someone said a lap steel guitar and a death metal voice can be on the same stage on the same night. I wish there was more of that kind of thing.