MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS features electronically created collaborations between three generations of the Hank Williams family. Most of the songs are Hank Williams Sr. songs featuring his original vocals, but with new musical tracks and the additional voices of his son and grandson.
Personnel: Hank Williams, Sr., Hank Williams, Jr. (vocals); Hank Williams III (vocals, acoustic guitar); Audrey "Miss Audrey" Williams (vocals); Michael Spriggs (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Brent Rowen (nylon-string & electric guitars, background vocals); Brent Mason, John Willis, Dann Huff, J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel & slide guitars); Larry Franklin (fiddle); Terry McMillan (harmonica); Mike Haynes (trumpet); Steve Nathan, John Hobbs (keyboards); David Hungate (bass, tic-tac, background vocals); Glenn Worf (bass); Eddie Bayers (drums, background vocals).
Engineers include: Bob Campbell-Smith, Chuck Howard, Jeff Watkins, Craig White.
Principally recorded at Castle Studio and 16th Avenue Sound, Nashville, Tennessee.
Personnel: Hank Williams (vocals); Hank Williams, Jr. (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Hank Williams III (vocals); Audrey Williams (vocals); Michael Spriggs (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff, Brent Rowen, John Willis, J.T. Corenflos , Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Terry McMillan (harp); Larry Franklin (fiddle); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Eddie Bayers (drums, background vocals); David Hungate (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Csaba Petocz; Charlie Ainley; Bob Campbell-Smith.
Well, someone had to do it. Three Hanks is exactly that, Hank Williams, Sr., Hank Williams, Jr., and Hank Williams III all together on the same disc, and often on the same track, thanks to the wonders of 21st century digital overdubbing. Produced by Chuck Howard, the dozen songs here, aside from introducing the intriguing talent of Hank III to the world, really don't add much to Hank Sr.'s legacy, or to Hank Jr.'s, either, for that matter. Oh, it's pleasant enough, and even fun sometimes, and Hank Jr.'s "Hand Me Down," which tells the story of a note from Hank Sr. that Hank Jr. found when he was already a grown man, is poignant enough to be a minor classic, but on the whole, Three Hanks feels a bit like a family scrapbook, which is nice to have, but how often does one really look at such things? ~ Steve Leggett
