Album Review: Hank III - "Straight to Hell" (2006)

Hank III has issued this double album which is a shot in the arm of traditional country, much needed after the hangover-inducing "Walk the Line" and all the phoniness and posing that accompanied it. With toe-tappin' twang like "Thrown Out of the Bar", "Smoke and Wine" and "Dick In Dixie", this album certainly does not betray the heritage of its author, instead, reinforcing it despite the just plain weird one-track second disc that is full of train noises and the like.

Separate the men from the boys with "Straight to Hell" and remember that just like David Allan Coe said, cowboys do more dope than rock n' rollers.

Overall rating: 8.25/10