Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts

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Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1996
RecordedVarious dates
Genre Country
Length31:36
Label Curb
Producer Chuck Howard
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
(1996)
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
(1996)
Early Years, Vol. 1
(1998)
Hank Williams III chronology
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
(1996)
Risin' Outlaw
(1999)
Professional ratings
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Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts is a collaborative studio album released by Curb Records in 1996. It combines the songs of Hank Williams, who died in 1953, with newly recorded accompanying vocals from his son Hank Williams Jr. and grandson Hank Williams III, the latter of whom makes his recording debut. Aside from Hank Williams' songs, this album also features a new song written by Hank Williams Jr. titled "Hand Me Down". The album was recorded largely to cover Williams III's child support debts. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" Hank Williams, Fred Rose 2:30
2."Move It On Over"Williams2:16
3."Moanin' the Blues"Williams2:33
4."Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)"Williams2:29
5."I'm a Long Gone Daddy"Williams2:55
6."Honky Tonk Blues"Williams2:19
7."I Won't Be Home No More"Williams2:29
8."'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone"Williams, Mel Foree2:54
9."Where the Soul of Man Never Dies" Wayne Raney 1:44
10."Hand Me Down" Hank Williams Jr. 4:03
11."Men with Broken Hearts"Williams3:12
12."Lost Highway" Leon Payne 2:08
Total length:31:36

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1996)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [2] 29
U.S. Billboard 200 [2] 167

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