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Originally Posted by Glice
C'mon, it's hardly that difficult to ignore kinn if you can't be bothered with it. He's a lot funnier than most people trying to be funny. And, more importantly, who doesn't associate country with rednecks and confederates? Hank was brilliant, but he's definitely a huge part of this 'old timey' America. Biographically it's fairly well-known that he was a bit of a womaniser, and there's definitely a hint that he may have been 'romantically involved' with a certain underage member of the Carter family who possibly went on to marry Johnny Cash. This doesn't take much away from his music, for me, but that's mostly because he is significantly better than the majority of proper cunts in country. Although, having said that, I do really like Toby Keith.
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Womanizers exist everywhere. Fuck, JFK was a womanizer. And underage girls, really? This has absolutely nothing to do with the south or country music, as I can only imagine most stars of his stature ranging from his time up 'till the early 80's were involved w/ underage girls (seriously, there is no shortage of stories on this topic floating about). Some still get mixed up in this sort of thing, it's just much more difficult to get away with it these days in these days.
Led Zep fucked a girl with a shark, + Hank was fuckin' June Carter...hype, man. Speculation. Fun, yes...but not worth taking seriously and like you yourself this shouldn't take away from the music.
And no doubt, the guy is indeed still a part of "old timey" south. I say this because most newer fans of the genre seldom even seem to know who the guy is, and when they do 9 times out of 10 it's "my parents/grandparents listened to that", and it's left at just that. That said, even in Hanks death he has successfully managed to break barriers. Nick Cave is a huge fan, Steve Shelley is a fan, there was a compilation of Hank music released some years ago aimed at "alternative music fans", other post mortem compilations have been aimed at the fans who dig the "blusier" aspects of his music. Today, at least around here (the heart of what most not-in-the-know would consider "redneck country") most younger fans of his music come from a more punk rock background. Rockabilly kids, psychobilly (a term I absolutely hate) kids, punk rock kids are championing his music more than anyone else. Fucker was more of a rebel than any John Lennon, and I don't give a shit what anyone has to say about that, either. His music happened to be brutally honest, full of intense emotion (something lacking in most all today's mainstream country music)...ranging from the sad and lonesome tunes, to other more rockin'/fun shit. He was an artist, and the ignorant (like kinn) seem to want to water down this fact by posting pictures of an era of "redneck'' which has little-no-NOTHING to do with the world Hank grew up in as well as the world he's managed to have a massive impact on...an impact he himself in no way could have realized.
Almost never met a Hank fan I didn't like.
I've met tons of kinns I didn't like, though. They are a dime a fucking dozen. Smoking cigarettes and talking about shit they know nearly nothing about in mall parking lots + on online forums.