With three CDs coming, Hank3 tours

The 22-date tour will play shows through the South into Texas, across to Los Angeles, and up to the Pacific Northwest, ending in Denver on Oct. 6.

"I've been off the road for awhile, and I'm looking' at two years of bein' full-on dedicated to goin' out there and doin' what we do," said Williams. "That's one of the reasons I wanted to release all of these albums at the same time, so I could just focus back on the touring again."

The new music includes the double-country "Ghost to a Ghost/Guttertown," the doom-rock "Attention Deficient Domination" and the speed metal "Cattle Callin" - all to be released on Sept. 6 through his very own, just-launched label Hank3 Records.

The evening will open with a country set, followed by a louder, rowdy Hellbilly set, culminating with a set featuring his new metal/doom band, Attention Deficit Domination. "This is gonna be a little different for the fans who have been used to seein' Assjack for the last 10 years," Williams explained. "Assjack was almost fast hardcore, and ADD is slow, Melvins, sleep-oriented doom rock. So it's gonna be a lot different to see and feel, compared to what most people are used to seein' me do live."

All three of Hank3's new releases were recorded at The Haunted Ranch, Hank3's home and studio just outside of Nashville. He wrote the bulk of the songs that appear on the 41-track "Ghost to a Ghost/Guttertown," a straight-shooting country collection, flavored with Hank3's Hellbilly sound, and heavily weighted with Cajun influence and an ambient, lonesome mood. "Ghost to a Ghost" features guest appearances by Tom Waits, Alan King of Hellstomper, Les Claypool of Primus fame and Hank3's dog, Trooper. "Attention Deficit Domination" has nine songs. The 23-track" Cattle Callin" features Hank3's driving, formidable guitar attack, with instrumentation built around the auctioneering (provided by legendary auctioneers Mitch Jordan and Tim Dowler).

"I've always taken the hard road," he added. "That's what makes us different and what gives the wide audience range of 14 to 80. Cowboys, punks, metalheads, jocks, grandmas, and the average everyday person. We bring them all together under the same roof. That's what makes us proud. That's what makes it worth it at the end of the day."

Tour dates are:

Sept. 5 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA

Sept. 7 House of Blues, New Orleans, LA

Sept. 8 Scout Bar, Houston, TX

Sept. 9-10 The Rail Club, Ft. Worth, TX

Sept. 12 House of Rock, Corpus Christi, TX

Sept. 13 Emo's, Austin, TX

Sept. 15 Backstage Live, San Antonio, TX

Sept. 16 Trees, Dallas, TX

Sept. 17 Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM

Sept. 19 Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ

Sept. 20 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA

Sept. 21 House of Blues, San Diego, CA

Sept. 23 The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA

Sept. 24 Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA

Sept. 25 Knitting Factory, Reno, NV

Sept. 29 The Domino Room at Midtown, Bend, OR

Sept. 30 Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR

Oct. 1 Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA

Oct. 3 Showbox At The Market, Seattle, WA

Oct. 4 Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT

Oct. 6 Ogden Theatre, Denver