Long Gone Daddy Explained

Long Gone Daddy
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Hank Williams III
Cover:	Hank_3_Long_Gone_Daddy.jpg
Length:	33:15
Label:	Curb
Prev Title:	Attention Deficit Domination
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Brothers of the 4×4
Next Year:	2013

Long Gone Daddy is an unauthorized compilation of recordings by Hank Williams III, released on April 17, 2012, through Williams' former record label Curb Records.^[1] The album, distributed without Williams' approval or knowledge, is a collection of six cover songs as well as outtakes from his first two solo albums, Risin' Outlaw and Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'.

Release

This was the second album released by Curb Records since Williams III's departure from Curb. He has come out publicly against the release, and has been instructing his fans to not purchase the album, but to bootleg and share it. He has also been vocal about a few folks he feels betrayed him as part of the Long Gone Daddy release, saying through Facebook:

Release notes

Several of these songs have appeared on previous albums and compilation albums:

• "I'm A Long Gone Daddy" was previously released on Timeless, a tribute album to Hank Williams.
• "Sun Comes Up" was only released on III's live album, Live in Scotland. It was originally supposed to appear on Lovesick, Broke and Driftin', but after the original bass player, who originally came up with the idea of the song, left, this song was removed.
• "Wreck Of The Old 97" was previously released on the Johnny Cash tribute album .
• "'Neath A Cold Grey Tomb Of Stone" was previously released on .
• "This Ain't Montgomery" was originally released on Allcorn's debut album 50 Years Too Late.
• "What They Want Me to Be" is a remixed version of "Trashville" that originally appeared on Lovesick, Broke and Driftin.
• "If The Shoe Fits" was originally released on the album Risin' Outlaw, but the "Shuffle Mix" is previously unreleased.

Chart performance

Chart (2012)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	92

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hank III Releasing Long Gone Daddy in April . Antimusic.com . 2012-02-29 . 2012-04-17.