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Listen: Tom Waits Teams Up With Hank Williams III

6:10 p.m. · September 12, 2011 · by Andrew Martin

Hank Williams III, aka Hank 3, got pretty damn ambitious this year and released four albums worth of wildly different material last week. Yeah, dude doesn't really mess around when it comes to churning out new records. He already dropped an album earlier this year (Hillbilly Joker) while putting out a record in both 2010 and '09, too.

And on one of the recent projects -- double-album Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town -- Williams joined forces with the god of growlers, Tom Waits, for a pair of tracks. His vocals are far more prominent on Gutter Town foot-stomper "Fadin' Moon," which is essentially a down-country duet between Waits and Williams. But you're going to want to stick around to hear him turn up on "Ghost to a Ghost," because his gravelly hook toward the end really brings the sprawling track full circle. Plus, we kind of just dig that track more, anyway.

You can stream the two tracks below.

"Ghost to a Ghost"

"Fadin' Moon"