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Hank Garland
Background information
Birth name
Walter Louis Garland
Born
(1930-11-11)November 11, 1930 Cowpens, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
December 27, 2004(2004-12-27) (aged 74) Orange Park, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Jazz,[1] country,[1] rock and roll, pop
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar, six-string bass
Years active
1942-1961
Musical artist
Walter Louis Garland (November 11, 1930 – December 27, 2004), known professionally as Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz album in 1960. His career was cut short when a car accident in 1961 left him unable to perform.
The Hank Garland biopic Crazy was released in 2008.[2]
^ abPrown, P.; Newquist, H.P.; Eiche, J.F. (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. H. Leonard. p. 125. ISBN 9780793540426. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
Walter Louis Garland (November 11, 1930 – December 27, 2004), known professionally as HankGarland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started...
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James Ross Boothe, although both Helms and session guitarist on the song HankGarland disputed this (see Authorship controversy section below). Beal was a...
Gibson. Its name derives from the names of guitarists Billy Byrd and HankGarland for whom Gibson originally custom-built the guitar. The Byrdland is the...
1961) – also released as HankGarland & Gary Burton's Three-Four The Blues (CBS, 1961) The Unforgettable Guitar of HankGarland (Columbia, 1962) With Stan...
songwriter Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher HankGarland (1930–2004), American studio musician Hank Gathers (1967–1990)...
electric lead guitarist in country music and, with fellow guitarist HankGarland, was responsible for input into the design of the Gibson Byrdland guitar...
McDuff. One of his many early guitar heroes was country-jazz guitarist HankGarland. At the age of 21, he recorded his first album as leader, The New Boss...
Nashville A-Team regulars Floyd Cramer on piano, Bob Moore on bass, and HankGarland and Harold Bradley on guitars, Joe Melson and the Anita Kerr Singers...
Bluegrass Pete Drake Pedal Steel Tommy Emmanuel Buddy Emmons Pedal Steel HankGarland Country Danny Gatton Vince Gill Country Merle Haggard Roy Harvey Old...
Paramount Girl in the 2007 musical film Crazy, based on the life of HankGarland. McPhee filmed the role in early 2005, before she auditioned for American...
Helen Forrest Alan Freed Johnny Fuller Billy Fury Earl Gaines HankGarland Judy Garland Clarence Garlow Georgia Gibbs Dizzy Gillespie Dick Glasser Arthur...
pop and jazz standards. The all-star lineup featured guitar legends HankGarland and Chet Atkins, saxophonist Boots Randolph, African-American pianist/violinist...
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She attained international stardom...
next two weeks and started to audition new musicians. He performed with HankGarland on guitar and D.J. Fontana's friend, Chuck Wiginton, on bass, but despite...
dances. Following the example of country guitarists Grady Martin and HankGarland, Watson taught himself to play fiddle tunes on his Gibson Les Paul electric...
comedy Homo Erectus and appeared as Evelyn Garland in the biographical drama Crazy, based on guitarist HankGarland. Larter starred opposite Beyoncé and Idris...
Gibson and fellow Nashville player HankGarland to design the Byrdland guitar, which was named for them (Byrd + Garland. Earlier in his career, Byrd also...
accompaniment at times during the show's run, including Grady Martin, HankGarland, Bob Moore, Charlie Haden, Cecil Brower, Tommy Jackson and Bud Isaacs...
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