Washboard Hank on stage at the Peterborough Folk Festival, August 2017
Background information
Birth name
Hank Fisher
Born
1954 (age 69–70) Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Folk, Country
Instrument(s)
Washboard, Guitar, Vocals
Musical artist
Hank Fisher, (born 1954) more commonly known as Washboard Hank is a Canadian musician,[1] songwriter[2][3][4] and stage performer. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario in 1954. He plays a number of instruments, including banjo,[5] guitar[6] and percussion. He is known for his unusual performances with self-created instruments.[7] In 2016 he performed with his band, the Wringers.
Fisher is a regular performer at children's events, including the Peterborough Folk Festival. He creates and plays improvised instruments,[8][9] including his "signature" washboard.[10] and kitchen sink tuba. He sings humorous traditional tunes such as "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More"[11] as well as his own compositions.
^Myrna Margulies Breitbart (13 May 2016). Creative Economies in Post-Industrial Cities: Manufacturing a (Different) Scene. Routledge. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-317-15832-5.
^Bulletin de Musique Folklorique Canadienne. Canadian Folk Music Society = Société canadienne de musique folklorique. 1999. p. 21.
^"Washboard Hank gets warm welcome". Belleville News, Oct 23, 2014. By Richard Turtle
^"Local musicians in HNIC Song Quest top 100". Petrborough Examiner, December 7, 2013
^"Family's New Year's Day Levee tradition kept alive". Jessica Nyznik, The Peterborough Examiner. January 1, 2016
^"Tunes from the porch as Artsweek continues with Porchapalooza". By Clifford Skarstedt, Peterborough Examiner, September 24, 2015
^"Fred Eaglesmith Continental Club, October 9". Austin Chronicle, reviewed by Jerry Renshaw, Oct. 22, 1999
^"Washboard Hank: good messages inside goofy songs". Nunatsiaq, July 02, 2012. DAVID MURPHY.
^" Washboard Hank visits local school". Peterborough This Week. Dec 21, 2007
^Cite error: The named reference soo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Playlist: Keri Latimer's Mother's Day song picks offer a soundtrack for family fun". CBC Manitoba, by Keri Latimer May 10, 2013
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