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Hank Hardwood

It takes a dummy to sing today's country music.

About Me

Rescued from a motel closet in Baltimore, ventriloquist dummy-turned-country-singer Hank Hardwood made his way to Indiana to team up with with manager Ed Stanley of TussinX Productions. Together these former drifters have have become staples on the honky-tonk/cowboy poetry circuits. Now signed to Rochester, New York-based Rocket Racket Records, Hank plans to release his debut album--supported by an elaborate multimedia goldmine of music, film and images. Keep checking back here to see what Hank's been up to because you'd be a dummy to miss out!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/27/2008
Band Website: myspace.com/hankhardwood
Influences: Hank Williams, Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Charlie McCarthy, Bobby Bare, the Hi Risers, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Chet Atkins, Charlie Pride, Skeeter Davis, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Bill Kirchen, Bonnie Lou, Margie Bowes, Don Bowman, Elton, Britt, Jim Ed Brown, Bill Anderson, Boudleaux Bryant, Carl and Pearl Butler, Bill Carlisle, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Hank Cochran, Dallas Frazier, Johnny Paycheck, Rose Maddox, Joe Maphis, Sam McGee, Roger Miller, Bill Monroe, Melba Montgomery, Red Sovine, Stanley Brothers, Watkins and the Rapiers, Stoneman Family, the Darlings, Stringbean, Gid Tanner, Sonny Terry, Hank Thompson, Tompall Glaser, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Cindy Walker, Dottie West, Faron Young, Kitty Wells, Conway Twitty, New Lost City Ramblers, Jimmy Newman, Floyd Cramer, Dick Curless, The Delmore Brothers, The Dillards, Pete Drake, Roy Dusky, Dave Dudley, Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Phil Ochs, Odetta, Barbara Dane, Roy Orbison, Leon Payne, Carl Perkins, Wenn Pierce, Ray Price, Del Reeves, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, Tom Rush, Eric von Schmidt, Mel Lyman, Skilet Lickers, Amy Winehouse, the Everly Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, Whitey Ford, Left Frizzell, Merle Haggard, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Homer and Jethro, Lightnin' Hopkins, Connie Smith, Smothers Brothers, Hank Snow, Johnny Horton, David Houston, Tammy Wynette, Harlan Howard, Ferlin Husky, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Grandpa Jones, Johnnie and Jack, Buell Kazee, Merle Kilgore, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Sonics, Hank Locklin, John D. Loudermilk, The Louvin Brothers, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, Lulu Belle and Scotty, Judy Lynn, Warner Mack, Uncle Dave Macon, Fiddlin' John Carson, Red Foley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Don Gibson, the Carter Family, Elvis Presley, Southern Culture on the Skids, the Sonics, Squires of the Subterrain, Woody Guthrie, Marvin Rainwater, Charlie Feathers.
Sounds Like: High-heeled boots on the old dance floor.

Record Label: Rocket Racket
Type of Label: Indie