Hank Hardwood

Bio:

.... .. ..Look for the new album Ready or Knot coming out April 1, 2009 on Rocket Racket Records! Click the album cover to order!

Rescued from a motel closet in Baltimore, ventriloquist dummy-turned-country-singer Hank Hardwood made his way to Indiana to team up with manager Ed Stanley of TussinX Productions. Together these drifters have become staples on the honky-tonk/cowboy poetry circuits. Now signed to Rochester, New York-based Rocket Racket Records, Hank released his debut album “Ready or Knot” on April 1, 2009.

Member Since:

June 27, 2008

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, Skillet 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, Peter Stampfel, the Holy Modal Rounders.

Sounds Like:

Wood on wood.

Record Label:

Rocket Racket