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CD Collection- Exclusively promoted by Legend Enterprises
for Hank Garland..
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As chronicled for the first time by The Garland Family
Hank Garland, a young and talented guitar player stormed into Nashville in the
late 1940's at the age of fourteen, rapidly developing into one of the highest paid, most in demand session guitar player of his day. At the age of sixteen he recorded
his million seller "Sugarfoot Rag" and also played on top chart records with artist the likes of the late Hank Williams Sr., Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers,
Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, Bobby Darian and hundreds of country and western records.
Hank's ability and fame grew as he performed in cities across the United
States. The emergence of "Be-Bop" and "Jazz" in New York City and Chicago particularly sparked Hanks interest in the late 1950's. Hank was contractually
obligated to play strickly country music in Nashville. Hank, determined to play jazz set his took a trip to New York. Hank recorded three Jazz albums in 1958
with his final recording "Jazzwinds from A New Direction"coming in 1961. If you were fortunate enough to be in New York City during Hank's stint, you could
always find him at the "Birdland Club" jamming with jazz great Charlie Parker and George Shearing. Hank later would go on to record with George Shearing
adding his unique style to the already popular New York Jazz scene.
“Hank was among the first true guitar virtuosos to emerge from the Nashville
studios--a player who helped define the standards by which other Nashville session guitarists are judged.”
Bill Garland
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