Tho not a singer, there is another Hank to be included among the Hank Greats.....

Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, who died December 27th, 2004.

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Walter "Hank" Garland was the talk of Nashville, Tennessee, known for musical riffs that could take a recording from humdrum to dazzling.

He had his first million-selling hit at 19 with "Sugar Foot Rag," a famous country tune.

Heralded as a quintessential Nashville studio guitarist, he enjoyed a prestigious career as a country virtuoso, pioneered the electric guitar at the Grand Ole Opry and inspired jazz instrumentalists such as George Benson.

His detailed session logbook reads like a who's who of country music stars, including Brenda Lee, Mel Tillis, Marty Robbins, Boots Randolph, Conway Twitty and Hank Williams, Sr.

Garland started playing guitar at age 6 and appeared on radio shows at age 12. He was discovered at age 14 at a South Carolina music store where he had gone to buy a guitar string. He soon would set Nashville on fire.

Gene