The Thing About Hank

[Keith Bateman]

The 2011 R4 documentary 'The Thing About Hank' was repeated yesterday and today on BBC Radio 4Extra. You can pick it up here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015n6wd

Sorry I didn't find out about it sooner.

Keith

[dave robinson]

Saw this on You Tube a couple of days ago, great !

[Vincent]

One thing that is not mentioned in this audio clip is that the player he became , was not the player he wanted to be !. He wanted to emulate people like Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins & Cliff Gallup. It didn't quite work out for him. This lead to the Shadows & all those guitar instrumentals.
They happened just at the right time in this country and played the kind of music that most people of average ability can pick up-it was accessible.. a bit like Skiffle a few years before that...an inspiration to take up guitar & a step towards other things....