Hank Garland
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Walter Louis Garland |
| Born |
11 November 1930 Cowpens, South Carolina |
| Died | 27 December 2004 (aged 74) Orange Park, Florida |
| Genres | Jazz,countryRock & Roll |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | guitar, mandolin |
| Years active | 1946–1961 |
| Associated acts | Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, others |
Walter Louis "Hank" Garland (11 November 1930 – 27 December 2004) was a Nashville studio musician who performed with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Moon Mullican, Brenda Lee, Roy Orbison, Patti Page and many others.
Born in Cowpens, South Carolina, Garland began playing the guitar at the age of six. He appeared on local radio shows at 12 and was discovered at 14 at a South Carolina record store. He moved to Nashville at age 16, staying in Ma Upchurch's boarding house, where he roomed with upright bassist Bob Moore and mandolin player & fiddler Dale Potter.
At age 18, Garland recorded his million-selling hit "Sugarfoot Rag". Garland appeared on the Jubilee with Grady Martin's band, and on Eddy Arnold's network and syndicated television shows.
Garland is perhaps best known for his Nashville studio work with Elvis Presley from 1958 to 1961, which produced such rock hits as: "I Need Your Love Tonight", "A Big Hunk O' Love", " I'm Coming Home". "I Got Stung", "A Fool Such As I", "Stuck on You", "Little Sister", "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame", and "I Feel So Bad".
However, he worked with many country music as well as rock 'n roll stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s including: Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, Mel Tillis, Marty Robbins, The Everly Brothers, Boots Randolph, Roy Orbison, Conway Twitty, Moon Mullican.
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