I'm working on a post that's more serious but thought in the meantime we'd all enjoy watching Hank. Hank Garland was perhaps the best guitar player of his time who was in a near fatal car wreak and then suffered non voluntary electro-shock which brought his career to an early end in 1961 at 31. He lived to 74 but never regained his place in music. He recorded with all the greats in his time as well as performing everything from country to jazz. He was also one of the first white southern artists to have black artists in his band. Watch his hands in the first one. Enjoy...
First is Sugarfoot Rag. Hank wrote and recorded it in 1948 or 49 at the age of 19. I believe it started out as a warmup exercise to limber up his fingers that evolved into a hit recording.
The next is a change of pace Hank is playing Relaxing a straight jazz album, played by a real jazz quartet that included Joe Morello (drums), Joe Benjamin (bass), and vibraphonist Gary Burton Prior to this a steel string country guitar player playing jazz of this caliber was virtually unheard of.
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