Big
Hank Lionhart
Big Hank started his music career
in Seattle, Washington while attending Art College.
He played around the Pacific Northwest and then after graduation
returned to Edmonton and played in a number of bands that were involved in
the Top Forty music scene. Hank
joined Hot Cottage the premier blues band of the day back in 1974 and
subsequently moved to Vancouver Island and formed former RCA recording
artists Uncle Wiggly’s Hot Shoes Blues Band.
The band toured across Canada in the 80’s on the strength of two
albums. The band opened for artists such as Muddy Waters, BB King,
John Mayal, Paul Butterfield, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, the Neville
Brothers and Joe Cocker. Hank
formed the R&B Kingpins in Vancouver in 2004 along with former members
of Powder Blues, the band recorded two CD’s and was a mainstay on the
Vancouver R&B scene. After
relocating to Edmonton in 2007, Hank formed A Fist Full of Blues with
members of Edmonton’s legendary Tacoy Ryde.
A
Fist Full of Blues allows Hank’s voice to rip your heart out or drive
you home to a pulsating groove on many of the band’s Blues and R&B
classics and originals. Hank’s
creativity as a songwriter shows in the lyrics on many of the bands
originals.
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Barrie
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Dennis