Hank Garland w/Eddie Arnold
That’s a rare video by the way.
Incidentally, there is a movie about this amazing guitarist. See movie poster below and check out the trailer here.
According to this source, Ray Scherr and Steve Vai are executive producers under the Favored Nations production banner. Favored Nations is a label owned by Steve Vai which has signed many outstanding guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel and Mimi Fox. For more information on the history of Favored Nations, click here.
The film marks the directorial debut for Rick Bieber, following his prominent career as a producer on such acclaimed features as “Flatliners,” “Made In America,” and “Radio Flyer.”
Last but not least check out Hank Garland’s myspace page, which features great music. By the way Hank Garland has passed away, so body else must have created that myspace page. You must read more about the tragic life of this amazing guitarist here.
Very interesting! This movie looks very cool! And Steve Vai shifting into the movie industry.
Love you site! this footage is Hank’s Stromberg Deluxe Cut-away he designed for the best guitar maker in the world, Elmer Stromberg. Thus this was Hank’s first design of the short scale 23 1/2 frets. Inside label:
Especially made for Hank Garland by Elmer Stromberg.
1953 footage. Hank hung out in NY with Barry Galbraith and Chuck Wayne. Chuck took Hank to meet Elmer. Elmer instantly became best friends with Hank Garland. Hank played while in NY at the “Birdland” with George Shearing and Chuck Wayne * also with Barry Galbraith in the NY Studio’s.
Thus came the double life / under contract he could only play country music. Well, Hank figured out how to get around that! True Story backed up by documents.
[...] I’ve been corresponding with Amy Garland, Hank Garland’s sister-in-law. I learnt from her that Steve Vai, other than being the Executive Produce of the move “Crazy”, will also be playing Hank Williams Snr. I wrote about the movie here. Another interesting piece of trivia I learnt from Amy Garland: Steve Vai was born on 6th June and Amy on 7th June, which is the same day as Tal Farlow. Happy belated birthdays to all! [...]
[...] Anyway, I found some interesting pictures from the movie Crazy, which I wrote about earlier here. [...]