Hank Wangford is a distinguished English country and western songwriter. Hank Wangford is the stage name of Dr. Samuel Hutt, b.1940. His music is notable for its humour and cheerful irony, and occasional excursions into biting political undercurrent. Hank is a good smoke screen. He can do things I can't do. He's my clown, says Dr. Hutt, who has been struggling to balance his musical and medical interests ever since medical school at Cambridge University. His 1960's practice in a drug-addiction centre brought him into contact with a lot of rockers and modest renown as London's long-haired, rock-and-roll doctor. If The Who had a first night, the tickets would be sent. I actually had more of an identity crisis with that than with Hank, because Hank is a fool. I quite like him. Dr. Sam was definitely threatening to become a monster., A chance meeting with former Byrds member Gram Parsons, who played him the song 'You're still on my mind', led him to country music. Although his first recordings in the Hank Wangford guise were made with a group of leading session musicians, he now works with a group - The Hank Wangford Band. There have been at least four incarnations of the band, and a significant feature of the various lineups has been the number of high quality musicians who have appeared with him. A common feature of the early bands was the ever present stage humour, including frequent references to 'our recent 1982 country and western tour of Nepal' along with mention of the shows being sponsored by Sincere Products 'the makers of the only genuine reproduction Hank Wangford products'. One of their standard lines to the audience (especially when selling band souvenirs from the stage) is 'We urge you good people to patronise us the way we are going to go on patronising you.' (via Wikipedia)