Hank Waite and the Milkmashers

Hank grew up in rural Colorado among tough people with tender hearts--the kind of characters that populate his stories--and aspired to be a poet. While living in West Virginia for several years, he soaked up the music of Appalachia and decided that he liked his poems with a side of guitar.

In Washington he met Rick, Jim, Rebecca, Dave and Sean, and Hank had to admit he also liked his poems with generous helpings of bass, drums, piano, viola -- and even more guitar.

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Your set was a most pleasant surprise. Your songs floored me. It was all very honest, good songwriting, some really excellent lines.
--A Milkmashers fan

I took the wife down to see Ted Nugent at the Tacoma Dome on Thursday, and let me tell you: you guys are every bit as good as Ted Nugent.
--A slightly tipsy Milkmashers fan

If you don't make it in music, you could totally be a stand-up comedian.
--A cute, misguided Milkmashers fan

Some say we're funny, some say we're honest, and some say we're um... Ted Nugent (presumably because we rock, but who knows?). Well, whatever you call us, we're just Milkmashers. We've come together from around the country to make our own brand of honest Honky Tonk music. Oh, and we like to rock a little, too.