Hank Dogs

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Hank Dogs
Origin South London, England
Genres Folk, folk rock, alternative country
Years active1992–present
Associated acts Lightning Raiders, The Professionals
MembersPiano Pace
Andy Allan
Lily Ramona

Hank Dogs are an acoustic folk band from South London. [1] [2] [3] The band members are Piano Pace, her ex-husband Andy Allan (formerly of Lightning Raiders and The Professionals), [4] and his daughter Lily Ramona. [5] Their music is considered to be in the English folk tradition. They started out in 1992 at an acoustic club in South London. In 1998 they traveled to Seattle with producer Jon Kertzer and played at the Bumbershoot Festival there. [6]

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Their first album Bareback, [7] [8] produced by Joe Boyd, was well received and was named Record of the Month for WXPN in Philadelphia.

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