Hank Snow
Clarence Eugene Snow, born 9 May 1914 in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia,
adopted the stage name Hank, The Yodeling Ranger after a childhood marked by
financial hardship and parental separation. After spending time with his
paternal grandmother and later reuniting with his mother in Liverpool, he earned
his first guitar while working as a cabin boy on a fishing schooner in 1926. By
the late 1920s he was listening to radio broadcasts of country artists such as
Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison, which shaped his musical style. Leaving sea
life in 1930, he worked various odd jo...
