Hank Van Sickle


Hank Van Sickle is an American electric and upright bassist, best known for the blues rock band List of [John Mayall band members|John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers]. He is currently living in Southern California.

Biography

Hank Van Sickle was raised in a family of musicians. His father, Rodney Van Sickle was a classically trained double bassist who graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and played in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. His sister Lucy Van Sickle is a singer and blues harmonica player living in Pittsburgh.
Hank Van Sickle is best known for blues, blues-rock, roots rock, and jazz; he is also experienced in symphonic, rockabilly, world music, rock, americana, pop, folk, country, punk rock, and experimental. He recorded and toured as a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers from mid 2000 through the end of 2008. According to John Mayall, the longest tenure of any bass player with the band.
Other credits include Jimmy Smith, Mick Taylor, Robben Ford, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, Taj Mahal, Candye Kane, Guitar Shorty, Smokey Wilson, American Idol stars tour, Gary Myrick, Debbie Davies, Denny Freeman, Don and Dewey, Kirk Fletcher, The Drifters, Rosie Flores, Wanda Jackson, James Intveld, Billy Swan, Yma Sumac, Judy Tenuta, Ray Campi, Floyd Sneed, Beach Cities Symphony, and Friends of Dean Martinez.

Discography

Sources:
;With John Mayall:
Image:Hank Van Sickle and John Mayall.jpg|thumb|right|242px|Hank Van Sickle and John Mayall
;With Friends of Dean Martinez:
  • Retrograde.
  • Keep Left, Vol. 1: A Benefit for David Barsamain and Alternative Radio
;With Skip Heller:
;With others:
  • Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers: Almighty Dollar
  • Todd Rundgren: Todd Rundgren Reconstructed
  • Sugaray Rayford: Blind Alley
  • Gary Myrick: Blues Trash
  • Wyland Blues Planet Band: Blues Planet I
  • Wyland Blues Planet Band: Blues Planet II
  • Wyland Blues Planet Band: Blues Planet III
  • Wyland Blues Planet Band: Blues Planet Sounds DVD
  • Ian Whitcomb and Skip Heller: Barenstark Bear Essentials
  • Ian Whitcomb: Songs Without Words
  • Barry Levenson: The Late Show
  • Barry Levenson: The Visit
  • Barry Levenson featuring Johnny Dyer: Hard Times Won
  • Ilana Katz Katz: Subway Stories
  • Ilana Katz Katz: Movin' On
  • Bugs Henderson Tribute: The King of Clubs
  • John Zipperer: Devil Rail
  • Tom Kell & Paula Fong: The Other Side of Sorrow
  • Lauren Adams: Somewhere Else
  • Matt Doherty: Dignity
  • Wes Race: Blue Whalin' in Camarillo, Volume One
  • Orphan Jon: Abandoned No More
  • The Blue Dahlia: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra
  • Maggie Mayall: Dig This
  • Lisa Finnie: Lisa Finnie
  • Dennis Herrera Blues Band: Blues Well Done!
  • Dennis Herrera Blues Band: Livin' Life Not Worryin'
  • Steamin' Stan Ruffo and the Instigators: Jump On This!
  • Steamin' Stan Ruffo and the Instigators: Blues On Tap, Volume One
  • Steamin' Stan Ruffo and the Instigators: Santa Cruz Blues
  • Steamin' Stan Ruffo and the Instigators: More Desaster City Blues
  • Joe Gorfinkle: Take a Chance
  • Rocky Jackson: Testify!
  • Bob Pacemaker Newham and the Blue Vanguards: So Cal Barbeque
  • Gedina Jean Bergstrom: Introducing Gedina Jean
  • Indigo Triangle: Code of the Heart
  • Claudia Russell: Ready to Receive
  • Anny Celsi: Little Black Dress & Other Stories
  • Rip Masters: Big Red '57
  • Rudy Rotta: Some of My Favorite Songs For...
  • Billy Sheets: Please Tell Me Why
  • Dennis Spencer: They Call Me The Tall Guy
  • Farina: Shots in the Dark
  • Edwing Sankey: ''Trapdoor''