Hank Shreve began playing harmonica at the age of 8 and has established himself as a major harmonica talent on the blues scene in the Pacific Northwest. Between the ages of 8 - 18, he picked up other instruments, such as Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Dobro, Lap-Steel and Vocals. 

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Hank won the Northwest Harmonica Championship in 2008 and CBA’s Muddy Award for Best Harmonica in 2009 and 2013. Also, Hank won the 2021 Rooster Blues Award for Best Male Vocalist. Hank has performed at the Las Vegas Big Blues Bender, The Waterfront Blues Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, the Cognac Blues Passions Fest in France with Karen Lovely, and Seattle’s BumperShoot with Magic Dick and Lee Oskar.  

In November 2018, Hank was a featured artist and teacher in the Jason Ricci/Winslow Yerxa Harmonica Collective, in New Orleans, along with John Nemeth and Rick Estrin.

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Hank has shared the stage with Honeyboy Edwards, Smash Mouth, Merle Haggard, Norton Buffalo, Gregg Rolie, Marcia Ball, Sista Monica Parker, Amy Clawson & Pam Tillis, Terry Robb, Magic Dick, Lee Oskar, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Karen Lovely, Deanna Bogart, Roger Fisher (from Heart), Curtis Salgado, DK Stewart, Johnny Dyer, Lloyd Jones, Paul deLay, RJ Mischo, CJ Chenier, Aki Kumar, Jim Belushi and many other national and international acts.

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Apart from being one of Eugene, Oregon's beloved musicians, Hank is also a music instructor. He currently teaches online classes through Music Masters in South Eugene. He teaches Harmonica, Drums, Guitar, Lap-Steel, Piano and Music Fundamentals. He also is a contributor to Tomlin Harmonica School, as well as Ronnie Shellist's Global Harmonica Summits.

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Hank is endorsed by Hohner Harmonicas, Blows Me Away Productions, and Lone Wolf Blues Company.