Hank Cramer

Hank Cramer
Cramer in 2011
Cramer in 2011
Background information
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • banjo
Years active1982–present
Labels
  • Ferryboat
  • Skookumchuck
  • Front Range
Websitewww.hankcramer.com

Hank Cramer is an American folk singer from the Pacific Northwest.

Biography

Cramer. born Harry Griffith Cramer III, is the son of a United States Army officer Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. who served in the United States Army Special Forces, making the ultimate sacrifice on a classified mission in SE Asia and Anne Charmonte Supple. Cramer began singing as a student at the University of Arizona. Cramer served in the United States Army for 28 years, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel. As a Career Special Forces officer and Military Historian he presents podcasts; for example, on "The Witness to War Channel" on YouTube.

In 2006, Cramer revived the annual Pine Stump Symphony in the Methow Valley of Washington, a music event run by his late father-in-law Ron McLean from 1962 until his death in 1982.

In 2011 Cramer received the Humanities Washington Award for his for the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau presentation "One Trail, Many Voices: Songs of the Oregon Trail".

Combining both music and history shows up in Cramer's history events including WWII Reunions, U.S.S. Constellation, and Fort Laramie, Wyoming appearances.

More recently Cramer was featured on KSPS PBS (Inland Washington State and Edmonton/Calgary, Alberta, Canada) in an "Inland Sessions on February 25, 2025". Publicly viewable on YouTube

Discography