You can see Justin Harper perform every Thursday night at OPEN MIC NIGHT at Applebee's of Shelby NC; If you are a musician bring your instrument and join the fun!

The Hank Cole Band started over 15 years ago after singer/songwriter Hayne Coleman directed his creative energies toward his original WWII aviation art and original etchings.  During that time, Hayne still wrote music and used Glenn Drake as a sounding board. After Hayne created a block print of an old guitar player the mispronunciation of his name led to "Hank Cole," thus the band was formed.

They play a style of music dubbed, Americana. Coleman says it is "...The name given to a homogeneous form of music that combines pretty much all types of music that have developed in the USA over the years. It includes homegrown music such as folk, country, blues, R&B, soul, jazz, rock, southern rock etc. It's thrown into a pot, stirred and melted together and the end result comes out "Americana." I might be wrong but that's what it is to me."


When asked, “What advice would you give to young people who want to make music?”

Coleman responds, “Lots of practice."

You can check out The Hank Cole Band at www.reverbnation.com/hankcoleband