Hank Shizzoe

Hank Shizzoe (truly named Thomas Erb) is a Swiss song writer whose range of music goes from Blues over Country to Hard Rock. He is said to be able to play and to compose with the real feeling as if he were an American.

In recent years he toured with slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and his band, Hank Shizzoe & The Directors. The Directors are Hank's longest stage pals, although each one of them is also heavily involved in other music projects. Currently (as in 2007) they are busy touring Switzerland and Europe, their newest album will appear in Fall 2007.

Originally from the Eastern part of Switzerland, Hank works and lives in Bern where he sells guitars in the Krompholz music store.

Ironically, Hank is best known in the USA due to his concert tours in the South whereas he goes largely unnoticed in Switzerland. To increase the mystery around him, he leaves it open on his website wether he's truly Swiss or from Hawaii.