Hank Monis
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| birth_name = Henry Monis
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|05|24}}
| birth_place = Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| occupation = Studio musician
| instrument = Guitar
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Henry (Hank) Monis (May 24, 1923 – November 21, 2011) was a Toronto-based studio musician. Over his career he worked for the CBC,[https://ckxsfm.com/spotlight-tom-lockwood-band/ "#SPOTLIGHT: TOM LOCKWOOD BAND"], CKXS Radio, September 23, 2019 performed on many albums, and worked as a guitar teacher.[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rob-piltch-emc "Rob Piltch"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia.[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marc-jordan-emc "Marc Jordan"], The Canadian Encyclopedia, Betty Nygaard King, June 27, 2007
Monis was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was the second youngest of seven brothers and sisters. He fought in World War II as a bombardier. After the war, he moved to New York City to pursue his musical career. He married a Canadian, Jean Cameron, and ended up settling in Toronto. He was the father of five children, and his two sons also became musicians.
Selected works
He played guitar on the children's shows Mr. Dressup[http://encore.barriepubliclibrary.ca/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1163547__Shank%20monis__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X3;jsessionid=0232647DF47E690F4C9A43AEF2CF480B?lang=eng&suite=cobalt at] Barrie public library and Polkadot Door, and wrote music for Sesame Street. He played on the Expo 67 songs "Canada" and "A Place To Stand." He also played banjo on The Stampeders' 1971 studio recording of "Sweet City Woman," and guitar on the Bobby Edwards album Fat City Suites in E Major.{{cite web |url=http://www.itcamefromcanada.com/post/2009/02/11/Bobby-Edwards.aspx |title=Bobby Edwards | work=It Came from Canada (Archived copy) |accessdate=2009-08-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813170151/http://www.itcamefromcanada.com/post/2009/02/11/Bobby-Edwards.aspx |archivedate=2009-08-13 }} Hank also instructed Canadian music composer Bob Ezrin in jazz guitar.
Monis is identified as a prominent jazz guitarist in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/guitar-emc|title=Guitar|first=Betty Nygaard|last=King|website=Encyclopedia of Music in Canada|accessdate=August 23, 2019}}