By the 1960s, with dozens of Elvisy recording sessions and demos behind him, HANK left New York and went off to graduate school in Boston. The folk music boom was at its peak and HANK joined forces with two black ministers and went on the road as a folk trio specializing in blues and gospel. They called themselves, The Blues Brothers, years before Ackroyd and Belushi thought of the name. They recorded two LPs and had some tense moments touring the racially uptight southeast.

In the early 1970s, HANK moved to Canada and was reborn as a country artist. He teamed up with old New York buddy Winnie Winston, whose pedal steel work was much valued by touring musicians and record producers. HANK built a small studio in his house in the Southern Ontario woods. He and Winnie recorded enough material for a half a dozen LPs, including two instrumental sessions they credited to the mythical Raunch Radley. HANK's recording career continued throughout the '70s, maintained by modest but never splashy sales. His albums Stompin' At The Dead Moose and Crazy Living were sought by the rockabilly underground, while booking offers continued to appear for the non-existent Raunch Radley.

Meanwhile, European record collectors had discovered HANK's early sides. Interest in these Elvisy tracks attracted the attention of the Redita label from Holland, specialists in Memphis rockabilly. Redita issued a series of albums of HANK's singles and demos, to go with their catalogue of music by Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. They even issued an album by Raunch Radley called Guitar City. HANK toured England in the late 70s, met some of his fans, and mingled with the rockabilly collector crowd.