Album, "The Hawk" - Ronnie Hawkins

 
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Album, "The Hawk" - Ronnie Hawkins
Ronnie Hawkins Album
Ronnie Hawkins Album

Album, "The Hawk" - Ronnie Hawkins

Object number1995.010.06
Date1971
MediumPaper, Ink, Vinyl
Dimensions12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 31.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA Ronnie Hawkins album entitled "The Hawk". Hawkins is a native of Huntsville, Arkansas.

    Ronald “Ronnie” Hawkins (January 10, 1935-) is a rockabilly musician whose career has spanned over fifty years and began in Arkansas. Hawkins was born in Huntsville, Arkansas and at the age of nine his family moved to Fayetteville. While studying at the University of Arkansas, Hawkins formed his first band named The Hawks. In their early career, The Hawks toured throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Hawkins also owned and operated the Rockwood Club in Fayetteville where some of rock and roll’s earliest pioneers came to play including Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Conway Twitty.

    While touring in Canada, Hawkins became an overnight success after playing at the Golden Rail Tavern in Ontario. He eventually moved to Ontario and enjoyed musical success in Canada. Hawkins has worked with several influential artists such as John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Bob Dylan. He also had a career as an actor with credits in Heaven’s Gate, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II and Bob Dylan’s Renaldo and Clara. In recent years, Hawkins battled and recovered from pancreatic cancer. His story can be watched in the film Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kicking. Ronnie Hawkins is the recipient of a Juno Award, a Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award and a Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers Special Achievement Award as well as induction to Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

    A Ronnie Hawk record album. The album cover features a photograph of Hawkins sitting in a field with a strand of straw in his mouth. Hawkins is wearing a brown shirt with a brown jacket and is looking off to his left. "Ronnie Hawkins" is arched above Hawkins' head in black text with "The Hawk" printed in red underneath. "The Hawk" was produced by Cotillion Records in 1971.
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