Album, Record & Cover - Ronnie Hawkins
Object number2002.020.45
Date1981
MediumPaper, Vinyl, Ink
Dimensions12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 31.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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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 Hawkins album. "A Legend in His Spare Time" features songs such as "Back on the Road Again" and "Havana Moon". The album cover is a photograph of Hawkins set against a burgandy background. The photograph displays Hawkins leaning on the window sill of a log cabin. He is wearing a cowboy hat, white dress shirt and an orange vest. "Ronnie Hawkins" is printed in yellow text along the top of the album cover flanked by two hawks carrying drum sticks. "A Legend in His Spare Time" is printed in cursive yellow text along the top and bottom of the photograph. The album was produced by Quality Records in 1981.
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