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Roger G. Hawkins (October 16, 1945 – May 20, 2021) was an American drummer best known for playing as part of the studio backing band known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as the Swampers) of Alabama. Rolling Stone ranked Hawkins number 31 on its list of greatest drummers.
May 22, 2021 · Roger Hawkins, who played drums on numerous pop and soul hits of the 1960s and ’70s and was among the architects of the funky sound that became identified with Muscle Shoals, Ala., died on...
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May 20, 2021 · Hawkins was a founding member of the Swampers and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, who played on hits like Aretha Franklin's "Respect" and Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally." He was praised by Jerry Wexler as "the greatest drummer of all time" and inducted into the Alabama and Musicians Halls of Fame.
May 24, 2021 · Roger Hawkins was a drummer with the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, who played on hits including Aretha Franklin’s (1942–2018) “Respect.” Died: May 20, 2021 (Who else died on...
Roger Hawkins, a studio drummer who was the often-uncredited rhythmic driving force behind dozens of soul, R&B and rock hits of the Sixties and Seventies, including Percy Sledge’s “When a Man...
May 20, 2021 · MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) — Roger Hawkins, the original drummer for the studio band immortalized as “The Swampers” in the rock hit “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Thursday. Hawkins, who was 75, died after an extended illness, said Ana Hyde, studio and operations manager at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
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May 21, 2021 · Roger Hawkins, the drummer who shaped Alabama’s famed Muscle Shoals music scene, has died. Hawkins passed away following an extended illness and several years of health struggles, according to...
