1996
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2 days ago · Down at Sneaky Dee's bar and restaurant in Toronto's West End, Ron Hawkins steps in from a frosty blast of January air. He's dressed for the weather, with a thick black coat, heavy black sweater,...
5 days ago · He was mid-century America’s foremost tough-hooligan intellectual, a high school dropout and autodidact who wrote and published four books while waiting to die. He bragged...
1 day ago · It’s hard to keep a band together. Even as rock musicians age and mellow, sometimes it’s still impossible to keep the tensions at bay. Fans hope for reunions, and when they arrive, spend a lot ...
4 days ago · Related: Watch Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Gordon Lightfoot and Ronnie Hawkins sing “Me and Bobby McGee” Many of Kristofferson’s recordings are available here.
4 days ago · One of his closest friends during his young adult years was Ronnie Hawkins, who became a pioneer in rockabilly music.
4 days ago · Ronnie Hawkins recorded a protest song, “The Ballad of Caryl Chessman,” with lyrics that captured the sentiment among many sympathizers: What they’re saying may be true, but what good would ...
5 days ago · Born on November 21, 1904, in St. Joseph, Missouri, Hawkins dedicated his life to mastering the saxophone and pushing the boundaries of the genre. His deep, resonant tone and innovative improvisational skills earned him the nickname “Bean” and established him as a pioneer of the tenor saxophone.
