Live from Lake Minnetonka, MN USA, Ronnie Hawkins, The Weber Brothers, Leah Hawkins, Buzz Thompson, Robin Hawkins, Rob Phillips, Shane Pinchen, Jeff Webster, Ryan Weber, Sam Weber…Courtesy of Hawkstone Enterprises 2006 Ronnie Hawkins, born January 10, 1935 in Huntsville, Arkansas, United States, is a pioneering rock and roll musician and cousin to fellow rockabilly pioneer Dale Hawkins. Known as “Rompin’ Ronnie” Hawkins or “The Hawk,” he was a key player in the 1960s rock scene in Toronto and for the next 40 years, performed all over North America, recording more than twenty-five albums. His best-known hits are “Forty Days” and “Mary Lou” (about the song narrator’s experiences with a golddigging woman), both were major hits for him in 1959. At the age of nine, his family moved to nearby Fayetteville. After graduating from high school, he studied physical education at the University of Arkansas where he formed his first band, The Hawks, touring with them throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Hawkins also owned and operated the Rockwood Club in Fayetteville where some of Rock music’s earliest pioneers came to play including Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Conway Twitty. Ronnie Hawkins came to Canada in 1958. His first gig was at the Golden Rail in Hamilton, Ontario where he became an overnight success. It was a result of Hawkins success in Hamilton that he decided to move to Canada permanently. His career spans over five decades and 25 records. His …
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