Ronnie Hawkins, rock’n’roll legend who mentored The Band, dies aged 87

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Ronnie Hawkins, rock’n’roll legend who mentored The Band, dies aged 87
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‘The Hawk’ was a charismatic showman from Arkansas who moved to Canada and played a crucial role in developing local talent

“Hawkins is the only man I ever heard who can make a nice sexy song like My Gal is Red Hot sound sordid,” Greil Marcus wrote in his acclaimed book about music and American culture, Mystery Train, adding that Hawkins was alleged to “know more back roads, back rooms and backsides than any man from Newark to Mexicali”.

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