Ronnie Hawkins ... But it was his backup band, The Hawks, made up of Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, that would eventually overshadow Hawkins.

Ronnie Hawkins ... In 1963, the Hawks split from Hawkins. Eventually, they became Bob Dylan’s backup band. And then, just The Band. In a Rolling Stone profile of The Band’s early days as ...

Veteran honky-tonk singer Ronnie Hawkins, whose backup band the Hawks went on to join Bob Dylan and then gain prominence as the Band, has been diagnosed with cancer, family members said yesterday ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Ronnie Hawkins remembers ... The Hawks split from Hawkins in 1964, and he sold the Rockwood Club that same year. Bob Dylan hired The Hawks as his backup band, and they eventually ...

She got her performing start in Canada as a backup singer for influential roots rocker Ronnie Hawkins. In 1979, she starred in the movie musical Hair. She also enjoyed the opportunity ...

Ronnie Hawkins, the rowdy rockabilly singer who was instrumental in the formation of the pioneering Americana group the Band, died on Sunday. He was 87. His wife, Wanda, confirmed his death to the ...

By The Associated Press Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later ...

Ronnie Hawkins, the Southern rockabilly singer who helped shape and launch the Band and other Canadian rock artists, died Sunday after battling a long-term illness. He was 87. Hawkins’ death was ...

Ronnie Hawkins, the rockabilly singer who was instrumental in the development and evolution of rock ’n’ roll in Canada in the ‘60s, died Sunday morning, his wife Wanda told The Canadian Press.