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Remembering The Hawk

Ronnie Hawkins
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Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History
Ronnie Hawkins

We remember Ronnie Hawkins, who was born in Huntsville, grew up in Fayetteville, and went on to be an idol on the Canadian rockabilly scene, and he brought together a cast of musicians that would eventually become known as The Band. Hawkins died this weekend, he was 87.

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