Dale Hawkins RIP !!

Chanteur US né Delmar Allen Hawkins, le 22 août 1938 à Goldmine (Louisiane).
Dale Hawkins a débuté en 1956 en enregistrant deux titres dans les studios de la radio KWKH
de Shreveport (Louisiane).
Un Disc Jockey est impressionné par le talent de Dale et le fait signer chez Chess Records,
où il enregistrera ses plus grands titres. A partir de 1961, il passe ensuite chez Tilt, puis chez Zonk,
Roulette, Atlantic et ABC Records.

Par son style d'accompagnement, le Rock 'n' Roll de Dale Hawkins rappelait un peu celui de Gene Vincent.

http://www.dalehawkinsmusic.com/
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/dalehawkins.html

Talents : Singer, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll

LA-DO-DADA SUSIE-Q TAKE MY HEART

Source : http://www.rocky-52.net/

Susie Q

Oh no!!!!....  

 R.I.P Dale Hawkins  

On a eu un mauvais pressentiment lorsqu'on l'a vu en Aout... Il paraissait tres tres amaigri et a annonce avoir un cancer... C'etait tres mauvais signe..
Mais on ne s'attendait pas a ce qu'il nous quitte si tot!
               

Merci pour ce bel hommage!

R.I.P DALE HAWKINS

encore un qui part mince

R.I.P

QUE MISTER SUSIE Q REPOSE EN PAIX AU PARADIS DES ROCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!


keep rockin !!!!!!!!

rockin lockus

RIP Dale

Musicians and more turn out to honor rockabilly great in Shreveport


Shreveport bid farewell Sunday to a rockabilly icon with Louisiana roots.
More than 100 musicians, politicians and friends turned out to honor Dale Hawkins, best known for the oft-covered
hit "Oh! Suzy-Q," at the Robinson Film Center. Hawkins died Feb. 13 in Little Rock, Ark., after a battle with colon cancer.

Springhill native Joe Stampley was among speakers on the bill to honor Hawkins. Hawkins produced the song "Not Too Long Ago" in the mid-1960s for Stampley and his band, The Uniques. That kicked off what has become a more than four-decade career for Stampley, 66.

"He's what gave us the lift for the record being put out," said Stampley, who lives in Nashville. The singer said he visited Hawkins shortly before his death and they sang "Not Too Long Ago" together for the last time.

"He could barely just whisper," Stampley said. "He was a people person."

East Texas guitarist Bugs Henderson, who played studio sessions with Hawkins, paid his respects Sunday.

"He's probably — other than other guitar players — the most influential guy in my career," said Henderson, 66, of Jefferson, Texas.

Among highlights of Henderson's gigs with Hawkins was being on the list of musicians who helped record an updated version of "Oh! Suzy-Q" in the 1980s. Hawkins wrote the song in the 1950s.

Hawkins, a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, produced songs such as "Western Union" by the Five Americans and "Do It Again A Little Bit Slower" by Jon and Robin. Later in life, Hawkins was a social worker and counselor.

Longtime local radio personality Larry Ryan, Tyler, Texas, engineer Robin Hood Brians and Shreveport-based singer/songwriter Maggie Lewis Warwick also paid tribute to Hawkins on Sunday. Brians and Warwick said God and family were most important to Hawkins.

Born Delmar Allen Hawkins and hailing from Richland Parish's Goldmine community, Hawkins, a Navy veteran of the Korean War, recorded his first hit in the KWKH Radio studios in downtown Shreveport in 1956. Included in that session was then-15-year-old guitarist James Burton.




Veva Grant, of Bossier City, checks out Dale Hawkins memorabilia before the start of a tribute
in his honor at Robinson Film Center in downtown Shreveport on Sunday afternoon.
The rockabilly icon recently died of cancer.Go to shreveporttimes.com to view a photo gallery.


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