The Band‘s Robbie Robertson has issued a statement honoring Ronnie “Hawk” Hawkins, who died Sunday at the age of 87. Robertson and future members of the Band backed Hawkins in their ...

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, who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, died Sunday morning at age 87.

Ronnie ‘The Hawk’ Hawkins, a musician and impresario who helped discover and develop The Band and numerous other musical acts that emerged out of Toronto in the 1960s and 1970s, died around mid-day on ...

Ronnie Hawkins, the Rockabilly star known as The Hawk, has died at the age of 87. The Arkansas musician who lived in Canada died on Sunday following an unspecified illness, his wife Wanda ...

Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene, has died.

Arkansas-born Ronnie Hawkins, who once promoted himself as “the King of Rockabilly” and “Rompin’ Ronnie,” died Sunday morning, he was 87. His wife Wanda informed the Canadian Press in a ...

Ronnie Hawkins, Rockabilly Singer, Dies at 87 With drummer and fellow Arkansan Levon Helm, Hawkins put together a Canadian backing group that included guitarist-songwriter Robbie Robertson ...

Ronnie 'Hawk' Hawkins, the southern rockabilly singer who famously mentored The Band, died on Sunday morning due to long-term illness.

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 ...