Ronnie Hawkins - Original Album Series (2016)

Ronnie Hawkins is a rockabilly singer who formed his original backing band, the Hawks, while attending the University of Arkansas. After auditioning unsuccessfully for Sun in 1957, he started working regularly in Canada the following year, eventually taking up permanent residence there. After one release on the Canadian Quality label, he signed with Roulette in New York in 1959, having hits with "Forty Days" and "Mary Lou." The live fervor of Hawkins (known as Mr. Dynamo) and the Hawks' show continued in Canada after all the original members except Levon Helm headed back to the U.S. Hawkins quickly hired Canadian players Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel as the new Hawks. They stayed with him until 1963, but later became Bob Dylan's backing group and went on to a career of their own as the Band. Hawkins has remained a legend in Canada, recording unrepentant rockabilly sides and gigging constantly. He's still the original Mr. Dynamo, capable of shaking the walls down any old time he feels like it.

TRACKLIST
01. Forty Days (Single Version) [00:02:17]
02. Odessa (1959 Version) [00:02:16]
03. Wild Little Willy [00:02:16]
04. Ruby Baby [00:02:15]
05. Horace [00:02:33]
06. Mary Lou [00:02:10]
07. Need Your Lovin' (Oh So Bad) [00:02:22]
08. Dizzy Miss Lizzy [00:01:56]
09. One Of These Days [00:02:37]
10. Oh Sugar [00:02:15]
11. Whatcha Gonna Do [00:01:58]
12. My Gal Is Red Hot [00:01:51]
13. Clara [00:02:35]
14. Hey Boba Lou [00:02:33]
15. Someone Like You [00:02:30]
16. Dreams Do Come True [00:02:34]
17. Hayride [00:02:17]
18. Honey Don't [00:02:24]
19. Lonely Hours [00:02:35]
20. Sick And Tired (1960 Version) [00:02:30]
21. Love Me Like You Can [00:02:13]
22. You Cheated, You Lied [00:02:10]
23. Baby Jean [00:02:20]
24. Southern Love [00:02:45]
25. Summertime [00:02:39]
26. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless [00:02:18]
27. I Gave My Love A Cherry [00:02:59]
28. Brave Man [00:02:37]
29. A Poor Wayfaring Stranger [00:02:53]
30. Virginia Bride [00:02:22]
31. Mister And Mississippi [00:02:34]
32. John Henry [00:02:01]
33. Fare Thee Well [00:03:01]
34. One Out Of A Hundred [00:02:22]
35. The Death Of Floyd Collins [00:03:06]
36. Love From Afar [00:02:29]
37. One More Night [00:02:24]
38. Bitter Green [00:02:02]
39. I May Never Get To Heaven [00:03:50]
40. Will The Circle Be Unbroken [00:02:54]
41. Matchbox [00:03:08]
42. Little Bird [00:02:23]
43. One Too Many Mornings [00:03:23]
44. Forty Days (1970 Version) [00:03:37]
45. Down In The Alley [00:05:14]
46. Who Do You Love [00:02:17]
47. Home From The Forest [00:03:37]
48. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles [00:02:15]
49. Sick And Tired (1971 Version) [00:02:47]
50. Lonely Weekends [00:02:25]
51. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee [00:03:10]
52. The Red Rooster [00:02:31]
53. Ooby Dooby [00:02:08]
54. The Lady Came From Baltimore [00:02:38]
55. Leaves That Are Green [00:02:07]
56. Patricia [00:03:04]
57. Odessa (1971 Version) [00:03:20]
58. Treasure Of Love [00:02:30]
59. Black Sheep Boy [00:03:03]