I think that 16 Greatest Hits of Hawkshaw Hawkins might well be the pick of the recent Country vinyl haul.
Born Harold Frankiin Hawkins in Huntington, West Virginia on 22nd December 1921.
He died aged 43 on 5th March 1953 in the same plane crash as Cowbow Copas, Patsy Cline and Patsy's manager Randy Hughes.
He was married to fellow country singer Jean Shepard.
More Hawkshaw facts. He got his first guitar by trading five rabbits for it. (I don't know whether they were dead or alive)
Because of his height of six feet, five inches and his outgoing personality, he was nick-named "Eleven Yards of Personality"
More of the same next Sunday.
Hawkshaw Hawkins - I'm Slowly Dying of a Broken Heart
Hawkshaw Hawkins - Lonesome 7-7203
I liked these two tracks. They might feature on vol. 150
ReplyDeleteThis song is great, I'm listening here for the first time!
ReplyDeletemy new song and lyrics: Bishop Briggs - Champion Lyrics