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词条 Al Hawkes
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  1. Biography

  2. Awards

  3. Discography

  4. Event Records catalogue

  5. References

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Al Hawkes
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image = Al Hawkes and Todd Hutchisen at Acadia Recording Company.jpg
| caption = Hawkes surrounded by his original recording equipment from Event Records
| birth_name = Allerton Hawkes
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|25}}
| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|28|1930|12|25}}
| death_place = Westbrook, Maine
| origin = Westbrook, Maine
| genre = Bluegrass, country
| occupation = Singer, musician, producer
| instrument = Guitar, mandolin
| label = Event Records
| website = http://www.alhawkes.com/
}}

Al Hawkes (December 25, 1930 – December 28, 2018) was an American musician, founder of Event Records, and pioneer of the American bluegrass movement. He received state and national accolades, including being recognized as a member of the first generation of bluegrass musicians by the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Kentucky.

Biography

Hawkes was born in Providence, Rhode Island but moved back to his family's homestead in Westbrook, Maine when he was 10, in 1941.

His father helped him get hooked on southern hillbilly music by installing a radio with a long antenna that could pick up music from stations like WWVA, WCKY, WJJD, and, WBT.

When he was thirteen, Hawkes's mother bought him a guitar and chord book, and his father soon gave him a Gibson A4 mandolin. Hawkes formed his first band (Al Hawkes Hillbillies) as a high school sophomore. They played at local school functions and grange halls.[1]

In the late 1940s Hawkes built a pirate radio station broadcasting at 1210KC on the AM dial, which he shut down in 1949 after the FCC learned of his illegal operation. He was soon was broadcasting five days a week from WLAM radio in Lewiston, Maine.[2]

In the 1940s Hawkes performed as one half of the duo Allerton & Alton, the first interracial duo to play bluegrass. They performed live and on radio shows until 1951, despite the heavily segregated climate of the time.[3]

In 1951, during the Korean War, Hawkes entered the Maine National Guard and was stationed in North Africa, where he was a disc jockey for Armed Forces Radio and performed for the troops. Here he had the opportunity to learn how to use up-to-date recording equipment. When he returned from North Africa, he went to Boston to the Massachusetts Radio and Broadcast School for two years, obtained his First Class Broadcast License, and graduated as an honor student.[1]

In 1956 Hawkes formed Event Records, an independent label out of Westbrook, Maine with Richard Greeley.[4] Together they recorded many high-profile artists including Dick Curless, Hal Lone Pine, Charlie Bailey, Lenny Breau, and Curtis Johnson. Event Records operated until 1962 when the warehouse of its Boston distributor was destroyed by a fire and thousands of records were lost, putting the company out of business.[5]

In 2010 Andrew Jawitz made a 47-minute documentary, The Eventful Life of Al Hawkes, which was broadcast on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and shown locally.[6]

In 2013 Todd Hutchisen of Acadia Recording Company (a small recording studio in Portland, Maine) purchased all of the original recording equipment from Event Records and relocated and repaired the 1/4” mono tape decks, Altec stereo mixing board, Ampex 350s, real tape delay, spring reverb, and original RCA, Shure and EV microphones for use at Acadia.[7] That equipment[8] has been used to record several split 45 vinyl records with groups looking to recreate the iconic rockabilly sound.[9]

After Event Records, Hawkes opened a TV repair shop at the same site as his recording studio. Its sign is now eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.[10]

After his 80th birthday, then-Senator Olympia Snowe delivered a tribute to him in the Congressional Record, calling Hawkes "a Maine and national treasure."[11]

Hawkes died on December 28, 2018 at the age of 88.[12]

Awards

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  • 1980- Maine Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 1983- Bluegrass Artist of the Year MCMA
  • 1984- Folk Artist of the Year MCMA
  • 1990- North New Vineyard Mountain Bluegrass Festival- 1st place mandolin
  • 1991- The Lenny Breau Memorial Award
  • 1995- Dick Curless Memorial Award
  • 1996- 16th Annual Country Music Pioneer Award (DECMA)
  • 2001- Bluegrass Music Association of Maine’s Pioneer Award
  • CMAA Instrumentalist of the Year
  • 2007- America’s Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2008- Lifetime Achievement Award (DECMA)
  • 2008- Music Industry Heritage Award (Boston Bluegrass Union)

Discography

YearAlbumGroupNotes
2004Keep On SmilingAl HawkesFeaturing Fred Lantz, Al Doane, Alan Stapleford, Sean Mencher, Bob Boothby and Bruce Milliard
Gettin' It All TogetherAl Hawkes and His String Fusion
1991I'll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs AgainAl Hawkes and the Nighthawkes
1990Old Time Pickin' and SinginAl Hawkes
2014I Love the State of Maine[13]Al Hawkes
2011Black White and BluegrassAllerton & AltonBear Family Records[14]

Event Records catalogue

Artist7" singles
4256Charlie Bailey & His Happy Valley Boys"Darling Nellie Across The Sea" / "The Memory of Your Smile"
4257Hal Pine"Prince Edward Island" / "Down By The Railroad Tracks"
4258Dick Curless"Foggy Foggy Dew" / "The Streets of Laredo"
4259Johnny Copeland"What Kind of Life" / "Radar"
4260Harold Carder"The Hot Mocking Bird" / "The German Waltz"
4261Lilly Brothers"Are You Tired Of Me My Darling" / "Tragic Romance"
4262Sonny DeFreest & the Western Rhythm Boys"Little Boy Blue" / "I've Been Hurt By Love Before"
4263Clyde & Willy Joy"From The Hills" / "Beautiful Heaven Up There"
4264Ken Fairlie"Tonight Is Just Another Night To Cry Myself To Sleep" / "The Table Turned"
4265Pete Peterson"Won't Cha" / "Don't Try"
4266Dick Curless"China Nights" / "Blues In My Mind"
4267Slim Coxx & His Cowboy Caravan"Sitting Here All Alone" / "Oh Golly, Gosh, Oh Gee"
4268Curtis Johnson & The Windjammers"Baby, Baby" / "Teenage Love Affair"
4269Jimmy Copeland"Jealous Hearted Me" / "Roses And Thorns"
4270The Dreamers"Rock & Roll Baby" / "Ding Dong"
4271Javalans"Come Dance With Me" / "Cynthia"
4272Lilly Brothers"John Henry" / "Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me"
4273Danny & Audrey Harrison"Rock-a-Billy Boogie" / "Let 'Em Talk"
4274Dick Curless"Nine Pound Hammer" / "You Never Miss The Water"
4275Brice Sisters"Your Jealous Mind" / "Please Understand"
4276Pell Brothers"Itch and Leave" / "Pretend"
4277Johnny Houston"Slick Chick" / "Playboy"
4278Danny Harrison"Mary Ann I'm Lonesome" / "Have You Ever Been Lonely"
4279Statics"The Day You Left Me" / "The Girl in My Dreams"
4280Johnny Houston"Torrid Tessie Lee" / "Our Very First Kiss"
4281Curtis Johnson"Loverboy" / "Heading For The High School Hop"
4282Curtis Johnson"Baby, Let's Play House" / "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine"
4284Curtis Johnson"Let's Do A Little Rockin'" / "I Need You Baby To Love"
4285Velvets"I" / "At Last"
4286Herbie Lee III"Champagne Charlene"
4287Scarlets"Dear One" / "I've Lost"
4288Susan Capone"Until The End of Time" / "I Understand"
4289Ricky Coyne & His Guitar Rockers"Rollin' Pin Mim" / I'll Love You Forever""
4290The Della Sisters"Can You?" / "Hesitate"
4291Les Seevers & The Oaks"Wooden Angels" / "Something Old, Something New"
4292Arvaks"Beautiful Child" / "Donne-Moi"
4293Three Little Pigs"Little Piggy Cha Cha Cha" / "Georgie Porgie Cha Cha Cha"
[15]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=15682|title= Al Hawkes and the Cumberland Ridge Runners |website=www.hillbilly-music.com|access-date=2017-12-10}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://tedlehmann.blogspot.com/2011/03/al-hawkes-eventful-life-artist-profile.html|title=Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms: Al Hawkes - An Eventful Life - Artist Profile|last=Lehmann|first=Ted|date=2011-03-07|website=Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms|access-date=2017-12-10}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.alhawkes.com/tennessean.pdf|title=Interracial Duo Quietly Made History|last=Cooper|first=Peter|date=February 9, 2011|work=The Tennessean|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/164330-Event-Records-2|title=Event Records (2)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-12-10}}
5. ^{{Cite book|title=When Rock 'N Roll Rocked Maine|last=Anderson|first=Will|publisher=Anderson & Sons' Publishing Co.|year=2007|isbn=1893804054|location=Bath, ME|pages=}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://themainemag.com/people/profiles/1376-andrew-jawitz/|title=Andrew Jawitz - The Maine Mag|date=2010-10-13|work=The Maine Mag|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en-US}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.acadiarecording.com/new-england-shakeup/|title=Attending the 4th Annual New England Shake-Up!|date=2016-09-25|work=Acadia Recording Company|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en-US}}
8. ^{{Citation|last=Acadia Recording Company|title=New Life for Vintage 1950s Recording Equipment at Acadia Recording Company|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iu81wt_t60|access-date=2018-12-28}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://swelltune-records.myshopify.com/products/copy-of-the-first-swelltune-records-release|title=Nate Gibson - Got Another Baby/Duck Butt 7" Vinyl Record|website=Swelltune Records|language=en|access-date=2017-12-10}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/27/iconic-hawkes-plaza-tv-repairman-is-eligible-for-the-national-register-of-historic-places-state-says/|title=Historic Westbrook TV repairman sign eligible for National Register|date=2016-12-27|work=Press Herald|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en-US}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.alhawkes.com/al_recognition.pdf|title=Senate Tribute to Al Hawkes|last=Snowe|first=Olympia|date=April 14, 2011|work=Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 112th Congress, First Session|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
12. ^{{cite news |last1=Keyes |first1=Bob |last2=Graham |first2=Gillian |title=Westbrook’s Al Hawkes, ‘a giant’ in country and bluegrass music, dies at age 88 |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/28/maine-bluegrass-legend-al-hawkes-dies-at-age-88/ |work=Press Herald |date=28 December 2018}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/12/a-state-treasure-84-sings-the-praises-of-maine/|title=A state ‘treasure,’ Al Hawkes, 84, sings the praises of Maine|date=2015-01-12|work=Press Herald|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en-US}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://bluegrassmusic.com/content/2011/reviews/allerton-alton-black-white-and-bluegrass/|title=Allerton & Alton - Black, White and Bluegrass|date=2011-06-01|website=Bluegrass Unlimited|access-date=2017-12-10}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.alhawkes.com/eventcatalog.html|title=Event Records Catalog|website=www.alhawkes.com|access-date=2017-12-10}}
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