Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin'

To his friends, hes Mr. Dynamo. To his doctors, hes a miracle. To the rest of the world, hes The Hawk, the Arkansas-born King of Rockabilly who made Canada his home and his stage for more than four decades. Hes still rocking the house today against all odds.

In this feature length documentary, director Anne Pick spends a roller coaster year and a half with The Hawk, from his diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer in 2002 through to his mysterious recovery. He was told he was a dead man.

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[CountThrillhammer]

When God made all men equal , he never saw Bo Diddley in the shower , that thing's like a one eyed whale - Ronnie Hawkins.

[TeddyxxBoy]

Live on Rock and Rol heals.

[JustAintthatWay]

anything more than 3 chords is progressive jazz

[sixtiesmusiconly]

Played on a stage in Marvell, Arkansas that this guy once stood on. As did Levon Helm and Conway Twitty. I'm told they used to have a battle of the bands in Helena, Arkansas in the late fifties pitting The Hawks against Conway and Conway would always have to pack up and go home. Don't get me wrong, I love Conway but that's just a piece of history someone who was there told me about.

[munkiman23]

@sillysp8 Defo agree hes blazin in the last walts! Always makes me happy!

[TheFactoriesOfficial]

yeah, richie manuel; Ol'Jawbone! when did ya first go wrong? Ol'Jawbone you've been doing 2 at a time!!

[Adamfront]

@Nickeythearse That's a great quote that I have always loved.

[jeffkahl]

yep

[robbietancred]

@Freakster1970 the band parted with the hawk in the early 60's

[Freakster1970]

I guess that wasn't The Band at the start ? Looked later than the mids 60s when The Band left him.