I'm a huge fan of "The Band"
Those unfamiliar, "The Band" was one of the greatest Canadian rock groups of all time.
Rush and The Band, in my opinion are the greatest Canadian based groups of all time.
(We had a Canadian rock thread a couple years back if memory serves)
Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks were a successful act in the early 60's
He parted ways and then influenced The Band.
The Band consisted of rock giants, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, and others, most of them were with Ronnie and the Hawks.
Ronnie was and is one of rock and roll's icons, legends, and all time great.
Talent scout, musician, singer, songwriter, just about every aspect of the rock industry Ronnie was an all time great.
He influenced Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) he backed Bob Dylan in Dylan's first electric tour (after Dylan made the transition from acoustic to electric)
And on, and on, and on.
Rock and roll lost a legend last night.
RIP sir, much respect what you have done for all genres of rock.
Here's the news link.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/30/enter...ead/index.html
Here's a brief bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hawkins
And here's one of my all time personal favorites of mine