We lost another star today.

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Ronnie Hawkins died today. He had minor hits in the 1950s with ?Mary Lou? and ?Odessa? and owned the Rockwood Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where acts included such early rock stars as Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Conway Twisty performed live.

I was there when Conway and Ronnie had a battle of the bands. In Conways turn, he took the mike and asked the audience if they had ever heard a Stereophonic poot. With that he stuck the microphone near his butt and farted.

I was also there in 1963 at the DeMolay New Year eve celebration where Ronnie Hawkins performed. The final song after mid night went something like this:

Hey Baby, I Want to do it.
Hey baby, let me bang your box

The last doing of the last ever Rogers AR New Years DeMolay party.

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[QUOTE=RED;632940]Ronnie Hawkins died today. He had minor hits in the 1950s with ?Mary Lou? and ?Odessa? and owned the Rockwood Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where acts included such early rock stars as Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Conway Twisty performed live.

I was there when Conway and Ronnie had a battle of the bands. In Conways turn, he took the mike and asked the audience if they had ever heard a Stereophonic poot. With that he stuck the microphone near his butt and farted.

I was also there in 1963 at the DeMolay New Year eve celebration where Ronnie Hawkins performed. The final song after mid night went something like this:

Hey Baby, I Want to do it.
Hey baby, let me bang your box


Sounds like a charming chap

[Mark in Ottawa]

An interesting aspect of Hawkins career is that he was very popular in Canada and in fact lived much of his life in Ontario. He was considered to have contributed so much to Canada's cultural scene that in 2014 he was awarded "The Order of Canada" the highest civilian award.