[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This cover of Olivia Newton-John’s “Let Me Be There” was recorded in the summer of 1984 at Songmasters on the Boardwalk, Surfside Beach, SC. I was 14, almost 15, at the beach with my church youth group. It wasn’t my best performance, though I don’t cringe at the [...]
The kids and I have a goal: a special “get up” song for each day of the week. Okay, it’s more my goal than theirs, though they do sing along a lot. And at the rate we’re going, we’ll be lucky to have one song completed before they graduate from high school. LOL This piece [...]
I must’ve been on a Billie Holiday kick when I came up with this little work in progress. Warning: It’s just a few lines and you can tell by the revision in the second time around I really have no idea where it’ll one day end up going (if anywhere)… https://www.evernote.com/shard/s21/sh/79445aae-9e5f-4eb8-864d-24e75cbb8b74/12a387c2534729e1c1542becfc4df9d8
This is my first attempt at using Evernote to record a piece and then share it with my website, so I’m not sure how it will work out. I’m looking for a good (and easy) way to post audio files from my mobile. I have an awesome audio recording/editing app (Tapemachine) that I may be [...]
Just a few songs ago… Kevin’s playing one of his originals while I work on novel study questions and sing along (read: partially paying attention). He’s in one of the verses when he knows he’s singing the wrong lyrics again… Kevin, still strumming along: “I’ve gotten to where I mess that one up every time. [...]
01 its christmas by Fryedchickin I recorded this back in 2001, I think. My friend Eddie Cochran had written a bunch of songs, and I went out to his and Leilani’s house many times to sing along with whatever instrumental tracks had been recorded. He had me standing in the bathroom with the door closed, [...]
We’d been in New York for a few days already and were rich with musical experiences. We’d been awed by the phenomenal Pat Martino the night before at the Iridium. We’d taken the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tour at the (now-closed) Soho annex (with the awesome John Lennon exhibit). We’d bought Kevin’s Les [...]
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Part of the Bluegrass Jam at James Lynch’s house, Danville, Virginia, May 31, 2011. Kevin Hawke, vocals and guitar; Jo Hawke, vocals; Ryland Hawker, banjo; Wes Holtsford, mandolin; and Laura Liem, fiddle. I uploaded all the pictures I had from the night, along with the audio of this song. Thanks, Animoto, for making it so [...]
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We’ve added additional pictures and individual song files to the 5/31 Bluegrass Jam at James Lynch’s house — featuring our cousin Wes Holtsford, his friend Laura Liem, and Kevin’s dad Ryland Hawker. The eight songs include: The Man Who Wrote ‘Home Sweet Home’ Never Was a Married Man, Home Sweet Home, Going Down the Road [...]
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