BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Edward Theodore Hawkins Jr
Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA
Known For: 1982 – “Watch Your Step” – Debut Album
Instruments: Voice, Guitarist
Music Styles: Folk
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 28th October 1936
Location Born: Biloxi, Michigan, United States of America
Date Died: 1st January 1995
Location Died: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cause Of Death: Died from a stroke
Memorial: Ted Hawkins died on New Year’s Day after suffering a stroke in Los Angeles.
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Ted Hawkins
An American singer-songwriter, was born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Hawkins was an enigmatic figure through most of his career; he split his time between his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California where he was a mostly anonymous street performer, and Europe, where he and his songs were better known and well received in clubs and small concert halls.
In the middle of the mid 1960s folk music boom Hawkins set out for California to try for a professional singing career.
He recorded several tunes without commercial success, worked at odd jobs, and took up busking.
In 1987, documentary film-maker Nick Shaw approached Hawkins to produce a profile of his life and times.
Despite his recognition and fame in Europe, Hawkins was restless and moved back to California in the early 1990s and again took on the role of a street performer.
Hawkins, however, died of a stroke at the age of only 58 just a few months after the release of his breakthrough recording.
Albums include.
1982 Watch Your Step
1985 Happy Hour
1989 I Love You Too PT Records
1994 The Next Hundred Years Geffen
1995 Songs From Venice Beach
1998 Love You Most Of All – More Songs From Venice Beach
1998 The Final Tour (live 1994)
2000 The Kershaw Sessions: Live at the BBC (1986 – 1989)
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