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American rock&rsquo;n&rsquo;roll pioneer, Ronnie Hawkins, who spent most of his career playing in Canada with a bunch of talented locals who later became known as The Band, is 74 today&hellip;
Photo of Ronnie and The Hawks

The blond is a real young Levon Helm. Tell me otherwise, but I don&amp;#8217;t think any of the other guys who would go on to form The Band had joined at this point. Not until 1960. 