1.Reportedly at age 13 he traded five rabbits for a homemade guitar and taught himself to play it.
2.Won a talent contest in the late 1930's on WSAZ in Huntington and a $15 per week job at the station.
3. At age 19 married Reva Barbour, a 16 year old beauty from Huntington. Both being so young, the marriage was stormy and ended in divorce in 1958.
4.Entered the army in 1943 and served as an engineer, stationed near Paris, Texas where he and friends would sneak out on Friday and Saturday nights to perform at local clubs.
5.As a Staff Sargeant, he was stationed in France and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, winning four battle stars during his fifteen months of combat duty.
2007-12-22 10:38:22 · 6 answers · asked by Adios Amigo's 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Country
HAROLD "HAWKSHAW" HAWKINS
2007-12-22 10:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by boiledcrabs 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are talking about a Country music singer named Harold Franklin Hawkins. He was better known as "Hawkshaw Hawkins". He died in a pane crash in 1963 with Patsy Cline.
2007-12-22 18:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by Cactus 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins?
2007-12-22 18:48:41 · answer #3 · answered by Captain S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A legend indeed. I only wish that Hawkshaw Hawkins and the others in that plane had not been taken from us so soon.
2007-12-22 19:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by Fool 4 Tommy Collins ? ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're darn right there Tommy. Man they were taken from us way too quick, I bet that Bonanza went from one big shiny piece to aluminum confetti in like 500 milliseconds, 45 degree angle right into the ground. Too bad Randy never got his instrument certification, what a moron. Like we couldn't have seen this coming.............
2007-12-22 20:12:03 · answer #5 · answered by Baron_von_Party 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
johnny cash
2007-12-22 18:41:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋