“Ronnie, he did a lot for people,” said Nelson Thall, a longtime friend. “He was a talent scout, he was a coach, he would help them get the right sound and he was just a man for all seasons.”
Thall said he met Hawkins at a club on Toronto’s Yonge Street some time in the 1970s. Oftentimes, Hawkins would perform his own music, and then hang around the bar, buying drinks for others because he didn’t drink, Thall said.
Music impresario Ronnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins dies at 87 (msn.com)
Nelson Thall had interviewed Greg Hallett in 2007 for this talk with Sherman Skolnick [going under the name Lenny Bloom]
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