Ronnie Hawkins
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Sep 9, 2026
Adam KempenaarHOST
In '66, he plays three electric songs at the Newport Folk Festival, and then about 10 months later, after releasing Blonde on Blonde, that's when he gets called a Judas by an angry fan in Manchester, England, because he's playing an electric set, an all-electric set.
Adam KempenaarHOST
And Josh, of course, who is he playing that electric set with? Well, now you've seen The Last Waltz, and you know that that band was the Band, though at the time, they were called The Hawks, because they had just come off the road from playing with Ronnie Hawkins.
Adam KempenaarHOST
That, that iconoclastic impulse in the Manchester scene, in going electric, in the dialogue I shared, that impulse to challenge expectations, but not just challenge them, to make us question what's really driving those expectations.
Adam KempenaarHOST
Why do we need to put Dylan or any artist on this mantle and just hope they'll stay put and deliver what we think we need from them? It's really at the heart of Dylan's entire career in music and at the heart of this film.
JamesHOST
This first one, I'm going to play one of my favorite records, really one of my favorite songs for that driving beat and for this kind of music.
JamesHOST
It's by Levon and the Hawks, which, uh, that is, uh, the group, uh, including Levon Helm, who this was a shortly after, uh, they had, uh, left the Hawks, uh, which was, uh, the backing band of Ronnie Hawkins, a, uh, uh, rockabilly, rock and roll performer in Canada.
JamesHOST
These guys had been one of the versions of his backing band, which is always known as the Hawks.
JamesHOST
They broke off, started doing their own thing, and shortly after this, These guys would start working with Bob Dylan, recording, writing, messing around, and would end up calling themselves The Band and going on to greatness as The Band.
Chris KlimekHOST
It, it is not clear to me in the context of The Last Waltz who he was quoting.
Chris KlimekHOST
W- was, was it Ronnie Hawkins?
Steven HydenGUEST
Yeah, I think it's Ronnie Hawkins, 'cause I think that's right before-
Chris KlimekHOST
Okay
Steven HydenGUEST
...
Steven HydenGUEST
the Ronnie Hawkins performance.
Chris KlimekHOST
Right.
Chris KlimekHOST
Right.
Jonathan CoachmanHOST
All right, so we're going to need the name and also the link to confirm.
Jonathan CoachmanHOST
If somebody gets it today, they're saying Ronnie Hawkins?
Vince RussoHOST
I don't even know who that is.
Vince RussoHOST
I don't even know who
Jonathan CoachmanHOST
Ronnie Hawkins is.
Jonathan CoachmanHOST
All right.
Jonathan CoachmanHOST
Well, again, whoever – we got to have the link.
Ken ConnorsHOST
You know, I think it's safe to say that the stars were aligned, Mitch, back in the mid-60s when Dylan hooked up with Robbie Robertson and his buddies who were in the Hawks.
Ken ConnorsHOST
They were working for Ronnie Hawkins, I think, at the time.
Mitch MelnickGUEST
That's right.
Mitch MelnickGUEST
And Dylan, you know, he'd already gone electric at Newport.
Ken ConnorsHOST
You know, I think it's safe to say that the stars were aligned, Mitch, back in the mid-60s when Dylan hooked up with Robbie Robertson and his buddies who were in the Hawks.
Ken ConnorsHOST
They were working for Ronnie Hawkins, I think, at the time.
Mitch MelnickGUEST
That's right.
Mitch MelnickGUEST
And Dylan, you know, he'd already gone electric at Newport.
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Chris GregoryHOST
attacked the song with all the verve of the dirty R&B material they'd been playing for years with Ronnie Hawkins in Sweaty Clubs, with Robbie Robertson providing stabbing riffs and Garth Hudson pounding out swirling organ runs.
Chris GregoryHOST
The song was attempted at the first session for Blonde on Blonde in October 1965.
Chris GregoryHOST
At the beginning of the session, Dylan only has one verse, which he repeats, and the chorus runs, I wanna be your partner.
Jesse Ed DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was a bus tour.
Jesse Ed DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One of Conway's biggest friends, I think they're from the same part of Arkansas, was Ronnie Hawkins.
Jesse Ed DavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And at the time he had the band, Levon and the Hawks, backing him
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up.
FrankHOST
Yeah, yeah.
BillHOST
And then we have Ronnie Hawkins.
FrankHOST
The Hawk.
BillHOST
And he is, like, a Canadian treasure, but also an, a international treasure.
FrankHOST
Yeah.
BillHOST
As far as the people go there, Ronnie Hawkins is the grandfather.
FrankHOST
Yes.
BillHOST
Neil Young would go see him in concert and get kicked out of the gigs.
Andy PearsonGUEST
So in 1976, in what was their final live performance, the Canadian supergroup, The Band...
Andy PearsonGUEST
They took to the stage with special guest star Ronnie Hawkins.
Andy PearsonGUEST
And what they did was blow everyone away.
Andy PearsonGUEST
So the band Ronnie Hawkins, they just brought the house down in their final live performance on the last waltz.
Andy PearsonGUEST
And they were playing one of Ronnie Hawkins' most famous tunes.
Andy PearsonGUEST
And it was a song with this title.
Andy PearsonGUEST
They blew everyone away playing the song, Who Do You Love? That was Ronnie Hawkins' big hit, Who Do You Love? I just want to pause this Sunday morning right now and I want to ask you to think about that same question for you in your life.
Andy PearsonGUEST
I want to pose the question in your life, in the past and now, who do you love? So for whom right now Is your heart filled with care and affection and love? Can you just think about that just for a second? Who do you really love? I think for lots of us, who sprung to mind? Probably a best friend or a family member, right? Was it a sibling? Maybe, maybe not.
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