Although Ronnie Hawkins never had much success on record, he was one of rock’n’roll’s greatest showmen and certainly its wittiest advocate. “Ninety per cent of what I made went on women, whiskey, ...

Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of Canadian music and was backed by musicians who later morphed into The Band, died Sunday, his wife said. He was 87. The singer's ...