Pete Hawkes

Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet, [1] musician and luthier. There are over 1200 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[2][3] He is an accomplished fingerstyle and slide guitarist and has won multiple awards over the years.

Pete Hawkes in 2012

Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors.[4]

Early life

Hawkes was born in 1965 at Lake Macquarie, Australia. He learned to play guitar on an old waterlogged guitar, nicknamed "The Paddle" because his father used it to paddle home one night when he was drunk.[5] He learned guitar by listening to old albums, citing influences as diverse as blues guitarist Robert Johnson, English guitarist Davey Graham, and Bartók.[5]

Career

Hawkes started playing electric slide guitar in Chicago-style blues bands, at clubs and pubs in and around Lake Macquarie and Newcastle when he was seventeen. He was invited to work as a session musician across Australia. In his early 20s, he moved to Tasmania, where he trained as a luthier. After returning, he got a degree in pure mathematics from the University of Newcastle and moved to the Australian Capital Territory the following year. In the mid-1990s he recorded his debut album, Secrets Vows and Lies, with English folk violinist Dave Swarbrick playing on a few tracks.[6] The album was released by Festival Records and was critically well received.[6]

Hawkes toured Australia and supported Steeleye Span and Bert Jansch, but the tour was largely unsuccessful. Afterwards, Hawkes moved to London. Secrets Vows and Lies was released in the UK by Select Records[7] and he started playing in small clubs and hotels throughout the UK. He briefly reconnected with Dave Swarbrick in Coventry and supported him and Martin Carthy and in Scarborough, North Yorkshire with violinist Sue Aston.[3] He then moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, and for several months played jazz with Russian and Romani musicians. In Beijing he became involved in the underground jazz developments in the city. Performing at venues such as the East-Shore Jazz Club, he encouraged Chinese musicians to play jazz rather than traditional music. But jazz was not acceptable to the Communist Party of China, and Hawkes was asked by the local authorities to return to Australia.

After returning to Australia, Hawkes released Unspoken Riddles, Melancholy Cello (inspired by Russian music), and Double Diversity. He then concentrated on composing and arranging. In 2006 he released Witchcraft, an orchestral suite, and The Jazz Chronicles. In 2009 he released The Lost Souls Entwined, a gothic rock album[8] recorded with electric guitarist Phil Emmanuel.[9][10]

Hawkes has created over 1200 recordings[5] covering folk music, jazz, jazz fusion, classical, world music, rock, ragtime, blues, ambient, and baroque.[11][12][13] He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[2][3] Music journalist Bruce Elder has compared his folk-blues style to Nick Drake and John Martyn.[6]

Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines.[13][14] Some of his works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.[15]

He is a member of the Australian Performance Rights Association (APRA).[16]

In 2017 and 2018 he worked for the University of Newcastle as a data analyst.[17]

Awards

In 2002, Hawkes won the ABC Newcastle Songwriter of the Year Award,[5][18] and in 2009 he won another ABC award for his instrumental works.[8] In 2012 he received a MUSICOZ Legend award.[19] In 2017, Hawkes won the Festival of Original Music Award (FOOM) from the Song Writers, Composers & Lyricists Association (SCALA).[20] He was a finalist at the Australian Songwriters Association Awards in 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.[21][22][23][24][25]

Discography
  • Secrets Vows and Lies (originally 1996 Larikin Festival Records, re-released Select Records UK 2000, February 2012 Catapult)
  • Unspoken Riddles (1998, IAG)
  • Double Diversity (Sept 2005, Timeless)
  • Witchcraft (originally 2006, Timeless, 3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Lost Souls Entwined (1 September 2007, ValleyArm)
  • Guitar Styles Volume 2 (1 March 2010, Catapult)
  • Guitar Styles Volume 1 (2 March 2010, Catapult)
  • The Blue Bear Studio Sessions, Pete Hawkes with Dave Swarbrick (1 September 207, ValleyArm)
  • Genres Volume 1 Jazz, Ragtime and Blues, Selected Instrumentals (12 February 2010, Catapult)
  • Genres Volume 2 Gypsy, Celtic and Folk, Selected Instrumentals (12 February 2010, Catapult)
  • Genres Volume 3 Classical and Chamber Music, Selected Instrumentals (14 February 2010, Catapult)
  • Genres Volume 4 Ambient, Meditative and Spiritual, Selected Instrumentals (17 February 2010, Catapult)
  • Genres Volume 5 Gypsy, Orchestral and Cello, Selected Instrumentals (1 March 2010, Catapult)
  • The Sacred Blasphemy Violin Concerto (5 March 2010, Catapult)
  • Best of Pete Hawkes: 1996–2010 Digitally Remastered (21 June 2010, Catapult)
  • An Interpretation of Vivaldi -Concerto in D minor, Op. 3 No.11 RV 565 (25 August 2010, Catapult)
  • Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 1 (25 August 2010, Catapult)
  • Classical Gems (10 October 2010, Catapult)
  • Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 2 (Oct12, 2010, Catapult)
  • Pete Hawkes -Live at the Wesley Convention Centre (18 August 2010, Catapult)
  • Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 3 (25 August 2010, Catapult)
  • Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 4 (25 August 2010, Catapult)
  • Exquisite Classical Volume 1 (31 August 2010, Songcast)
  • Exquisite Classical Volume 2 (2 September 2010, Songcast)
  • Songs of Gypsy Russia (21 September 2011, Catapult)
  • Evocative Violin Volume 1 (26 September 2010, Songcast)
  • Evocative Violin Volume 2 (26 September 2010, Songcast)
  • Evocative Violin Volume 3 (27 September 2010, Songcast)
  • Gypsy (12 June 2011, Catapult)
  • Melancholy Cello (originally 2001, re-released on Catapult 8 July 2011)
  • Four Leaf Clover (Jul13, 2011, Catapult)
  • Curious Conundrums: Pete Hawkes's Most Interesting Instrumentals (17 July 2011, Catapult)
  • The DADGAD Files: Tribute to Davey Graham (19 July 2011, Songcast)
  • Pete Hawkes and Phil Emmanuel: Live at Lizottes (14 August 2011, Catapult)
  • The Essential Pete Hawkes (27 September 2011, Catapult)
  • Selections of Classical and Jazz Works (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Beautiful Guitar (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Jazz Chronicles (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Colors of Jazz (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Ragtime and Bluez (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Pete Hawkes: His Finest Classical Works (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Unusual Arrangements Album (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Dr Jekyle and Mr Slyde (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Moustache: Highly Unusual Jazz (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Eastern Cello (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Odyssey in Blue (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Geisha Girl (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Beautiful Dreamer (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Lost Souls Entwined (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Aliens (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Sacred Blasphemy concerto (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Cello Snippets (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • A Little Tribute to Satchmo (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Darkness (3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • The Battle Cry of Freedom (single: slide arrangement Hawkes, 3 February 2012, Catapult)
  • Ghost Whispers (18 November 2013, Catapult)
  • Violin Feug for Ada (single, 12 April 2013, Catapult)
  • Wayfaring Gypsy (8 December 2013, Catapult)
  • Steel String Stories (21 December 2013, Catapult)
  • The Jazz Collection (7 February 2014, Catapult)
  • Soul Secrets (15 April 2014, label Tunecore)
  • Pete Hawkes Anthology (17 April 2014, label Tunecore)
  • Ancient Dream (29 April 2014, Catapult)
  • Moonlight at Midnight (single, 10 July 2014, Catapult)
  • Beautiful Music for Acoustic Guitar & Cello (9 October 2014, Catapult)
  • Eastern Swing (17 January 2015, Catapult)
  • Arabia (14 June 2015, Catapult)
  • Knight of Eldorath (5 July 2015, Catapult)
  • "Days Without You" (single, 24 July 2015, Catapult)
  • "The Trust of Iron, the Truth of Steel" (single 27 June 2015, Catapult)
  • Paintings in Cello (29 July 2015, Catapult)
  • The Sultan's Daughter (21 January 2016, Catapult)
  • Song for Aleksandra (22 January 2016, Catapult)
  • Waltzing Matilda (4 February 2016, Catapult)
  • "Seventh Heaven" (single, 14 February 2016, Catapult)
  • The Alchemy of Dark Spells (20 March 2016, Tunecore)
  • Horus and the Seventh Heaven (9 April 2016, Catapult)
  • Strange Times (17 July 2016, Catapult)
  • Sanity Howling at the Moon (20 July 2016, Catapult)
  • Valentina (20 July 2016, Catapult)
  • Sorry Nic, It Was Just How I Was Feeling Today (30 August 2016, Catapult)
  • The Kiev Recordings (21 February 2017, Catapult)
  • A Touch Of Opera (14 January 2018, Catapult)
  • Blasphemy Of Reason (April 2018, Catapult)

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