Ronnie Hawkins:

Still Alive and Kickin?

To his friends, he?s Mr. Dynamo. To his doctors, he?s a miracle. To the rest of the world, he?s The Hawk, the Arkansas-born King of Rockabilly who made Canada his home and his stage for more than four decades. He?s still rocking the house today ? against all odds.

Casablanca Media Television Inc. is pleased to release Real To Reel Productions? award winning music documentary RONNIE HAWKINS: STILL ALIVE AND KICKIN?. Winner of the 2005 Gemini Award for Best Biography and the Bronze World Medal at the 2005 New York Festivals for Television Biography, this outstanding film by director Anne Pick, celebrates Ronnie Hawkins, the man, his life and his music.

In 2002 The Hawk was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. He was told he was a dead man. The obituaries were written, the tributes and tears were flowing but along the way he cheats the grim reaper. Maybe it was the overwhelming outpouring of love, perhaps it was the talents of a teenage healer, or as he says, he just may be the luckiest hillbilly alive. From Wanda, his wife of 42 years, and his kids, to friends like Bill Clinton, David Foster, Robbie Robertson and Kris Kristofferson, to strangers on the street, everybody is pulled into this truly unbelievable time in the life of this living legend.

Excerpts from live performances plus some of Ronnie?s best known hits are featured. Included on the soundtrack are: Forty Days, Blues Stroller, Bo Diddley/Who Do You Love, Bittersweet, Need Your Lovin? (Oh So Bad), Blue-Eyed Baby, You?ll Lose A good Thing, Low Life Street Blues, Hoochie Coochie, Down In The Alley, Mary Lou, Fly Like a Hawk, Lodi.

In addition to the full 90 minute music documentary, the DVD RONNIE HAWKINS: STILL ALIVE AND KICKIN? contains bonus Interviews with former band members Robbie Robertson, David Foster, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Sky, Dominic Triano as well as television personality Jeanne Beker who once danced as a go-go girl with the band.

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