Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I'll Trade Yours for Mine
2. Heap of Lovin'
3. Mark 'Round Your Finger
4. Long Way
5. When You Say Yes
6. I'll Take a Chance With You
7. I'll Never Close My Heart to You
8. Why Don't You Leave This Town
9. Rebound
10. One White Rose
11. I Wanna Be Hugged to Death by You
12. Why Didn't I Hear from You
13. Flashing Lights
14. Waitin' for My Baby (Rock, Rock)
15. Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
16. Ling-Ting-Tong
17. Pedro Gonzales Tennessee Lopez
18. How Could Anything So Pretty (Be So Doggone Mean)
19. Car Hoppin' Mama
20. Love You Steal
21. Oh How I Cried
22. Borrowing
23. If It Ain't on the Menu
24. I Gotta Have You
25. Standing at the End of Mend of the World

Disc 2:

1. I've Got It Again
2. Sunny Side of the Mountain
3. You Just Stood There
4. Dark Moon
5. I'll Get Even With You
6. Guilty of Dreaming
7. Are You Happy
8. She Was Here
9. Freedom
10. It's Easier Said Than Done
11. Sensation
12. (Is My) Ring on Your Finger
13. I've Got It Again
14. Freedom
15. It Would Be a Doggone Lie
16. My Fate Is in Your Hands
17. I'll Be Gone
18. Best of Company
19. Action
20. You Can't Find Happiness That Way
21. I Don't Apologize for Loving You
22. With This Pen
23. Thank You for Thinking of Me

Disc 3:

1. Twenty Miles from Shore
2. Big Ole Heartache
3. Big Red Benson
4. Soldier's Joy
5. Patanio (The Pride of the Plains)
6. Alaska Lil and Texas Bill
7. Darkness on the Face of the Earth
8. Put a Nickel in the Jukebox
9. I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye
10. No Love for Me
11. You Know Me Much Too Well
12. My Story
13. Love I Have for You
14. Patanio (The Pride of the Plains)
15. Your Conscience

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #316509 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-01
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: 1.56 pounds

Album Description
3 CD Import. "Hawkshaw" Hawkins had a strong stage presence. He was tall, handsome, and he had rich, smooth vocals. His tasteful western suits set him apart from the usual rhinestone gaudiness seen on other male Country singers. He died in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country singers Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. His widow was Grand Ole Opry star Jean Shepard. He was a regular from 1946 to 1954 on the Wheeling Jamboree, a popular Country and Western radio show. 64 tracks. Bear Family Records (Germany). 2008.

Customer Reviews

Very essential and overlooked music.
Hold your horses, this isn't a box of Hawk's King material. It is a set of his complete recordings for RCA and Columbia.

99.9% of these songs didn't even chart. But 100% of the songs are pure, classic honkytonk.

Hawkins was probably one of the top 10 best honky tonk vocalists of all time.

This box should be in your collection. It is now out of print, so grab it when you see it.

The other side of Hawkshaw Hawkins
Despite his personality and talent, Hawkshaw Hawkins' contributions have mostly become forgotten. Indeed, his name is no where as recognizable as the woman who died with him in that 1963 plane crash. "Hawk" may seek to rectify this status-quo. This box set is done with the high level of quality that we've come to expect from the Bear Family. This release offers honky tonk infused Western songs, slow ballads, novelty songs and even some rockabilly. While "Hawk" is three discs, it is far from complete in that it only contains recordings from the RCA and Columbia years. Thus it lacks Hawkshaw Hawkins' early and later recordings with King. The drawback here is that most listeners would emphatically agree that Hawkins' King years were his most compelling. Songs that seem noticeably absent include 'Pan American,' 'Dog House Boogie,' 'I Love You A Thousand Ways,' and his other singles. The only expected song is Hawkins' signature tune, 'Sunny Side of the Mountain.' So where does this leave "Hawk?" Given the price and musical quality, this is only for completists. The vast majority of listeners will never need more than "The King Anthology, 1946-1963." That written, the music on "Hawk" is rewarding. Except for some material off the third disc, every song has that fantastic vintage sound. While almost never crossing that fine line between good to great, the songs on this box set are consistently good. This last point brings this review full-circle. "Hawk" affirms Hawkshaw Hawkins' humanity but also confirms why he never made the big time.

Hawk's Girl
Of course I would rate my Daddy's songs as 20 Stars Plus...what else would you expect. I have this box set and it is great. If you can get it, you better get it now...it is no longer made and getting harder and harder to find. If you are a fan of my Dad's, you don't want to be without this set. You may contact me at: marlene@marlene.org