Photo from Hawkins' websiteRonnie "The Hawk" Hawkins, who seems like he’s had more fun than the law allows most of his life, cut a screaming-buzzsaw version of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love” in 1963 with The Hawks -- them fellas who went on to become The Band.
Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks - Who Do You Love [buy]
But before that fine day, Hawkins scored a top 10 R&B hit in 1959 with “Mary Lou.” Now “Mary Lou” doesn’t have that hurricane ripping a barroom apart energy which Hawkins and The Hawks unleash on “Who Do You Love,” but I love the I’m just here to get mine and then bounce (in your Cadillac) fun Miss Mary Lou seems to be having, and how much don't think it can't happen to you bewilderment Hawkins exhibits in detailing Mary Lou taking advantage of him and every other man she encounters.
Ronnie Hawkins - Mary Lou
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