Chris Hawkes | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Thomas Hawkes |
| Genres | Rock Americana Indie folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter guitarist record producer recording engineer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals guitar |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Self-released, Republic Records |
| Website | www |
Chris Hawkes is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and producer. Hawkes performs with Miranda Dawn as the duo Dawn and Hawkes.
As a musician Chris Hawkes was first recorded and released on a 1998 compilation Garage Nights at Laser Trax released on Cannon Riggle Records. [1]
Hawkes formed a band called Redtag while attending the University of North Texas. [2]
Hawkes switched roles of frontman/songwriter to produce and play lead guitar for Five Times August, a previously solo project of singer-songwriter Brad Skistimas. The single "Better With You" was featured on MTV series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County in its inaugural season.
A full length 2005 follow up album Fry Street, with performance and production by Hawkes, [3] received more play on cable and broadcast television. In 2007 tracks from Something Clever and Fry Street were compiled and released as The Independent. [4]
In 2005 Hawkes and other members, also known as Redtag, departed Five Times August and renamed as The Color Gray releasing 2005's self-titled EP and 2006 Control LP. [5] The release of The Color Gray's full-length album Control was preceded with the single "Nothing to Lose" released to commercial rock radio KTBZ-FM, KLAQ, KNCN, KEYJ and playlist rotation on KDGE The Edge Dallas.
In 2007 Chris Hawkes released his first solo acoustic album Guitar and Voice [6] MTV featured "Falling Into Doubt" on episodes of the television series The Hills third and fourth season [7] and on Animal Planet show Jockey's in 2008. [8]
Hawkes released a second independent album Because I Feel That Way Too in 2009. Tracks from the album were pre-loaded in AT&T smart phones, featured on MTV's Teen Mom 2 and radio stations in the U.S. [9]
While touring in 2010, Hawkes co-wrote and recorded "Mystery" with Annemarie Jensen releasing the song on her debut album, Melodies [10] and his third album, Broken Record. Shortly after its release, "Mystery" was added to rotation on Danish radio station DR P4. [11] Texas Music magazine featured another track from Broken Record, "From Love (Momma Song)", in their winter 2012 issue, [12] while the title track "Broken Record" was included on MTV series Teen Mom 2 and "Watch It Fall" and "Little Too Long" were featured in 90210.
In 2011, Miranda Dawn and Hawkes collaborated for the recording of Dawn's debut album, Reason to Feel Alive. [13]
Dawn was recognized as a finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriting competition for her songs "Forever Happily" and "Made to Roam" [14] and performed with Hawkes at the festival in May 2012. Dawn and Hawkes continued co-writing and touring together and released a collaborative effort, Golden Heart, in June 2012.
In 2013, the duo auditioned for season 6 of the American reality talent show The Voice . Their audition was broadcast on NBC on February 24, 2014. Adam Levine and Shakira pressed the "I Want You" button, turning their chairs.
Their iTunes single for "I've Just Seen A Face" charted No. 1 in iTunes Rock sales and No. 22 across all genres, selling 24,000 copies in the first week as a Billboard charts "Hot Shot Debut". [15] [16] Their previously-released "Golden Heart" EP followed. [17]
Dawn and Hawkes toured throughout 2014 including Levitt Pavilion in Arlington, Texas to capacity crowd, [18] California tour and appearances on Season 7 of The Voice supporting their friend Luke Wade's audition, [19] harmony vocals with Jimmy LaFave on Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne, [20] summer tour with Austin, TX singer-songwriter Bob Schneider, [21] performances at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, [22] Austin City Limits soundstage at Moody Theater, [23] Austin City Limits Music Festival, [24] [25] and performances with Chris Isaak, [26] Patty Griffin, [27] Jim Lauderdale, [28] Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll and former host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno. [29]
The duo continued touring throughout 2015 with appearances at music festivals like Folk Alliance International and South by Southwest while recording their first full-length album Yours and Mine. [30]
Dawn and Hawkes announced their marriage with the release of their new music video and single, "Yours and Mine", on August 21, 2015, via Huffington Post . [31] Their full-length album, also titled Yours and Mine, went on sale October 2 and followed with a second video release "Almost Mine" from Texas Monthly , [32] and third video for "Silver Line" from Acoustic Guitar. [33]
Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes recorded music and vocals for Daytime Emmy Award winning 2016 StoryBots series Ask The Story Bots and StoryBots Super Songs [34]
Dawn and Hawkes appeared, individually and together, in the 2017 documentary film, Albert E. Brumley: Songwriter of the Ozarks [35]
The duo stored their possessions and lived on the road full-time while starting their second full-length album The Other Side, released July 6, 2018. [36] The first video from the album, 'Trees' premiered on Billboard . [37]
Hawkes studied audio engineering at the Dallas Sound Lab in Las Colinas, [38] interned with Grammy Award winning producer Eric Delegard [39] and became an engineer for the University of North Texas College of Music. [40]
In 2004, Hawkes established One Road Studio, for the recording and production of his own bands and other regional acts. [41] In 2006 Hawkes partnered with Disclive, a Dallas-based recording company, to record live performances of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Flyleaf, The Toadies, Sonic Youth, Cooder Graw, Spoonfed Tribe, and Edgewater. [42]
| Released | Album title | Album/ EP | Artist | Singles/Feature Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Something Clever | EP | Five Times August | "Better With You" |
| 2005 | Fry Street | Album | Five Times August | |
| 2005 | The Color Gray | EP | The Color Gray | |
| 2006 | Control | Album | The Color Gray | "Nothing to Lose" |
| 2007 | The Independent | Compilation album | Five Times August | |
| 2007 | Guitar and Voice | Album | Chris Hawkes | "Falling Into Doubt" |
| 2009 | Because I Feel That Way Too | Album | Chris Hawkes | "Again" "Falling Into Doubt" "Finally Free" |
| 2011 | Broken Record | Album | Chris Hawkes | "Mystery" (with Annemarie Jensen) "From Love (Momma Song)" |
| 2012 | Golden Heart | EP | Dawn and Hawkes | No. 25 Billboard Folk, No. 31 Top Heatseekers |
| 2015 | Yours and Mine | Album | Dawn and Hawkes | No. 5 Roots Music Report Folk Album Chart |
| 2018 | The Other Side | Album | Dawn and Hawkes | No. 8 Roots Music Report Folk and Contemporary Folk Album Charts |
| Released | Album title | Artist | Record Producer | Engineer | Mixer | Session Musician |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Something Clever | Five Times August |  | | | |
| Leaving Stella | Darby | | | | | |
| 2005 | Fry Street | Five Times August | | | | |
| The Color Gray | The Color Gray | | | | | |
| 2006 | Time Stands Still | Crimson Soul | | | | |
| Edgefest 15: Ripped | Thirty Seconds to Mars / Flyleaf | | ||||
| Acoustic Campfire with Rock 108 | KEYJ / Edgewater | | | |||
| (unreleased EP) | Faktion | | | | | |
| Exit 380: Live at Firewater | Exit 380 | | | |||
| Cooder Graw: Live at Firewater | Cooder Graw | | | |||
| Spoonfed Tribe: Live at Firewater | Spoonfed Tribe | | | |||
| 2007 | Guitar and Voice | Chris Hawkes | | | | |
| Life is a Cigarette | Better Than Sex | | | | | |
| Rock Show | The Toadies | | | |||
| Dartmyth | Dartmyth | | | | ||
| Life.Love.Travel | Lance Sitton | | | | | |
| The Independent (l.p.) | Five Times August | | | | | |
| 2008 | Lisa Apple | Lisa Apple | | | | |
| Killing Caroline | Killing Caroline | | | | | |
| Flu Sessions | Opium Symphony | | | | ||
| Ignite What's Inside | Faktion | | | | | |
| The Rankin Twins | The Rankin Twins | | | | | |
| In Your Head/Waiting | Dartmyth | | | | | |
| Home Again | Jeff Metil | | | | | |
| 2009 | Because I Feel That Way Too | Chris Hawkes | | | | |
| Adam's Orchard | Zach Arrington | | | | | |
| Songland | Colin de los Santos | | | | | |
| 2010 | The Rising Sun | Philip Q. Morrow | | | | |
| 2011 | Broken Record | Chris Hawkes | | | | |
| Reason to Feel Alive | Miranda Dawn | | | | | |
| 2012 | Golden Heart | Dawn and Hawkes | | | | |
| 2013 | The Cabin Sessions | Ben Smith | | |||
| 2015 | Yours and Mine | Dawn and Hawkes | | | | |
| 2016 | Lost Luggage | Lost Luggage | | | | |
| Unladylike | Summer Dean | | | | ||
| 2018 | The Other Side | Dawn and Hawkes | | | | |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | NBC The Voice | Himself/Musician | TV series |
| 2015 | Longhorn Network Sessions from the Cactus Cafe | Himself/Musician | TV series |
| 2016 | Texas Music Scene TV w/Ray Benson and Jack Ingram | Himself/Musician | TV series |
| 2016 | Ask The StoryBots | Musician/Engineer | TV series |
| 2016 | StoryBots Super Songs | Musician/Engineer | TV series |
| 2017 | Albert E. Brumley: Songwriter of the Ozarks | Himself/Songwriter | Documentary Film |
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