Chris Hawkes
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Chris Hawkes
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Thomas Hawkes |
| Genres |
Rock Americana Indie folk |
| Occupation(s) |
Singer-songwriter Guitarist Record Producer Recording Engineer |
| Instruments |
Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Self-released, Republic Records |
| Associated acts | Dawn and Hawkes, Five Times August, The Color Gray, Redtag |
| Website | www |
Chris Hawkes is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and producer. He performs solo, as a band member and teamed up in 2011 with Miranda Dawn forming 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.
In late 1999 Hawkes formed a band with fellow high school students called Redtag and continued to perform with college friends while attending the University of North Texas.
He graduated with an audio engineering degree from the Dallas Sound Lab in Los Colinas, Texas in 2000. Following an internship with Grammy Award winning producer Eric Delegard, Hawkes became an engineer for the University of North Texas College of Music.
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. Hawkes first produced and performed for 2004's EP Something Clever, with Redtag drummer Cason Clifton on drums, and started One Road Studio.
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, also included Redtag bassist Jake Baxter and received more play on cable and broadcast television. In 2007 tracks from Something Clever and Fry Street were compiled and released as The Independent breaking ground as an independent release available at Walmart.
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. 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.
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