Mahlon Hawk ~ Emmy-Award Winning Bassist, Vocalist, Performer
Recording Artist , Songwriter/Arranger

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funk, R&B, fusion ~ contemporary jazz and Latin grooves ~ rock and blues

   
   

MAHLON HAWK ~ HISTORY & BIO

Music is food for the soul

   
70's, 80's, 90's
2 0 0 0 and B e y o n d

Proficient in styles
ranging from acid jazz and funk to rock and blues, Panamanian-born
Hawk first came to Cali-fornia in 1970, becoming a hot property as both a live and session player not long thereafter, including recording the score for the mid-'70's skateboard feature film "Go For It".

In the '80's Hawk was a founding member and bassist for one of LA's hottest local bands, "Joshua", with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter in the technical producer role.

In the '90's, Hawk did a lot of local gigging, including international travel with the Martin Valverde band backed by Ruben Blades' percussion section. Hawk also played with Tim Weisberg and recorded on many
other artists projects.

Playing and recording music with a long list of top talent over the
years brought Hawk to the attention of Stewart Sound Studio, where he worked on the sound track for a PBS Special with Bob Stewart and Franc Ortega. The trio won an Emmy Award for the score in 2002.

In 2004, Hawk recorded the bass tracks and was music director for singer Connie Rae's sessions with her band and The
Cars’ Elliot Easton
and Oscar Seaton,
(Drummer for George Benson),
at world renoun
Cherokee Studios (home of many Frank Sinatra recording
sessions).

IIn 2004, with Grammy Award winning producer Reggie Dozierhe laid down
the bass tracks for singer Greg Claiborne on an outstanding gospel album with Mike Thompson (of the
Eagles and Rod
Stewart)
.

In Arizona and at the 2009 NAMM Show in California, Hawk played several dates with drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (of Aretha Franklin and Steely Dan, and the original orchestra for "Hair" in the 60's and again in the late 2000's) and with Carmine D'Amico, 24-Grammy Award winning studio musician.

Upon moving to Denver, Hawk has been seen skimming the local club circuit and local recording studios. He is rapidly making waves in his new town. His work with the Boulder-based band Meniskus is already legendary.

2011 brought the release of Hawk's long-awaited solo project. See the Music Page for details, music clips and "where to buy".

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for
COMPLETE
BIO

Low Notes for Nashville

Sound Cellar Band with Emmy Award 2004

In the wake of the Spring 2010 flood in Nashville...... Mahlon was invited to perform at LOW NOTES FOR NASHVILLE, a charity concert benefiting the many musicians who lost everything due to the high waters that flooded the Nashville area.

Sound Cellar Band with Emmy Award 2004

Mahlon’s unique performance of his new arrangement of  “Blackbird” and his Latin Jazz spin on “Paco & Dave” brought a whole new twist to the event, which was hosted by Lane Baldwin and Sean Smith.

Many musicians lost everything, including valuable antique instruments, and many long-time music venues were damaged beyond repair. Proceeds from this benefit concert were used to help rebuild the lives of musicians who were affected by the damage caused by the high water.

The concert featured the performances of
nationally known bass players:

VICTOR WOOTEN

STEVE BAILEY

VAIL JOHNSON

ADAM NITTI

DAVE POMEROY

BRYAN BELLER

ROY VOGT

STEVE LAWSON

DOUG JOHNS

JONAS HELLBORG

MAHLON HAWK

 

The Emmy Award

Sound Cellar Band with Emmy Award 2004


L to R:
Mahlon Hawk
on bass, Bob Stewart (owner of Stewart Sound) on keyboards, Franc
Ortega on drums,
with their Emmy Award
Statuette

With the Sound Cellar band, a 3-piece group recording at Stewart Sound in Santa Ana, in 2002 Hawk won an Emmy Award for his work on the music composition "Transitions
Throughout the Lifespan", a documentary on
human development
for KOCE, Orange County, California's
PBS television station.
Emmy Statuette


The Emmy Statuette represents Art and Science.

 

joshua album
The Hand is
Quicker Than
The Eye

Joshua

THE JOSHUA
YEARS

In the early 80's Hawk was a founding
member of the rock
group Joshua, with videos on MTV, radio airplay in the major LA markets, a huge following with a


continuously sold out concert schedule. Joshua band was known as one of the premier LA bands in
the 1980's, with
bands such as
Quiet Riot opening
for them and Jeff Baxter of the Doobie Brothers producing their albums.
Hawk in the '80s
the early days.......in Panama

.Hawk got his start in
music at the age of 13
in his Canal Zone
neighborhood on
Albrook AFB
(U.S. Airforce Base)
in the Republic of
Panama. His first
instrument was the
electric guitar, but he
soon switched to the
bass so he could
jam with his older
brother Murray---
a guitar player.
. ......Not long after, he
began gigging with,
and learning advanced
technique from, older
servicemen and
became a regular
stand-in at the nightly
gigs in the military
men's clubs when
musician/soldiers were on leave, or transferred overseas or back to the
States.

He learned to play
jazz, blues, and rock,
as well as latin and

other classics that
most 14 year-olds
were not listening to.
One of his first bands
was "The Chosen
Few", which consisted
of some of the original
members of "Jay and The Americans". He was in other local
bands such as "Uncle
Trip", before joining
"The Monsters".

The "Monsters" were a recording band,

appearing regularly on national television and national radio stations throughout Central and South America in the
late 1960's.

Click Here for
photos of the
2003
Monsters
Reunion.


   


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