Mahlon Hawk ~ Bassist, Vocalist, Performer and Recording Artist, funk, fusion, jazz and salsa grooves, to rock and blues.

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

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

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

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

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

Playing and recording music with a long list of top talent over the
years, winning an
Emmy in 2002, Hawk
continues to make
waves in the business.

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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.

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.

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
mens clubs when
the soldiers were on
leave, or transferred overseas or 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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