If the name Greg Hawkes rings a bell, you are likely a fan of The Cars. Hawkes played keyboards for the ’70s and ’80s Boston-based band, including signature riffs on some of their biggest hits ...

Greg Hawkes has gone down the rabbit hole. Over the past few years, Hawkes — best known as the keyboardist in The Cars, the Boston new wave band that exploded in the late 1970s and ‘80s ...

Greg Hawkes’ keyboards drove the sound of The Cars, the Boston quintet who were responsible for some of the most artful and popular mainstream music of the late ’70s and early ’80s.

Greg Hawkes saw the Beatles play the Baltimore Civic Center on Sept. 13, 1964. He was 11. That night something joyous exploded in his head. Already taking piano and clarinet lessons, he began to ...

The Real School of Music hosted Greg Hawkes, famed keyboardist from The Cars, live on their concert stage for two recent shows. Hawkes performed with an all-star band of friends and Real School ...

Greg Hawkes with Eddie Japan Performing the Music ... Pioneering and pushing the limits of technology and sequencing in the late ’70s and through the ’80s, Hawkes cemented the synthesizer ...