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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 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 le… ...
Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes and BMA winners Eddie Japan will celebrate the Boston-bred Hall of Famers June 3.
Greg Hawkes, keyboardist for The Cars, is paying tribute to that band with a series of shows featuring Boston-based band Eddie Japan.
Cars guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboardist Greg Hawkes have drafted Todd Rundgren to front a new version of the band, appropriately dubbed the New Cars.
The Cars have returned — well, the New Cars, now fronted by Todd Rundgren. Gathered with founding members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes to make the announcement at Los Angeles’ House of Blues ...
Saturday's show is a record release party for the new album by Eddie Japan, which was co- produced by Greg Hawkes.
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Cars in Tokyo in 1984 (from left): Elliot Easton, Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek ...
When musician Greg Hawkes’ wife, Elaine, gave him a ukulele for Valentine’s Day eight years ago, it was the beginning of something that might be called destiny. Hawkes is now a virtuoso on the ...
Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, Benjamin Orr and David Robinson of the Cars at the World's Fair grounds in Brussels, Belgium 1978 Ebet Roberts/Getty Images ...
Officials have announced that the keyboard player for the Boston group, Greg Hawkes, will play the music of The Cars with Eddie Japan at Bensalem Township’s Family Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4.
In 2005, as guitarist Elliott Easton and keyboard player Greg Hawkes prepared to launch The New Cars, the former members talked Classic Rock through the career of the band that soundtracked the ...