MP3 Cale Hawkins - Chrome

Cale Hawkins is a 15 year old musician who plays all the instruments on this CD and incorporates a variety of genres into his music, including rock, jazz, blues, acoustic, and funk.

10 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Acoustic Blues, JAZZ: Hammond Organ

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Cale Hawkins is a 15-year old musician from Bemus Point, NY. He started playing guitar when he was 7 years old, and piano when he was 10. More instruments followed and while his main instruments remain guitar and Hammond B3 organ, he also plays drums, piano/keyboards, bass guitar, bass keys, and several brass and woodwind instruments. Cale Hawkins joined the Infinity Performing Arts Program in May 2003 and has been involved in musical projects and ensembles ranging from jazz to rock, classical to hip-hop, bluegrass to blues. He also works as an organist at Blackwell Chapel AME Zion Church, and is a member of the Jamestown, NY band "Midasâ. In November 2007, Hawkins won the Memphis Bound Blues Competition in Buffalo, NY which qualified him to represent the WNY Blues Society in January 2008 at the "International Blues Challenge" in Memphis, Tennessee. His own original music may be described as a blend of rock, jazz, funk, R&B, and blues. His many influences include Soulive, The Derek Trucks Band, Lettuce, Stevie Wonder, Robert Johnson, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, Jurassic 5, Herbie Hancock, J.S. Bach, Chopin, Segovia, Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones.