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'''Pete Hawkes''' (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkes |first1=Peter |title=The Compendium Of Concise Connundrums: Poetry To Help You Survive The Modern World |date=23 December 2020 |publisher=Independently published |isbn=979-8584981877}}</ref> musician and luthier. There are over 50 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/03/dave-swarbrick-musician--obituary|title=Dave Swarbrick, musician – obituary|date=3 June 2016|access-date= 16 April 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{cite web|title=Biography for Violinist, Composer, Artist Sue Aston| url = http://www.sueaston.com/biography/|website=Sue Aston|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2021}}
'''Pete Hawkes''' (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer and musician. He is best known for his ability to compose music in many different genres.<ref>{{cite news|author=Glen Humphries|date=11 June 2009|title=A Man of Many Genres|newspaper=The Illawara Mercury|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=ILL090611EHEM38TL8KU|page=29|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Goodwin">{{cite web|author=Goodwin Andrew|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2009/11/peter-hawkes-winner-of-the-instrumental-category.html|title=Peter Hawkes – Winner of the Instrumental Category|publisher=ABC|date=11 November 2009|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Rojer Holesworth: The global Villae|title=Artist Profile: Pete Hawkes|publisher=PBS 106.7|url=http://www.sonicbids.com/Profile/ArtistProfile.aspx?account_id=94031|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> In 2002 Hawkes won the ABC Newcastle Songwriter of the Year Award,<ref name="Tarala">{{cite news|author=Kate Tarala|date=19 April 2012|title=Still in the Music Boat|newspaper=Newcastle Herald|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=NCH120419I9FBJ576QPV|page=24|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Gadd|date=4 November 2002|title=Musicians Take A Bow at Awards|newspaper=Newcastle Herald|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=NCH021104EL7D06CE8SE|page=4|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> and won another ABC award in 2009 for his instrumental works.<ref name="Goodwin" /> In 2012 he received a MUSICOZ Legend award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoz.org/news/2012/5/18/108/2012_Musicoz_Award_Winners_Announcement |title=2012 Musicoz Awards Winners Announcement |publisher=Musicoz |date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=2012-06-17}}</ref> He has recorded over 1200 recordings<ref name="Tarala" /><ref name="itunes">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/pete-hawkes/id219985241 |title=iTunes – Music – Pete Hawkes |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> covering a wide range of different genres of music.<ref name="McDonald">{{cite news|author=Graham McDonald|url=http://business.highbeam.com/437587/article-1G1-201535193/musical-variety-life-spice|title=Musical variety is life's spice|publisher=]|date=10 June 2009|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="entertain">{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainoz.com.au/Bands-Musicians/Blues-Bands/Pete-Hawkes |title=Pete Hawkes :: Blues Bands @ EntertainOz |publisher=Entertainoz.com.au |date= |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>


Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the ] of Australia. Hawkes has ], a form of ] where he sees sound in colors.<ref name="Playing With Colors">{{cite web|url=http://www.avhub.com.au/features/australian-guitar/pete-hawkes-playing-with-colours--416150|title=Pete Hawkes: Playing With Colors|date=19 January 2015|access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2021}}
==Biography==
Hawkes was born in 1965 in Australia at Lake Maquarie, ]. He learnt to play guitar from an old waterlogged guitar nicknamed "The Paddle" named so because his father had got drunk one night out on the lake when he was young and used it as a paddle to get home.<ref name="Tarala" /> He learnt guitar by listening to old vinyl recordings citing his early influences from Blues legend ] and English guitarist ].<ref name="Tarala" /><ref name="songcastmusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.songcastmusic.com/artistbio?id=67872 |title=SongCast : Artist Bio |publisher=Songcastmusic.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-17}}</ref> Hawkes started gigging as early as 17 years of age, playing electric slide guitar in Chicago style blues bands gigging at clubs and pubs in and around Lake Maquarie and Newcastle city. He quickly gained a reputation as a fine slide player and was soon invited into session work across Australia. In his early 20's Hawkes relocated to Tasmania when he studied the art of instrument making, first under Tasmanian luthier Strato Anagnostis and then later, for a much longer time under the luthier Neil Laughlin.


== Early life==
On his return from Tasmania he completed a degree in ] from the ] and moved to the ] the following year. While in ] Hawkes performed at the ] and one of his songs 'A Housewife's Lament' (a song about the sacrifices of a woman bringing up children who is treated poorly by her partner and decides to start again at an older age) received enormous attention from audiences and then continued to receive attention in forthcoming venues every time it was played.
Hawkes was born in 1965 at ], Australia. He learned to play guitar on an old waterlogged guitar, nicknamed "The Paddle" because his father used it to paddle home one night when he was drunk.<ref name="Tarala">{{cite web|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=NCH120419I9FBJ576QPV|title=Still in the Music Boat|author=Kate Tarala|date=19 April 2012|page=24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923095921/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=NCH120419I9FBJ576QPV|archive-date=2015-09-23|access-date=16 June 2012|newspaper=Newcastle Herald}}</ref> He learned guitar by listening to old albums, citing influences as diverse as blues guitarist ], English guitarist ], and Bartók.<ref name="Tarala" />


==Career==
In the mid-1990s he recorded his debut album, ''Secrets Vows and Lies'', with the notorious ] guesting on a few tracks on fiddle.<ref name="songcastmusic.com"/><ref name="Bruce Elder 1997">{{cite news|author=Bruce Elder|date=3 February 1997|title=Be Doubly Thankful|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=10|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=news970203_0125_0895}}</ref> Released by ], the album was well received with Australian respected music critic ] noting many of the tracks on this "outstanding record" are reminiscent of ] and ] in their heyday.<ref name="Bruce Elder 1997"/> Included in the album was the now very popular and well known track 'A Housewife's Lament' but the album was already starting to show Hawkes diversity and melding of musical genres and styles, as the album contained tracks that had cello with folk blues, original Celtic style tracks (such as 'The Irish Ladies Dream'), classical type cello tracks that might be more familiar in a baroque or concerto piece and then more delta type acoustic blues. The album tended to incorporate a more classical mix, strings into acoustic folk music that, at times, often had rare insights into the human condition.
In the mid-1990s he recorded his debut album, ''Secrets Vows and Lies'', with English folk violinist ] playing on a few tracks.<ref name="Bruce Elder 1997">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121027417/|title=Be Doubly Thankful|author=Bruce Elder|date=3 February 1997|page=10|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> The album was released by ] and was critically well received.<ref name="Bruce Elder 1997" />


Following the release Pete embarked on an Australian tour during in which he supported bands and artists such as ] and ], but the tour was largely unsuccessful and Pete, despondent decided to move to London. In the UK the album was released on Select Records<ref name="hamburg">{{cite web|author= Reinhardt Zurkie |url=http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/swarb/records/petehawkes.html |title=Pete Hawkes: Secrets, Vows & Lies |publisher=Informatik.uni-hamburg.de |date=15 March 2009 |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> with more success and Hawkes started playing in small clubs and hotels throughout Europe, moving deeper and deeper into far Europe and finally into Russia. Staying in Russia and making ] his home, he lived there for several months, playing ] with local musicians and ]. Hawkes left Russia via the ], stopping at Beijing he quickly became involved in the underground Jazz developments in the city. Playing in venues like the 'East -Shore Jazz Club' he encouraged many Chinese Jazz musicians to play their music and not what was dictated to them by party officials. Hawkes quickly became an attraction to many Chinese musicians, Jazz however in those days was not the accepted norm and Hawkes 'interference' caught the eyes of the local authorities and he was promptly asked to board the next plane and return to Australia. Hawkes toured Australia and supported ] and ], but the tour was largely unsuccessful. Afterwards, Hawkes moved to London. ''Secrets Vows and Lies'' was released in the UK by Select Records<ref name="hamburg">{{cite web|url=https://mainlynorfolk.info/swarb/records/petehawkes.html|title=Pete Hawkes: Secrets, Vows & Lies|publisher=mainlynorfolk.info|date=2014-02-09|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> and he started playing in small clubs and hotels throughout the UK. He briefly reconnected with ] in Coventry and supported him and ] and in ] with violinist Sue Aston.<ref name="Official"/>


On his subsequent return to Oz, Hawkes released a number of remarkable musical works including ''Unspoken Riddles'', the Russian flavoured ''Melancholy Cello'' and the brilliant ''Double Diversity'', considered now a landmark album of its time.<ref name="Goodwin" /><ref name="Global" /> Hawkes focused on composing rather than performing on his return to Australia and relocated to Melbourne in 2003 and began to compose and arrange a large quantity of musically different works. In 2006 he released ''Witchcraft'', an evocative suite of beautiful ] and then a ] album, ''The Jazz Chronicles'' In 2007. Then in 2009, in stark contrast to the style on previous albums, he released an extended ] adventure, ''The Lost Souls Entwined''<ref name="Goodwin" /> with world renown electric guitar virtuoso ''Phil Emmanuel''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primalent.com/pe.htm|publisher=primalent.com|title=Phil Emmanuel|year=2007|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au/HandsOfFame/Emmanuel_Phil.htm |title=Phil Emmanuel |publisher=Countrymusichalloffame.com.au |date= |accessdate=2012-06-17}}</ref> (the elder brother of ]),a spooky eerie album, featuring both Hawkes slide guitar skills and Emmanuel's electric virtuosity, it was supposedly played out in the graveyard of Pete and Phil's favourite artists as a dedication to ], ] and ] who had never received any recognition of their talent while alive. After returning to Australia, Hawkes released ''Unspoken Riddles'', ''Melancholy Cello'' (inspired by Russian music), and ''Double Diversity''. He then concentrated on composing and ]. In 2006 he released ''Witchcraft'', an orchestral suite, and ''The Jazz Chronicles''. In 2009 he released ''The Lost Souls Entwined'', a ] album<ref name="Goodwin">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2009/11/peter-hawkes-winner-of-the-instrumental-category.html|title=Peter Hawkes – Winner of the Instrumental Category|author=Goodwin Andrew|date=11 November 2009|publisher=ABC|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143809/http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2009/11/peter-hawkes-winner-of-the-instrumental-category.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> recorded with electric guitarist ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primalent.com/pe.htm|publisher=primalent.com|title=Phil Emmanuel|year=2007|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328132937/http://www.primalent.com/pe.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au/HandsOfFame/Emmanuel_Phil.htm|title=Phil Emmanuel|publisher=Countrymusichalloffame.com.au|access-date=2012-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321142645/http://countrymusichalloffame.com.au/HandsOfFame/Emmanuel_Phil.htm|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Hawkes has created over 50 recordings<ref name="Tarala" /> covering ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="McDonald">{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/437587/article-1G1-201535193/musical-variety-life-spice|title=Musical variety is life's spice|author=Graham McDonald|date=10 June 2009|publisher=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125051518/http://business.highbeam.com/437587/article-1G1-201535193/musical-variety-life-spice|archive-date=25 January 2013|access-date=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="entertain">{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainoz.com.au/Bands-Musicians/Blues-Bands/Pete-Hawkes|title=Pete Hawkes|publisher=Entertainoz.com.au|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230123421/http://www.entertainoz.com.au/Bands-Musicians/Blues-Bands/Pete-Hawkes|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Pete Hawkes: Playing With Colours">{{cite web|url=http://www.avhub.com.au/features/australian-guitar/pete-hawkes-playing-with-colours--416150|title=Pete Hawkes: Playing With Colours|date=19 January 2015|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310233620/http://www.avhub.com.au/features/australian-guitar/pete-hawkes-playing-with-colours--416150|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has collaborated with ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Obituary"/><ref name="Official"/> Music journalist ] has compared his folk-blues style to ] and ].<ref name="Bruce Elder 1997" />
In more recent years Hawkes has continued to write and compose numerous musical works as varied as concerto's for viola and cello to Celtic music with flugehorn to acid Jazz.
Some of his more recent albums (from 2010 on) include ''The Sacred Blasphemy Violin Concerto'' (Released: 5 March 2010 on the Catapult label), ''An Interpretation Of Vivaldi-Concerto Grosso in D-minor, Op. 3 No. 11 RV 565'' (Released: 25 August 2010 on Catapult, composed ], String Quartet Arrangement Hawkes), ''Pete Hawkes & Phil Emmanuel : Live at Lizottes With Special Guest Fiddler Liz Gormley'' (Released: 14 August 2011, Catapult),'' Selections Of Classical & Jazz Works'' (Released: 3 February 2012), ''A Little Tribute To Satchmo'' (Released: 24 January 2012), ''Songs Of Gypsy Russia'' (Deluxe Album Version.Released: 21 September 2011 on Catapult), ''Dr. Jekyl & Mr Slyde'' (Slide Guitar Masterpieces, Released: 17 January 2012 on Catapult) and ''Ghost Whispers'' (Released: 12 April 2013)


Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines.<ref name="Pete Hawkes: Playing With Colours"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Composer Pete Hawkes: The man and his music|url=https://issuu.com/finemusic/docs/fine_music_magazine_march_2014| date=4 March 2014|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref> Some of his works have been kept for preservation at the ] of Australia.<ref name="Pete Hawkes Search">{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=pete%20hawkes;querytype=;resCount=10|title=Pete Hawkes search|date=19 January 2015|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref>
The Texas-based ''Catapult'' label has now released a significant number of Hawkes's recordings, including classical compositions, Jazz recordings, original Russian folk inspired music, retrospectives, compilations and other additional releases of his works.<ref name="itunes" /><ref name="catapult">{{cite web|url=http://www.catapultdistribution.com/artist/petehawkes |title=Catapult – Artist Profile – Pete Hawkes |publisher=Catapultdistribution.com |date= |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>


He is a member of the Australian Performance Rights Association (APRA).<ref name="Music Victoria News">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvictoria.com.au/news/10045|title=Finalists announced for the 2011 APRA Professional Development Awards|date=1 Feb 2011|website=www.musicvictoria.com.au|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2021}}
==Music==
Hawkes writes music from any genre, often mixing genres and melding different styles together. He often explores a ranges of musical styles within a single album. Examples of this are throughout his works, and can be easily seen in the album ''Unspoken Riddles'' where tracks range from slide delta blues and ragtime with Cajun fiddle ("The belly laugh rag") to semi classical ("No Remedy for a Sad Wednesday") to Celtic pipe tunes ("The Irish Ladies Dream Version 2"). The album ''Double Diversity'' a double CD included different Jazz tracks ( "One Lazy Day in Down-town Madrid") with classical pieces ("A Tender Farewell", to Russian Inspired pieces ( "The Moscow Gypsy") to ragtime ( "The Boisterous Border Collie") To Celtic pieces ("Melody for the Memory of Cass").


Hawkes has also worked as a data analyst at the University of Newcastle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/pete-hawkes|title=Mr Pete Hawkes / Staff Profile / The University of Newcastle, Australia|last=|first=|date=2017-12-01|website=University of Newcastle|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014165005/https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/pete-hawkes|archive-date=2018-10-14|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>
Even within the pieces themselves Hawkes introduced unusual elements and often melded styles and sounds, "The Celtic Hornblower" for example was an original Celtic melody of Hawkes in a more traditional Celtic style but included flugelhorn, not usually associated with Celtic music. Hawkes's Jazz Bosa Nova " A Whispered Scream" starts off as a classical type feug of strings not typically associated with jazz. Another example of innovation is Hawkes arrangement of ]'s Yesterday, which was arranged in slide delta blues, with an overlay at the end with strings. He continues innovation and exploration in his new works.

==Discography<ref name="itunes" />==
* Secrets Vows and Lies (originally Festival, now Catapult) originally released 1996 Larikin label ], re-released select records UK 2000, re-released February 2012 Catapult)
* Unspoken Riddles (Released 1998, Genre Instrumental, label IAG)
* Witchcraft (Catapult) (Originally Released 2006 Genre Classical(Baroque), label The Timeless Music Group,Re-released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult )
* Double Diversity (Released Sept 2005, A double album which consists of all genres and cross genres, label TheTimeless Music Group)
* The lost Souls Entwined (Released 1 September 207, Genre Singer Songwriter, label ValleyArm)
* Guitar Styles Volume 1(Released 2 March 2010 Genre Blues, label Catapult)
* Guitar Styles Volume 2 (Released 1 March 2010, Genre, label Catapult)
* The Blue Bear Studio Sessions, Pete Hawkes with Dave Swarbrick (Released 1 September 207, Genre Singer Songwriter, label ValleyArm)
* Genres Volume 1 Jazz, Ragtime and Blues, Selected Instrumentals (Released 12 February 2010, Genre Jazz, label Catapult)
* Genres Volume 2 Gypsy, Celtic and Folk, Selected Instrumentals, (Released 12 February 2010 Genre World, label Catapult)
* Genres Volume 3 Classical and Chamber Music, Selected Instrumentals, (Released 14 February 2010 Genre Classical, label Catapult)
* Genres Volume 4 Ambient, Meditative and Spiritual, Selected Instrumentals, (Released 17 February 2010 Genre New Age, label Catapult)
* Genres Volume 5 Gypsy, Orchestral and Cello, Selected Instrumentals, (Released 1 March 2010 Genre New Age, label Catapult)
* Best Of Pete Hawkes: 1996–2010 Digitally Remastered (Released 21 June 2010 Genre New Age, label Catapult)
* An Interpretation Of Vivaldi -Concerto in D minor, Op. 3 No.11 RV 565 (Released 25 August 2010 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 1(Released 25 August 2010 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Classical Gems (Released Oct12, 2010 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 2 (Released Oct12, 2010 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Pete Hawkes -Live At The Wesley Convention Centre (Released 18 August 2010 Genre Singer Songwriter, label Catapult)
* Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 3 (Released 25 August 2010 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Pete Hawkes – A Retrospective Vol 4 (Released 25 August 2010 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Exquisite Classical Volume 1(Released 31 August 2010, Genre: Soundtrack label Songcast)
* Exquisite Classical Volume 2(Released 2 September 2010, Genre: Soundtrack label Songcast)
* Songs Of Gypsy Russia (Released 21 September 2011 Genre World, label Catapult)
* Evocative Violin Volume 1 (Released 26 September 2010, Genre: Soundtrack, label Songcast)
* Evocative Violin Volume 2 (Released 26 September 2010, Genre: Soundtrack label Songcast)
* Evocative Violin Volume 3 (Released 27 September 2010, Genre: Soundtrack label Songcast)
* Gypsy (Released 12 June 2011, Genre:Singer Songwriter label Catapult)
* Melancholy Cello (Originally Released 2001, re released as instrumental genre on the Catapult Label 8 July 2011)
* Four Leaf Clover (Released Jul13, 2011 Genre Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Curious Conundrums: Pete Hawkes's Most Interesting Instrumentals (Released 17 July 2011, Genre: Instrumental label Catapult)
* The DADGAD Files: Tribute To Davey Graham (Released 19 July 2011, Genre: Instrumental label Songcast)
* Pete Hawkes and Phil Emmanuel: Live At Lizottes (Released 14 August 2011 Genre New Age, label Catapult)
* The Essential Pete Hawkes (Released 27 September 2011, Genre: Alternative label Catapult )
* Selections Of Classical and Jazz Works (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Beautiful Guitar (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Secrets Vows and Lies (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Jazz Chronicles (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Colors Of Jazz (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Ragtime and Bluez (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Secrets Vows and Lies (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Pete Hawkes: His Finest Classical Works (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Unusual Arrangements Album (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Dr Jekyle and Mr Slyde (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Moustache: Highly Unusual Jazz (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Eastern Cello (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Odyssey In Blue (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Witchcraft (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Giesha Girl (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Beautiful Dreamer (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Lost Souls Entwined (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Aliens (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Sacred Blasphemny concerto(Catapult)(Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Cello Snippets (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* A little Tribute To Satchmo (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Darkness (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* The Battle Cry Of Freedom ( single: slide Arrangement Hawkes) (Released 3 February 2012, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Ghost Whispers (Released 18 November 2013, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Violin Feug For Ada ( single, Released 12 April 2013, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult
* Wayfaring Gypsy (Released 8 December 2013, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Steel String Stories ( Released 21 December 2013, Genre: Singer Songwriter, label Catapult)
* The Jazz Collection (Released 7 February 2014, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Soul Secrets (Released 15 April 2014, Genre: Instrumental, label Tunecore)
* Pete Hawkes Anthology (Released 17 April 2014, Genre: Instrumental, label Tunecore)
* Ancient Dream (Released 29 April 2014, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Moonlight At Midnight (Single- Released 10 July 2014, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Beautiful Music For Acoustic Guitar & Cello (Released 9 October 2014, Genre: Instrumental, label Catapult)
* Eastern Swing (Released 17 January 2015 Genre: Instrumental/World, label Catapult)
* Arabia ( Released 14 June 2015 Genre Alternative/label Catapult


==Awards== ==Awards==
In 2002, Hawkes won the ABC Newcastle Songwriter of the Year Award,<ref name="Tarala" /><ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Gadd|date=4 November 2002|title=Musicians Take A Bow at Awards|newspaper=Newcastle Herald|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=NCH021104EL7D06CE8SE|page=4|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165441/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=NCH021104EL7D06CE8SE|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2009 he won another ABC award for his instrumental works.<ref name="Goodwin" /> In 2012 he received a MUSICOZ Legend award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoz.org/news/2012/5/18/108/2012_Musicoz_Award_Winners_Announcement|title=2012 Musicoz Awards Winners Announcement|publisher=Musicoz|date=18 May 2012|access-date=2012-06-17|archive-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623214427/http://www.musicoz.org/news/2012/5/18/108/2012_Musicoz_Award_Winners_Announcement|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, Hawkes won the Festival of Original Music Award (FOOM) from the Song Writers, Composers & Lyricists Association (SCALA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scala.org.au/|title=SCALA winners 2017|last=FOOM 2017 Winners|date=19 September 2017|website=www.scala.org.au|access-date=}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2021}} He was a finalist at the Australian Songwriters Association Awards in 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.<ref name="ASAA 2001">{{cite web|title=2001 Contest|url=http://www.asai.org.au/2001-contest/|website=www.asai.org.au|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="ASAA 2012">{{cite journal|title=Top 25 Category Winners in the 2012 Australian Songwriting Contest|journal=The Australian Songwriter|date=November 2012| issue=90 |url=https://www.asai.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-Australian-Songwriter-Edition-85-May-2012-vr.pdf|access-date=13 October 2017|format=.pdf}}</ref><ref name="ASAA 2014">{{cite web|title=2014 Contest|url=http://www.asai.org.au/2014-contest/|website=www.asai.org.au|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="ASAA 2015">{{cite web|title=2015 Contest|url=http://www.asai.org.au/2015-contest-info/|website=www.asai.org.au|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="ASAA 2016">{{cite web|title=2016 Top 10 List|url=http://www.asai.org.au/2016-top-10-list/| website=www.asai.org.au| access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref>
* 2002 Songwriter of the Year 1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards

* 2009 Instrumentalist of the 2009 ABC Newcastle Music Awards
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* 2012 Australian music legend in the National MUSICOZ awards
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Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet, musician and luthier. There are over 50 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, Steeleye Span and Dave Swarbrick.

Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors.

Early life

Hawkes was born in 1965 at Lake Macquarie, Australia. He learned to play guitar on an old waterlogged guitar, nicknamed "The Paddle" because his father used it to paddle home one night when he was drunk. He learned guitar by listening to old albums, citing influences as diverse as blues guitarist Robert Johnson, English guitarist Davey Graham, and Bartók.

Career

In the mid-1990s he recorded his debut album, Secrets Vows and Lies, with English folk violinist Dave Swarbrick playing on a few tracks. The album was released by Festival Records and was critically well received.

Hawkes toured Australia and supported Steeleye Span and Bert Jansch, but the tour was largely unsuccessful. Afterwards, Hawkes moved to London. Secrets Vows and Lies was released in the UK by Select Records and he started playing in small clubs and hotels throughout the UK. He briefly reconnected with Dave Swarbrick in Coventry and supported him and Martin Carthy and in Scarborough, North Yorkshire with violinist Sue Aston.

After returning to Australia, Hawkes released Unspoken Riddles, Melancholy Cello (inspired by Russian music), and Double Diversity. He then concentrated on composing and arranging. In 2006 he released Witchcraft, an orchestral suite, and The Jazz Chronicles. In 2009 he released The Lost Souls Entwined, a gothic rock album recorded with electric guitarist Phil Emmanuel.

Hawkes has created over 50 recordings covering folk music, jazz, jazz fusion, classical, world music, rock, ragtime, blues, ambient, and baroque. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick. Music journalist Bruce Elder has compared his folk-blues style to Nick Drake and John Martyn.

Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines. Some of his works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.

He is a member of the Australian Performance Rights Association (APRA).

Hawkes has also worked as a data analyst at the University of Newcastle.

Awards

In 2002, Hawkes won the ABC Newcastle Songwriter of the Year Award, and in 2009 he won another ABC award for his instrumental works. In 2012 he received a MUSICOZ Legend award. In 2017, Hawkes won the Festival of Original Music Award (FOOM) from the Song Writers, Composers & Lyricists Association (SCALA). He was a finalist at the Australian Songwriters Association Awards in 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

References

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  18. Michael Gadd (4 November 2002). "Musicians Take A Bow at Awards". Newcastle Herald. p. 4. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  19. "2012 Musicoz Awards Winners Announcement". Musicoz. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  20. FOOM 2017 Winners (19 September 2017). "SCALA winners 2017". www.scala.org.au.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. "2001 Contest". www.asai.org.au. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  22. "Top 25 Category Winners in the 2012 Australian Songwriting Contest" (.pdf). The Australian Songwriter (90). November 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  23. "2014 Contest". www.asai.org.au. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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