Chris Hawkes is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and producer. Hawkes performs with Miranda Dawn as the duo Dawn and Hawkes.

Music career

Beginnings and Bands

As a musician Chris Hawkes was first recorded and released on a 1998 compilation ''Garage Nights at Laser Trax'' released on Cannon Riggle Records. Hawkes formed a band called Redtag while attending the

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. Hawkes switched roles of frontman/songwriter to produce and play lead guitar for Five Times August, a previously solo project of singer-songwriter Brad Skistimas. The single "Better With You" was featured on

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series '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County'' in its inaugural season. A full length 2005 follow up album ''Fry Street'', with performance and production by Hawkes, received more play on cable and broadcast television. In 2007 tracks from ''Something Clever'' and ''Fry Street'' were compiled and released as ''The Independent''. In 2005 Hawkes and other members, also known as Redtag, departed Five Times August and renamed as The Color Gray releasing 2005's self-titled EP and 2006 ''Control'' LP. The release of The Color Gray's full-length album ''Control'' was preceded with the single "Nothing to Lose" released to commercial rock radio

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, KNCN,

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and playlist rotation on

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The Edge Dallas.

Solo career

In 2007 Chris Hawkes released his first solo acoustic album ''Guitar and Voice''

featured "Falling Into Doubt" on episodes of the television series '' The Hills'' third and fourth season and on

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show ''Jockey's'' in 2008. Hawkes released a second independent album ''Because I Feel That Way Too'' in 2009. Tracks from the album were pre-loaded in AT&T smart phones, featured on

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and radio stations in the U.S. While touring in 2010, Hawkes co-wrote and recorded "Mystery" with Annemarie Jensen releasing the song on her debut album, ''Melodies'' and his third album, ''Broken Record''. Shortly after its release, "Mystery" was added to rotation on Danish radio station

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. ''

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'' magazine featured another track from ''Broken Record'', "From Love (Momma Song)", in their winter 2012 issue, while the title track "Broken Record" was included on

series ''

'' and "Watch It Fall" and "Little Too Long" were featured in '' 90210.''

Dawn and Hawkes

In 2011, Miranda Dawn and Hawkes collaborated for the recording of Dawn's debut album, ''Reason to Feel Alive''. Dawn was recognized as a finalist in the

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New Folk songwriting competition for her songs "Forever Happily" and "Made to Roam" and performed with Hawkes at the festival in May 2012. Dawn and Hawkes continued co-writing and touring together and released a collaborative effort, ''Golden Heart'', in June 2012. In 2013, the duo auditioned for

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of the American reality talent show ''

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''. Their audition was broadcast on

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on February 24, 2014. Adam Levine and

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pressed the "I Want You" button, turning their chairs. Their

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single for "I've Just Seen A Face" charted No. 1 in

Rock sales and No. 22 across all genres, selling 24,000 copies in the first week as a

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"Hot Shot Debut". Their previously-released "Golden Heart" EP followed. Dawn and Hawkes toured throughout 2014 including Levitt Pavilion in

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to capacity crowd, California tour and appearances on

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of ''

'' supporting their friend Luke Wade's audition, harmony vocals with

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on Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne, summer tour with

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singer-songwriter

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, performances at Bass Performance Hall in

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soundstage at Moody Theater,

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, and performances with

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and former host of

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. The duo continued touring throughout 2015 with appearances at music festivals like

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and

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while recording their first full-length album ''Yours and Mine''. Dawn and Hawkes announced their marriage with the release of their new music video and single, "Yours and Mine", on August 21, 2015, via ''

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''. Their full-length album, also titled ''Yours and Mine'', went on sale October 2 and followed with a second video release "Almost Mine" from ''

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'', and third video for "Silver Line" from ''

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.'' Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes recorded music and vocals for

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winning 2016

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series ''Ask The Story Bots'' and ''StoryBots Super Songs'' Dawn and Hawkes appeared, individually and together, in the 2017 documentary film, ''Albert E. Brumley: Songwriter of the Ozarks'' The duo stored their possessions and lived on the road full-time while starting their second full-length album ''The Other Side'', released July 6, 2018. The first video from the album, 'Trees' premiered on ''

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''.

Recording and producing career

Hawkes studied audio engineering at the Dallas Sound Lab in Las Colinas, interned with

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winning producer Eric Delegard and became an engineer for the

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. In 2004, Hawkes established One Road Studio, for the recording and production of his own bands and other regional acts. In 2006 Hawkes partnered with Disclive, a Dallas-based recording company, to record live performances of

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, Spoonfed Tribe, and Edgewater.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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" (2014

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) No. 13

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No. 22

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* "

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" (2014

)

Produced / Engineered / Mixed Albums / EPs

Filmography

References

External links

Chris Hawkes Official WebsiteOne Road Studio Official site

Dawn and Hawkes Official websiteChris Hawkes YouTube Channel
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