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They were originally called ''The Hawks'', a mostly Canadian group backing Rompin' Ronny Hawkins upon his move from the U.S.A.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hawkins They were seasoned musicians by the time Bob Dylan hired them, and in Roger Daltry's autobiography he recalls Dylan bragging all across the UK about ''The Hawks'', by that name. To me, there's a kind of symmetry in Hudson passing away so nearby the locations of the Woodstock festival and Big Pink.