Billy Hawks - Drown In My Own Tears (1967)

Billy Hawks was a Philly-based Jazz/soul/blues Hammond B3 Player who played the Atlantic City circuit as well as around the world. Billy Hawks sings and plays organ, with a groove that's in between jazz, blues and deep soul. He's fronting a trio that includes a young Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones on guitar and the group plays a few instrumentals with some excellent organ/guitar interchange. It is a bit bluesy, but there's also still a relatively strong soul jazz component as well, one that comes through in the overall structure of the tunes and in the lean style in which they were recorded. His music can be purchased at the following websites: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000247TV/wwwacerecordc-21 http://www.amazon.com/New-Genius-Blues-Billy-Hawks/dp/B0000247TV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268072399&sr=8-1 http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=909685