Red releases two CDs

Red has been busy writing tunes, and has recently been busy laying down tracks in the studio. Twenty-six of his tunes are now available, on two CDs.

Both CDs are now available at Red's web site: www.redhawkins.com

Red's first CD, titled "Warm Rain and Lightning", is a compilation of studio recordings made during the Fall of 2005 and early Winter 2006. Various pre-publication configurations of the Warm Rain and Lightning compilation have circulated among friends and family. Thirteen of the original fifteen tunes recorded during those sessions have now been re-mixed and/or re-mastered for this release. All the tunes on the Warm Rain and Lightning CD are written by Red. In addition to Red's guitar and vocals, the tunes on Warm Rain and Lightning feature the instrumental talents of Don "Ziggie" Zeitler on various instruments, including guitars, mandolins, banjos, fiddles and bouzouki. For song-by-song comments regarding the thoughts that went into composing the tunes on Warm Rain and Lightning, see the Liner Notes for Warm Rain and Lightning at Red's web site.

Red's second CD, titled "Raw Takes" has thirteen tunes, including eleven tunes written during the Spring and Summer of 2006. It was recorded, mixed and mastered over the summer of 2006 at RedHawkins Studios, Saginaw, MI. With one exception (harmonica by Don Zeitler on one track) all the tracks on Raw Takes are solo performances by Red. For song-by-song comments regarding the tunes from Raw Takes, see the Liner Notes for Raw Takes here at Red's web site.

Red has been back at it, and within days of finishing the two CDs, he has already begun working on new tunes. Stay tuned to www.redhawkins.com for samples of upcoming songs.