"Ted Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on 28 October 1936 and died on 1 January 1995, aged 58. Hawkins was an enigmatic figure through most of his career; he split his time between his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California where he was a mostly anonymous street performer, and Europe, where he and his songs were better known and well received in clubs and small concert halls." - from Wikipedia

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