DALE HAWKINS MAKES AN AIR NEW IN 1957 WITH SUZIE Q

In 1956, Dale played guitar for several years, recorded two songs in the studios of radio KWKH in Shreveport: See You Soon Baboon and Four Letter Word Rock attended by Merle Kilgore and Johnny Horton who attend its sessions records. A local disc jockey is impressed by the talent of this young man of sixteen years and contacted the Chess brothers. Dale's voice is very dark in these two songs and the orchestration of saxophone, piano, guitar and drums was enough to attract the bros Chess producing a first single: See You Soon Baboon 'Checker 843). In 1957, Susie Q. and "Do not Treat Me This Way are pressed and boxed with James Burton on guitar and Joe Osborne on bass, and are the checker 863. A different outlet Susie Q. released in 1976 on the U.S. album Chess ACRR-703, a faster but less developed. Dale knew how to choose his guitarists, namely Burton has found a sound bite and aggressive also present on Baby Baby, Mrs. Mergritory's Daughter. Dale then changed and they are guitarist Carl Adams and Kenny Paulsen playing in Pig and Little Tornado. In his songs of 1957, Dale Hawkins is rough, rough, more and more wild and always spontaneous. He sings naturally, without trying to police his voice and that's what we love him.