Ted Hawkins – Watch Your Step Label: Windows On The World – WOLP1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue Country Released: UK 1986 Genre: Rhythm And Blues, Funk, Soul, Blues Original sessions produced by Bruce Bromberg Band tracks recorded at Eldorado Studio, Los Angeles Ted Hawkins was discovered playing for coins on Venice Beach, California by the legendary BBC DJ Andy Kershaw, who brought him to London to make his first recordings. Hawkins had spent much of his life in prison and lived a tragic life. However, he idolized singers like Sam Cooke and sang soul, blues and country with a powerful, passionate voice. He was known for wearing a glove on one hand because he gripped the guitar so tightly his fingers would bleed. Made in France. Distributed by Pinnacle Manufactured through COPS [logo] Printed in France by S.N.A. Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched): WOLP 1 A1 Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched): WOLP 1 B2 Matrix / Runout (A & B side runout, stamped): SNA [logo]