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Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 1995 · Musicians Hall of Fame (Nashville), October 2008
The tie, exactly: Roger Hawkins, the drummer of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section — the Swampers of "Sweet Home Alabama" — was born in Mishawaka on 16 October 1945 and raised from childhood in Greenhill, Alabama. That is the whole of Mishawaka's tie and this entry prints it at birth strength: the formation, the studios, the sound and the fame are Alabama's and Tennessee's. The Alabama Music Hall of Fame inducted the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section in 1995 and profiles Hawkins individually in its own record; the Musicians Hall of Fame at Nashville inducted him with the Swampers in October 2008. He died on 20 May 2021. A Mishawaka birth certificate stands behind two Southern halls — a real entry in this city's record, kept at its true size and no larger.
Sources:
- Alabama Music Hall of Fame (alamhof.org) — the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as 1995 inductees, with Hawkins profiled individually; the Musicians Hall of Fame induction of October 2008.
- Encyclopedia of Alabama and the New York Times obituary record — born 16 October 1945 in Mishawaka, Indiana; raised in Greenhill, Alabama; died 20 May 2021.