found: Hawkins, R. Rrrracket time [SR] p1979:label (the Hawks)
found: Band (Musical group). The Band [SR] p2005:notes, p. 10ff (the Hawks: Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks; in late 1963, the 5 members of what became the Band, plus saxophonist Jerry Penfound and singer Bruce Bruno, left Hawkins and formed the Levon Helm Sextet [no publs. in OCLC], the name quickly changed to Levon and the Hawks) p. 95 (8 selections listed under Levon & the Hawks, recorded Oct. 1964-Sept. 1965, 1 released under the name the Canadian Squires)
found: All music guide WWW site, Apr. 21, 2006:under Levon Helm (Ronnie Hawkins asked Helm to join the Hawks [ca. 1958]; in the early 1960's in Toronto, Helms and Hawkins recruited the rest of the members (Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, and Rick Danko) that would become the Band, later reforming as Levon & the Hawks; they recorded 2 singles as the Canadian Squires but changed their name back to the Hawks shortly thereafter) under the Band (Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks; they were recording by spring 1958; in summer 1963 the group parted with Hawkins and stayed with Helm, variously as Levon & the Hawks and the Canadian Squires)