In 2008 Hometown Heroes
Band's writers
Kevin Hawkins & Steve Ronsen's song "AMERICA & ME” is in the new movie "MOVING McALLISTER" starring JON HEDER
(Napoleon Dynamite & Blades of Glory) MILA KUNIS (that 70's Show & Family Guy) RUTGER HAUER (Batman Begins & Blade
Runner) and now available in New Releases at BLOCKBUSTER . RONSEN &
HAWKINS signed with VIACOM’s EXTREME MUSIC putting their songs in commercials and tv shows. Their song “AMERICA AND
ME” is in a national PRILOSEC/NASCAR commercial featuring NASCAR driver JEFF BURTON, and their song “SAY GOODBYE;
I’M GONE” in STEVEN SPIELBERG’s tv show “ON THE LOT”
airing on the FOX NETWORK. Songs
are also used by “AMERICA’S
NEXT TOP MODEL”, “ONE LIFE TO LIVE”, MTV’s ‘EXPOSED’, ‘CMT
INSIDER’ just to name a few. Their song “HOW THE WEST WAS WON” was #12 on the “AMERICAN IDOL underground” country charts for late May/early June.
RONSEN & HAWKINS finished 2nd in the national “ALL AMERICAN SUPERSTAR COMPETITION” and were the only duo ever
chosen for the competition. Based out of Nashville for a year and a half, singer, guitarist Steve Ronsen and bassist,
backup vocalist Kevin Hawkins, while writing their new material, were touring with some of the top acts in country music. Ronsen & Hawkins have been penning all the songs
for this multi – award winning contemporary country/ rock band as well
as those for a SONY/ USA Networks “ Nashville Star” finalist with whom they have also been touring.
Kevin and Steve were nominated for BEST INDEPENDENT SONG OF THE YEAR 2004 by the internet music association Just Plain
Folks for their song ”Say Goodbye; I’m Gone”.
After leading a pop/ rock band with Tony Award winning singer
IDINA MENZEL (Broadway shows “Wicked” & “Rent”), the boys founded the band QUICKDRAW, released
2 albums “Quickdraw” and “America and Me” and collected
numerous awards along the way including:
Winner- Music Excellence Award for Outstanding Americana Act
-Musician Exchange Magazine.
Winner - Good Times Magazine Music Festival Competition
Winner - Best Act-The Voice Readers Poll
Winner - Denim and Diamonds Playoff Talent Showcase
Winner – Best Act- LI Music Awards
Nominated for a PBS Award for writing and producing WLIW spot
Featured on ABC’s Good Morning America in a live performance
Great tunes
and a sack full of awards aren’t all these boys bring to the
table they are also
seasoned professionals being no strangers to big stages,
they have opened for Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker
Band,
Delbert McClinton, Kentucky Headhunters, Asleep at the Wheel,
Chris Cagle, Gary Allen, Dierks Bentley, Kathy Mattea, Steve Wariner,
Brian White, Jessica
Andrews, Suzy Boggus, The Kinleys,
Stephanie Bentley, Victoria Shaw to name a few, as well as performing
Songwriter showcases with Beth Neilsen Chapman, Hugh Prestwood,
Steve Sesskin and Richard Bach.
They are currently recording a new album and
in the meantime can be seen having
fun performing with their cover band the HOMETOWN
HEROES!
