Time: 8 p.m.

Cover: Tix $25.00 Members*, $27.50 Non-members, $30.00 Door

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1980-83: Ryan and Sam Weber born in Baltimore, MD.

 
1992: Sam receives a guitar for Christmas, Ryan gets a bass  soon after.

 
1992-2000: The brothers play in various local bands in and around their hometown of Westminster, MD: A.W.O.L., Illegal Aliens, and Northern Lights. Sam playing in bars by the age of fifteen, often before having to get up for school the next day.

 
2001: On a whim, Ryan emails rock-a-billy legend Ronnie Hawkins. Hawkins responds and they send him a demo tape. They are eventually invited to his home in Ontario to audition for his acclaimed band 'The Hawks'. After traveling on their own to Chicago, Nashville, and Amsterdam in the following months, they get the call from Hawkins to come back to Canada, saying he had jobs for them. Ryan and Sam leave everything behind the next morning and head north to Hawkins' farm to begin his infamous 90 Day Boot Camp. To earn their keep, they do farm work during the day, and, under Hawkins' watchful eye, play music in their free time. They go through the same process many ex-Hawks had gone through years before: farm hand, roadie, driver, merchandise handler, before eventually joining the band and becoming official members of 'The Hawks'. Touring begins.

 
2002: Ryan and Sam relocate to nearby Peterborough, ON and rent a place of their own, leaving Hawkins' farm. They take a house gig at the Red Dog Tavern, sometimes playing five nights a week. They play the occasional Ronnie Hawkins show, until he is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given six months to live. A tribute show takes place at Toronto's illustrious Massey Hall and, at the ages of 21 and 18, Ryan and Sam share the stage with their heroes Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of 'The Band', as well as musicians like Jeff Healey, Tom Cochrane, Kris Kristofferson and David Wilcox.