Loye Hawkins

Loye Hawkins only acted in two pictures during his short-lived career. Loye made his film debut in his sole lead role as rough'n'tumble streetwise private investigator Al Connors in the delightfully dreadful low-budget blaxploitation obscurity "The Guy from Harlem." His other movie appearance was a small part as a migrant farm worker in the made-for-TV drama "Angel City." Loye is now the lead vocalist of the Loye Hawkins Band, an eclectic quartet who perform jazz, blues, R&B, Latin and Caribbean music. Hawkins is especially fond of the blues and pretty ballads. He cites such artists as Bill Withers, Ella Fitzgerald, Arthur Prysock, Billy Eckstein, Nina Simone, and Nancy Wilson as his early musical heroes.