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Greg Hawkes is one of the most popular and richest Keyboardist who was born on October 22, 1952 in Fulton, Maryland, United States. Gregory A. “Greg” Hawkes (born October 22nd 1952) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist of The Cars, a rock group. The Cars.

The year was 1989 and Chris Hughes asked Greg to visit England in order to make a brand new Paul McCartney song. Greg was as the lead singer on “Motor of Love” from the Flowers in the Dirt album that was recorded in McCartney’s private recording studio located in a historic windmill located to the south of London.

Hawkes lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he works as a session musician. He was a member of the New Cars[1], a quasi-reformation of The Cars that also featured original guitarist Elliot Easton. Filling in for other original Cars members were singer/guitarist Todd Rundgren, Utopia bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton and former Tubes drummer Prairie Prince. Atom Ellis filled in at bass when Kasim was touring with Meat Loaf. The band toured throughout 2006–2007. A live album with three new studio tracks, It’s Alive!, was released in June 2006.

In 2008, Hawkes released The Beatles Uke CD on Solid Air Records. The album consists of instrumental versions of 15 Beatles classics, in what he calls a “UKEsymphonic” style, using multi-tracked recordings to create a ukulele orchestra. The CD is a testimony to the influence that the Beatles, particularly McCartney, have had on Hawkes’ music and career. Among other instruments, Hawkes owns and plays a Talsma custom ukulele.

Hawkes was also a member of Ocasek as an independent artist, frequently playing keyboards as well as bass guitar. He released his first solo record, Niagara Falls, in 1983. He also plays bass guitar, guitar and instruments for percussion, saxophone clarinet, and the ukulele. In 2008, he released an album by himself featuring Beatles songs played using the ukulele, called the Beatles Uke.