Photos of Conway Twitty and the Rock Housers
Harold Jenkins aka Conway Twitty was instrumental in bringing Ronnie Hawkins to Canada, thereby making The Band possible. The members of Twitty's group the Rock Housers, later known as the "Twitty Birds," (see also the photo in Levon's book after p.96) were the late Joe E. Lewis, guitar, drummer Jack Nance who taught Levon how to twirl sticks (see Levon's book p.78 and 79 ) and Blackie Preston, bass.The photos below of Twitty and his group was taken at various locations in London, Ontario, summer 1958.
All the images above are scans of material from the archives of Serge Daniloff. You are not allowed to copy or reproduce these photos or parts of them without permission.