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James Hand. Dawn and Hawkes; Thin skin

One great evening at the Saxon Pub with James Hand and Dawn and Hawkes celebrated music that captured love, loss, humor and vulnerability. James Hand’s music at the Saxon Pub Saturday was a musical gospel range of love, devotion, humility and charm. Calling his audience friends over fans simmered righteous harmony. Members of the audience were clearly followers for decades of time.   And, still, he admitted to being a bit nervous in front of the seated and very focused crowd. He said he was not accustomed to the quiet stares. He said usually his songs accompanied dancing.   For a moment, he fidgeted a bit and asked the audience for song suggestions. His parakeet lyrics were funny as well as his other songs “written in the hallway” and songs he wrote when he was   “outside in the cold- -so cold that the gas wouldn’t light," and his lyrics were true to the heart as he wiped an eye after singing about the loss of a loved one and Old Man Henry . His rockstar red-flamed