Steve “Hawk” Levy moved to Hollywood Florida at the age of 13 from New York.  At that early age Hawk found himself listening to big band sounds like Count Bassie, Louis Jordan and Benny Goodman when his peers were listening to rock. It took Levy 17 years of music appreciation before he discovered the blues at a Nighthawks show. The next day Hawk took up an instrument, the harmonica. Levy took to the instrument rapidly, craving to play at every possible opportunity.  Within 8 months he had his own band, Harps ‘N Chords. By 14 months Harps .N Chords were paying major blues festivals.

            During the next 15 years Hawk later became known as Hurricaine Hawk during an incarnation of a band called Hurricaine Hawk and the Invaders. This band was highly acclaimed and included Tommy D’Stephano aka Big Daddy of Big daddy and the Reign, John Stratton, Tony Mancuso and Dave Race.  From 1997 to 1999 the invaders played regionally around Florida and at numerous festivals, including the prestigious Riverwalk Blues Festivalfor 4 years.

            Hawk has shared the stage with some great blues performers, just some of which included Bob Margolin, James Peterson, Jimmy Thackery, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Cookie and the Vagrantz, The Dhali Lamas, Sapphire, Benoit King, and Rock Bottom. During his tenure in the blues he has produced 3 recordings, Harps N Chords , Hurricaine Hawk and the Invaders (Emotional Invasion), and Hurricaine Hawk & Midnight Johnny. Levy has recorded on other numerous  recordings. 

            Theater in recent years opened Levy to a different creative avenue to pursue. He performed and sang as a featured artist in MJM Productions Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar with numerous supporting roles in both.

            Hawk Levy’s newest venture is a band he assembled in 2004. “Hawks Blues” is a band that features many of his originals reminiscent of the jump and swing of the 30,s and 40’s. Hawk is a vocalist, and plays both the diatonic and chromatic harmonica which adds the flavor of the horns of the swing era.