Greg Hawkes, keyboardist for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Cars, brings the band’s catalog to Daryl’s House in Pawling on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at 8 p.m., joined by Boston power-pop outfit Eddie Japan for a curated celebration of the late-1970s and ’80s Cars songbook. Tickets run $45–$55 at TicketNetwork.
Greg Hawkes and the Cars Songbook
Greg Hawkes was the synth architect behind some of the most recognizable pop-rock sounds of the late ’70s and ’80s — the keyboard textures on “Just What I Needed,” “Good Times Roll,” “My Best Friend’s Girl,” and the entirety of Heartbeat City are his. Since The Cars’ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Hawkes has continued playing the catalog in small-room settings, and his collaborations outside the band — including work with Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, and others — have only deepened his interpretive range.
For this Daryl’s House date, Hawkes teams with Eddie Japan, a Boston power-pop band whose own catalog sits comfortably adjacent to the Cars’ — melodic, hook-forward, built for the kind of intimate room where the arrangements can actually breathe. The pairing is more than a tribute gig; it’s two acts with deep feeling for the material doing it justice in the right-sized space.
Daryl’s House — Pawling, N.Y.
Daryl’s House, at 130 Route 22 in Pawling, is Daryl Hall’s Hudson Valley listening room — small, acoustically careful, and built around the music. Doors at 5 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
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