At age 16 Kalmusky left The Revols to join Ronnie Hawkins's band, The Hawks to tour and travel North America leaving behind his bandmates for the brief time being as they had decided to complete school. One story when they hooked back up in the USA is chronicled on page 65 of Barney Hoskyns' novel "Across The Great Divide" The Band and America; Kalmusky, Richard, John, and the Hawks had taken Ronnie's Cadillac for a joy ride in Memphis, TN and were pulled over by police. Kalmusky(who was under age at the time) was sent to juvenile lockup as they were suspected of stealing the car. When they called Ronnie with their one and only phone call, he said, "Check the dipstick". The dipstick of the Cadillac had Hawkins's name engraved on it and the youngster was then soon released thereafter. By the end of 1961, the remaining Revols returned to Stratford. Manuel remained with Hawkins, until joining Levon And The Hawks in 1964, while Kalmusky re-united with Till to form The Fab Four, the "Original" Fab Four, at the top of 1962.