Robert Nighthawk CD: Complete Recorded Works

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Robert Nighthawk: Complete Recorded Works

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Interpret: Robert Nighthawk
Album titlle: Complete Recorded Works
Label WOLF
Genre Blues
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0799582400222
weight in Kg 0.107

Nighthawk, Robert - Complete Recorded Works CD 1
01	Tough Luck
02	Lonesome World
03	G-Man
04	Don't Mistreat Your Woman
05	Prowling Night-Hawk
06	Sweet Pepper Mama
07	My Friend Has Forsaken Me
08	Mean Black Cat
09	Brickyard
10	Mamie Lee
11	Take It easy, Baby
12	I Have Spent My Bonus
13	CNA
14	Every Day And Night
15	Ol' Mose
16	You're All I've Got To Live For
17	She's Got What It Takes
18	Next Door Neighbor
19	Big Apple Blues
20	Freight train Blues
21	Good Gamblin'
22	Gonna Kept It For My Dadfdy
23	Never Leave Me
24	Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long
25	Friar's Point Blues

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"Robert Nighthawk"

The Nighthawks (Robert Nighthawk)

Until his disciple Earl Hooker came to prominence, it's unlikely any blues slide guitarist developed a cleaner, lighter, more melodic touch than Robert Nighthawk. He started out recording in the pre-war era as Robert Lee McCoy, but that wasn't his real name either. He was born Robert Lee McCollum (or McCullum) in Helena, Arkansas on November 30, 1909.

Robert got started playing guitar late, at approximately 21. His first instrument was harmonica before his cousin, Houston Stackhouse, tutored him on guitar. But he was a fast learner. Bluebird signed him in 1937; he made his recording debut in Aurora, Illinois, on the same May day as Sonny Boy Williamson. By then, he'd changed his handle to McCoy after fleeing the south following a murky shooting incident that compelled him to take up residence in St. Louis.

One of McCoy's songs that day was called Prowling Night-Hawk, the inspiration for his most enduring alias. There were a couple more Bluebird dates and a 1940 Decca session as Peetie's Boy before the war upended recording activities. Nomadic Robert ended up back in Helena for a time, broadcasting his pungent blues over KFFA for Bright Star Flour in direct competition with the second Sonny Boy Williamson's 'King Biscuit Time' program.

Muddy Waters recommended his old friend Robert, who had by this time gone electric, to Leonard Chess. Nighthawk cut for him in late 1948 and again on July 12, 1949, when the day's itinerary included the chilling Black Angel Blues, pianist Ernest Lane and bassist Willie Dixon providing splendidly sparse accompaniment. The song harked back to 1930 and rough-edged classic blues singer Lucille Bogan (though Nighthawk was probably more familiar with fellow slide master Tampa Red’s 1934 version), and in 1956 B.B. King would score a solid R&B hit with it as Sweet Little Angel. Aristocrat—the label Leonard Chess was associated with prior to his own self-named firm—issued it as by The Nighthawks. The other side, Annie Lee Blues, made a chart dent—Robert's only fleeting moment in the national spotlight.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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