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The Nighthawks: Trouble

(1991 'Powerhouse') (42:25/12) Selbst mit einem Abstand von zehn Jahren fallen mir zu diesem Album keine lobenden Worte ein. Die Band hatte den Abschied von Jimmy Thackery noch nicht verkraftet. Ersatz Danny Morris müht sich redlich, doch unspektakulär. Das Material bleibt die üblich-amerikanische Roots-Mischung. Hinzu kommt ein oftmals unangenehm schriller Mix und merkwürdige Sounds. Mittelmaß / ten years later ... Jimmy Thackery had left the band, Danny Morris was his substitute. The first Nighthawks album without Thackery. Morris plays okay. The material is their well-known blend of '50s style roots music, plus a shot of Mainstream rock. Mediocre.

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Interpret: The Nighthawks
Album titlle: Trouble
Label RUF RECORDS
Genre Blues
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0710347106425
weight in Kg 0.107

Nighthawks, The - Trouble CD 1
01	Blind Love	The Nighthawks
02	99 pounds	The Nighthawks
03	Trouble	The Nighthawks
04	Hard hearted woman	The Nighthawks
05	Why why Baby	The Nighthawks
06	I wouldn't treat a dog (The way you treated me)	The Nighthawks
07	One rock at a time	The Nighthawks
08	Leave my woman alone	The Nighthawks
09	The chicken and the hawk (Up, up and away)	The Nighthawks
10	Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine	The Nighthawks
11	Ride and roll	The Nighthawks
12	Tryin' to get to you	The Nighthawks

The Nighthawks (Robert Nighthawk) Until his disciple Earl Hooker came to prominence, it's... more

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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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