Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie

Nighthawk Boogie 2:33

by Robert Nighthawk, Embassy Music, BMI

Robert Nighthawk, guitar
Roosevelt Sykes or Bob Call, piano
Ransom Knowling, bass
probably Jump Jackson, drums

recorded July 12, 1951

Robert Nighthawk – Bricks In My Pillow
Delmark DD 711 (1998) [United Series]
Compact Disc

Robert Nighthawk recorded for United at its first day of sessions and two of United’s first five releases were by “Robert Nighthawk and his Nighthawks Band”. He had a national hit in late ’49 on Aristocrat and perhaps United envisioned Nighthawk as its blues-singing slide guitar rival to Chess’ Muddy Waters. Sales didn’t pan out but to many he is the ultimate slide guitarist of the amplified blues era, one who influenced Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Earl Hooker. B.B. King cited Nighthawk as one of his “10 Favorite Guitarists” in “Guitar Player” magazine. Today, more than 30 years after his death, Nighthawk is ranked among the greats in blues history. Contains two previously unissued alternate takes.