Robert NIGHTHAWK & Forest City JOE - Black Angel Blues 1991

Robert NIGHTHAWK & Forest City JOE - Black Angel Blues 1991

Blues

Got the blues in the mornin',
Lord, I got the blues all through my day.
Now you know the worst thing man,
The blues gone to my head.
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Nighthawks 1948-1950 twelve Aristocrat/Chess sides plus two 1964 tracks are on Black Angel Blues (Chess (Charly) CD RED 29). On four of the Chess titles Nighthawk is only playing guitar, though. Ethel Mae is the name of the vocalist. The remaining eight tracks on this CD are Forest City Joe's eight 1948 Aristocrat titles. This album is of course out of print, but could maybe be found second hand. Also, I think it has been reissued by some other company.
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On April 3rd, 1960, Joe was returning home with friends from a dance when their truck flipped over by Horseshoe Lake. Joe's head was crushed and he died instantly. No one was around to write a "Memory of Forrest City Joe" and it would be another decade before his death was confirmed.
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Forest City Joe- Harmonica, Vocals
Robert Nighthawk- Guitar, Vocals

01.My Sweet Lovin' Woman
02.Down the Line
03.Sweet Black Angel
04.Handsome Lover
05.She Knows How to Love a Man
06.Annie Lee Blues
07.Sugar Papa
08.Return Mail Blues
09.Good News
10.Six Three O
11.Prison Bound
12.Jackson Town Gal
13.Sorry My Angel
14.Someday
15.Memory of Sonny Boy
16.Special Delivery Man
17.Shady Lane Woman
18.A Woman on Every Street
19.Sawdust Bottom
20.Ash Street Boogie
21.Mean Mistreatin' Woman
22.Lonesome Day Blues
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Robert NIGHTHAWK - Live On Maxwell Street 1964

Robert NIGHTHAWK - Live On Maxwell Street 1964
1980 Issue R.R. 2022

Blues

Seldom has a title for any album been so literal: Live on Maxwell Street was recorded, for the most part, live on an actual street--background noise includes cheers from bystanders, people passing by, and cars driving past. The informal setting and necessarily unideal recording circumstances don't detract one bit from the material here, which represents some of the elusive Robert Nighthawk's best material. Recorded in 1964, with sparse instrumentation--rhythm guitar, drums, and some excellent harmonica from Carey Bell--the recording includes some great guitar soloing on "The Time Have Come" and the "Maxwell Street Medley," which combines "Anna Lee" and "Sweet Black Angel." Other highlights include the smooth, active "Take It Easy Baby" and the slow moaner "I Need Love So Bad." Despite the highly unofficial nature of this recording, what's on here is more than worth hearing--including a 13-minute interview with the musician.
By Genevieve Williams.AMG.
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Live on Maxwell Street is as good an impromptu album as one is likely to come upon, with all the exciting, loose esprit de corps among singer/slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk (Robert Lee McCollum) and his Flames of Rhythm that made their Sunday street performances so agreeable to Chicagoans. Captured on fan Norman Dayron's tape recorder in 1964, the Helena-born patriarch of city blues rough-hews Little Junior Parker's "I Need Love So Bad," Big Joe Turner's "Honey Hush," and seven others, cutting single-note runs from the same bolt of cloth as B. B. King without compromising his own amplified guitar poetics. Also heard are thirteen minutes of an interview with the underappreciated musician (encompassing a reluctantly delivered song) that was conducted by a respectful Mike Bloomfield.
By Frank John Hadley.
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Drums - Robert Whitehead
Guitar [Rhythm] - Johnny Young (3)
Harmonica - Carey Bell (tracks: A2, B3)
Mastered By - John Nagy
Photography - Ray Flerlage , Valerie Wilmer
Producer [Coordination], Artwork By - Scott Billington
Producer [Coordination], Other [Liner Notes] - Peter Guralnick
Producer, Recorded By - Norman Dayron
Vocals, Guitar [Lead, Slide] - Robert Nighthawk
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A1. Goin' Down To Eli's 4:50
A2. Mr. Bell's Shuffle 1:33
A3. The Time Have Come 5:04
A4. Yakity Yak 3:40
A5. Nighthawk Shuffle 1:45  
B1. Take It Easy Baby 3:53
B2. Maxwell Street Medley 6:47
B3. Burning Heat 2:17
B4. I Need Love So Bad 5:16
B5. Excerpts From Interview/Kansas City 2:31
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Robert NIGHTHAWK - Ramblin' Bob 2004

Robert NIGHTHAWK - Ramblin' Bob 2004
Label: Saga

Blues

**Robert Lee McCollum Nov 30, 1909 Nov 5, 1967 (57 years old)**
Of all the pivotal figures in blues history, certainly one of the most important was Robert Nighthawk. He bridged the gap between Delta and Chicago blues effortlessly, taking his slide cues from Tampa Red and stamping them with a Mississippi edge learned first hand from his cousin, Houston Stackhouse. Though he recorded from the '30s into the early '40s under a variety of names -- Robert Lee McCoy, Rambling Bob, Peetie's Boy, he finally took his lasting sobriquet of Robert Nighthawk from the title of his first record, "Prowling Night Hawk." It should be noted that the huge lapses in the man's discography are direct results of his rambling nature, taciturnity, and seeming disinterest in making records. Once you got him into a studio, the results were almost always of a uniform excellence. But it might be two years or more between sessions.

Nighthawk never achieved the success of his more celebrated pupils, Muddy Waters and Earl Hooker, finding himself to be much happier to be working one nighters in taverns and the Maxwell Street open market on Sundays. He eventually left Chicago for his hometown of Helena, AR, where he briefly took over the King Biscuit Radio Show after Sonny Boy Williamson died, while seemingly working every small juke joint that dotted the landscape until his death from congestive heart failure in 1967. Robert Nighthawk is not a name that regularly gets bandied about when discussing the all-time greats of the blues. But well it should, because his legacy was all-pervasive; his resonant voice and creamy smooth slide guitar playing (played in standard tuning, unusual for a bluesman) would influence players for generations to come and many of his songs would later become blues standards.
By Cub Koda, All Music Guide.
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01. Tough Time
02. Lonesome World
03. Don't Mistreat Your Woman
04. Prowling Night-Hawk
05. Take It Easy Baby
06. Mean Black Cat
07. Mamie Lee
08. Every Day And Night
09. Ol' Mose
10. Freight Train Blues
11. Next-Door Neighbor
12. Friar's Point Blues
13. My Sweet Lovin' Woman
14. Anna Lee
15. Black Angel Blues
16. Return Mail Blues
17. Six Three O
18. Kansas City Blues
19. Crying Won't Help You
20. Take It Easy Baby
21. Feel So Bad
22. Bricks In My Pillow
23. You Missed A Good Man
24. Maggie Campbell
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Robert NIGHTHAWK - Live On Maxwell Street 1987 (REPOST)

Robert NIGHTHAWK - Live On Maxwell Street  1987 (REPOST)
(Deluxe Edition)
Label: Bullseye

Blues

Robert Nighthawk was one of the most distinctive slide guitarists and blues vocalists ever, with a supple, emotive style that bridged pre-war acoustic and post-war urban electric styles. This exceptional live recording offers a more complex view of Nighthawk than his small discography had previously suggested. Alongside several extended slide workouts, Nighthawk plays several pieces with a raucous, slashing approach that is encouraged by the shouts of his audience in the street. Here is an exciting and rare glimpse of vintage blues music played by a master in a relaxed, spontaneous setting.
Blues archivist Norman Dayron recorded this set by Robert Nighthawk and his small ensemble in 1964. Three years later, Nighthawk died from heart failure, leaving these recordings to sit unreleased until 1980. This album was recorded live on a street corner in Chicago, and Nighthawk's playing and singing are still in peak form. This is made all the more riveting because of the energy of the crowd, which becomes more and more excited as the set moves along.
Nighthawk is joined by rhythm guitarist Johnny Young and drummer Robert Whitehead throughout, and harmonica player Carey Bell on a few selections. LIVE ON MAXWELL STREET is a no-frills, no-nonsense, honest, and committed performance. This and BRICKS ON MY PILLOW, which captures some of Nighthawk's late-'40s
Recorded live on the corner of 14th & Peoria, Chicago, Illinois in September 1964. Originally released on Rounder (2022).
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Robert Nighthawk and his Flames of Rhythm:
Robert Nighthawk- (Vocals, Slide Guitar);
Johnny Young- (Vocals, Guitar);
Carey Bell- (Vocals, Harmonica);
Robert Whiteshead- (Drums).
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01. Cheating and Lying Blues
02. Juke Medley
03. The Time Have Come
04. Honey Hush
05. I Need Your Love So Bad
06. Take It Easy Baby
07. Annie Lee / Sweet Black Angel
08. Big World Blues - (previously unreleased)
09. Maxwell Street Jam
10. I Got News For You
11. All I Want For Breakfast / Them Kind Of People - (previously unreleased)
12. Mama Talk to Your Daughter - (previously unreleased)
13. The Real McCoy - (previously unreleased)
14. Interview
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