Robert Nighthawk - Live on Maxwell Street

Title: Live on Maxwell Street Artist: Robert Nighthawk Release Date: 1964 Label: Rounder Album Type(s): live UPCs: 011661202221, 011661202214, 011661202245 Genre: Blues Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Slide Guitar Blues Moods: Bravado, Gritty, Rowdy, Street-Smart, Energetic, Swaggering, Knotty, Organic, Whimsical, Lively, Yearning, Earthy, Raucous, Rollicking, Boisterous, Passionate, Rousing Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Goin' Down to Eli's
2. Mr. Bell's Shuffle
3. The Time Have Come
4. Yakity Yak
5. Nighthawk Shuffle
6. Take It Easy Baby
7. Maxwell Street Medley
8. Burning Heat
9. I Need Love So Bad
10. Interview

Year Type Label Catalog # 1991 CD Rounder 2022

Live on Maxwell Street [Bonus Tracks]

Recorded by Norman Dayron live on the street (you can actually hear cars driving by!) in 1964 with just Robert Whitehead on drums and Johnny Young on rhythm guitar, Robert Nighthawk's slide playing (and single-string soloing, for that matter) are nothing short of elegant and explosive. Highlights include "The Maxwell Street Medley," which combines his two big hits "Anna Lee" and "Sweet Black Angel"; a mind-altering 12-bar solo on "The Time Have Come," which proves that Nighthawk's lead playing was just as well developed as his slide work; and a couple of wild instrumentals with Carey Bell sitting in on harmonica. Nighthawk sounds cool as a cucumber, presiding over everything with an almost genial charm while laying the toughest sounds imaginable. One of the top three greatest live blues albums of all times. The 2000 CD reissue on Bullseye Blues & Jazz adds five previously unreleased bonus tracks, although Nighthawk doesn't have a lead vocal on any of these. "The Real McCoy" is an instrumental; Young sings on "Big World Blues" and "All I Want for Breakfast/Them Kind of People"; Bell sings "I Got News for You," and J.B. Lenoir takes a guest lead vocal on "Mama Talk to Your Daughter" (though Peter Guralnick's liner notes express doubt that the singer is actually Lenoir). ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Name Credits Carey Bell Harmonica, Bass, Vocals J.B. Lenoir Vocals John Nagy Mastering Johnny Young Vocals, Guitar (Rhythm) Norman Dayron Engineer, Mastering, Producer, Editing Peter Guralnick Arranger, Production Coordination, Liner Notes Ray Flerlage Photography Robert McCollum Arranger Robert Nighthawk Vocals, Main Performer, Drums, Slide Guitar, ?, Guitar Robert Whitehead Drums Scott Billington Design, Production Coordination Valerie Wilmer Photography