Robert Nighthawk - Live on Maxwell Street [Bonus Tracks]

Title: Live on Maxwell Street [Bonus Tracks] Artist: Robert Nighthawk Release Date: 1964 Re-Released On: 9/12/2000 Label: Rounder, Bullseye Blues Duration: 48:51 Album Type(s): live UPCs: 011661962422, 011661202245 Genre: Blues Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Regional 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: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Cheating and Lying Blues
2. Juke Medley [Live][Instrumental]
3. The Time Have Come
4. Honey Hush
5. I Need Your Love So Bad
6. Take It Easy Baby
7. Anna Lee
8. Big World Blues [#]
9. Maxwell Street Jam [Live][Instrumental]
10. I Got News for You [#]
11. All I Want for Breakfast /Them Kind of People [#]
12. Mama Talk to Your Daughter [#]
13. The Real McCoy [#]
14. Interview

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Rounder 619624 2000 CD Bullseye Blues 619624

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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 in support, 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 time. 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 Gurlanick's liner notes express doubt that the singer is actually Lenoir). ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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