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Robert Nighthawk Eli's Place 1964

"Robert Nighthawk speelt in een juke joint."

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Dire Straits: “Walk Of Life” (1985)

The AA-side to “So Far Away From Me” (’85), as the band out-voted their producer to include this single for their fifth record Brothers In Arms. Singer Mark Knopfler goes two-for-one with a song about the busking lifestyle: city subway and sidewalk performers playing the classics. A generous amount of those classics he hat-tips in the lyrics are Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman” and “What I’d Say” (’54 and ’59), Gene Vincent’s “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (’56), Robert Nighthawk’s “My Sweet Lovin’ Woman” (’48) and Bobby Darin’s “Mack The Knife” (’59). They all make it in his who’s-who of blues and rock, “oldies” which came to be in the Eighties tense and many becoming “goldies” and #1 hits. What should be noted was that one of those musicians, Robert Nighthawk (real name Robert Lee McCollum), was a busker himself throughout his broadcasting and recording career.

A smattering of other AA-sides appear on this single which are live versions of “Two Young Lovers” and “Eastbound Train”, “Sultan Of Swing”, “One World”, “Why Worry”, “Ride Across The River”, and “So Far Away”.

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Nighthawk

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robert nighthawk -- return mail blues

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Robert Nighthawk

Happy birthday Robert Lee McCollum aka Robert Nighthawk!

Robert Nighthawk - Cheating & Lying Blues live [Colourised] 1964

Robert Nighthawk on the excellent 'And This is Free' 1965 Mike Shea documentary about Maxwell Street in Chicago. Big thanks to the lazy poke

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La toma completa de "Cheating And Lying Blues" de Robert Nighthawk, capturada en Maxwell Street de Chicago en el verano de 1964 para el documental de Mike Shea, "And This Is Free", tuneada y mejorada por Lazy Poker. Extraordinarias imágenes, extraordinario blues eléctrico. Vía Carlos "Zoot Suit".

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robert nighthawk -- return mail blues

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