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Bricks in my Pillow

~ Robert Nighthawk

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Audio CD (31 Oct 2008)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Delmark Records
ASIN: B000009O4N

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1. Crying Won't Help You

2. Take It Easy Baby

3. Seventy Four

4. Maggie Campbell

5. Moon Is Rising

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This set collects the best of Robert Nighthawks' late-'40s and early-'50s recordings for the United label. These are arguably some of the finest tracks he ever recorded, though hewas never less than fully committed and engaging right up until his death in the '60s. His slide guitar playing--generally on a single string--is full of searing passion and fire,and his vocals can convey loss, longing, anger, and hope with honesty and flair. On a slow blues like "Seventy-Four" his draws out notes, both in his singing and playing. The personnel varies, but the rollicking Roosevelt Sykes is one of the standouts among the piano players. The drummers leave a compelling mark on these tracks, especially on the alternate take of "Maggie Campbell", with the freewheeling rolls hopping to the fore. These are essential blues recordings by a pivotal and often underappreciated bluesman.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great songs, great playing....why wasn't Nighthawk a star?, 14 April 2003

By	Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Well, I suppose to some he was. A star that is. But for some reason, Robert Lee McCoy (AKA "Nighthawk") never made it to the really big leagues. Sure, he didn't have Willie Dixon to supply him with catchy, instantly memorable songs like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf did, but he had the voice and the skill, and his recorded output is of uniformly high quality.

Maybe the main reason is simply that Nighthawk didn't really care all that much about recording. Even so, United Records in Chicago (where else?) did manage to record him on two occations (July 1951 and October 1952), and the cuts on this fine album was the results. Nighthawk plays some mean slide guitar and even a few single-string leads, and sounds very much like a man who could have given Muddy Waters a run for his money.

The sound is amazingly good - full, clear and rich. Highlights include the slow, ominous "Crying Won't Help You", the jazzy "The Moon Is Rising" and "You Missed A Good Man", and the traditional Bricks In My Pillow", but there is really no weak tracks on this album. Robert Nighthawk's brand of blues is somewhere in between Elmore James and early amplified Muddy Waters, and this CD, along with the fabulous "Live on Maxwell Street", would serve as a fine introduction to this underrated, but influential and hugely talented, bluesman.

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