663K views · 41K reactions | Happy birthday to the legendary Robert Nighthawk! Here he is live on Maxwell Street in 1964 with Jimmy Collins on drums and John Lee Granderson on rhythm guitar. | Eli Paperboy Reed | Facebook

Robert Nighthawk - ‘Cheating & Lying Blues’ live [Colourised] 1964 It would’ve been the late great Robert Nighthawk’s birthday yesterday so its a great excuse to post this clip I colourised from the excellent ‘And This is Free’ 1965 Mike Shea documentary about Maxwell Street in Chicago. After a long break from the ‘Windy City’, Nighthawk had returned to town around May 64’, and shooting for the documentary had not even finished, when he left Chicago again, for good this time. So this snapshot is

Robert Nighthawk Blues Before Sunrise (1965)

Robert Nighthawk on the excellent 'And This is Free' 1965 Mike Shea documentary about Maxwell Street in Chicago. Watch the full colourised video in 1080HD on my YouTube channel, links in the bio don't forget to like & subscribe! Robert Nighthawk: Vocals & lead Guitar John Lee Grenderson: Rhythm Guitar Jimmy Collins: Drums After a long absence from the 'Windy City', Nighthawk had returned to town around May 1964, and shooting for that documentary had not even finished, when he left Chicago again

8.2K views · 321 reactions | Hudson Whittaker, better known by his stage name Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. His distinctive single-string slide guitar style, songwriting and bottleneck technique influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James | Mojohand | Facebook