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Delta Blues / Postwar Chicago

Robert Nighthawk

Robert Nighthawk was one of the most elegant and influential slide guitarists in blues history. His smooth, highly controlled, single-string slide technique heavily influenced Earl Hooker and Elmore James. He was...

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Robert Nighthawk was one of the most elegant and influential slide guitarists in blues history. His smooth, highly controlled, single-string slide technique heavily influenced Earl Hooker and Elmore James. He was 'rediscovered' playing on Maxwell Street during the 1960s folk-blues revival.

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Show 72: The Delta Blues Tradition (Unamplified)Friar's Point BluesShow 76: USA Blues, Pt. 1: Alabama to ArkansasBricks in My Pillow
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