◇ image via WikipediaRobert Nighthawk
Robert Nighthawk is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Big Joe Williams, Tampa Red and Henry Townsend. Those roots explain a lot about how Robert Nighthawk arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kokomo Arnold, Robert Lockwood Jr., Barbecue Bob and Lightnin' Slim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ike Turner, Albert King, Pinetop Perkins, Dan Auerbach and Earl Hooker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Robert Nighthawk, reaching back through Big Joe Williams and forward to Ike Turner. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Robert Lee McCollum was an American blues musician who played and recorded under the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. He was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr. Nighthawk was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Robert Nighthawk connections
Robert Nighthawk grew out of Big Joe Williams, Tampa Red and Henry Townsend, shares an orbit with Kokomo Arnold, Robert Lockwood Jr., Barbecue Bob and Lightnin' Slim, went on to shape Ike Turner, Albert King, Pinetop Perkins and Dan Auerbach. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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