Finally The Great 50s Sides On Cd 1. Crying Won't Help You 2. Take It Easy, Baby 3. Seventy-Four 4. Maggie Campbell (Alternate) 5. The Moon Is Rising 6. Nighthawk Boogie 7. Kansas City 8. You Missed A Good Man 9. Bricks In My Pillow 10. Seventy-Four (Alternate) 11. U/S Boogie 12. Feel So Bad 13. Maggie Campbell 14. The Moon Is Rising (Incomplete) Robert Nighthawk recorded for United at its first day of sessions and two of United's first five releases were by "Robert Nighthawk and his Nighthawks Band". He had a national hit in late '49 on Aristocrat and perhaps United envisioned Nighthawk as its blues-singing slide guitar rival to Chess' Muddy Waters. Sales didn't pan out but to many he is the ultimate slide guitarist of the amplified blues era, one who influenced Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Earl Hooker. B.B. King cited Nighthawk as one of his "10 Favorite Guitarists" in "Guitar Player" magazine. Today, more than 30 years after his death, Nighthawk is ranked among the greats in blues history. Contains two previously unissued alternate takes.
