The Nighthawks:
Live at The State Theater
with Special Guest: Hubert Sumlin
The
Nighthawks on HBO's The Wire - Between
DVD "box set" sales, rentals and re-runs (it's
now on BET and HBO),
you can hear the band performing Pete's tune Blind
Love in the final episode of Season
One. Also, the first episode of Season
Two features the Hawks performing "live" during
a scene in a Baltimore long shoreman's bar. The band, seen
setting up during the story, cuts loose with a version
of Sixteen Tons (from Rock this
House) - that really rocks the house.
The
Blues is music about life, good times, hard times, high times
and lonely times. XMRadio's Bluesville is the first 24/7/365 nationwide
blues channel in America.
Price: $19.97
The Nighthawks are happy to announce the early arrival of the new CD, "Last Train to Bluesville." It was recorded live this year at B.B. King's Bluesville channel on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Some of the tracks have already received airplay as Bluesville's "Homemade Blues Jams."
The session was done without amps or electric instruments. Paul Bell played his beautiful National Steel resonator guitar, Johnny Castle thumped his Clevenger upright bass, Pete Ragusa used brushes on a parade snare drum and Mark Wenner blasted away on his custom-tuned Hohner harmonicas without a mic! Although many of the tunes have been on previous Nighthawks recordings, we never played them like this. The selections lean bluesy, with several Muddy Waters classics plus Little Walter and Sonny Boy, along with Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and James Brown.
Although the CD's official release is in February, those of you on our e-mail list have the opportunity to get an advance copy for $20 RIGHT NOW.
You can be the first on your block to own it, and your purchase will help us afford the media blitz we are planning.
