The Legendary Nighthawks-Real Houserocking Music Live from Washington DC
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Hi all. This event is a joint meetup with Philly Blues. Go ahead and sign up right here on the Gen Jones meetup page. Below are the details of this fun event. -Leslie
Fans of one of the best shows ever on television - The Wire - have seen the Nighthawks play many times while that great show unfolded over 4 seasons as their gritty sound was the perfect backdrop to the story of a decaying city and all the forces that contribute to it's decline .
The Nighthawks, an iconic blues/roots rock band are based in Washington, D.C.. Formed in 1972, the band has recorded with stalwarts such as Pinetop Perkins and Bob Margolin and won the Traditional Blues/R&B Duo/Group Award at the 2009 Washington Area Music Awards. But they have perfected a "blues/roots/rock" sound developed form years of touring and recording.
Their website gives a broader perspective:
What sustains a band for more than three decades? Not a hit radio band, but a roll-up-your-sleeves/drive to the next gig overnight/carry your own gear up the steps and night after night make people happy kind of band. One that makes them dance; sends them home to come back again—and again. What makes that kind band stay together through relatively few personnel changes? Answer: A good idea; a universal yet somehow unique good idea.
The Nighthawks sought not so much to reinvent rock and roll, but simply to have it reinvent itself by taking the original ingredients and following—if somewhat loosely—the original recipe. And like good cooks, the individual personalities involved ultimately affected the outcome. The band was over 10 years old and had baffled the mainstream industry before the term “roots rock” was coined to explain the likes of West Coasters like Los Lobos and The Blasters. By then, the affiliation with many of the living blues greats seemed to brand The Nighthawks a “blues band,” despite the fact that they played with Carl Perkins as well as Muddy Waters.
But rest assure BLUES is the foundation of the kick ass music they play.
Hosted by the best blues society in the land: the Bucks County Blues Society