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The Nighthawks are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots roots rock, the nighthawks April 23, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Interviews Mark Wenner of The Nighthawks! 50th Anniversary of the Nighthawks! The Nighthawks was an idea in Mark Wenner’s brain long before he was able to implement it. The musical product of pre-1958 radio in Washington, D.C., he did not know there were rules against mixing blues, R&B, honky-tonk country, […]

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The Nighthawks Tryin’ To Get To You

Richard Ludmerer blues, cd review, indie Blues, making a Scene, the nighthawks April 22, 2020

The Nighthawks Tryin’ To Get To You Eller Soul Records The R n’ B and roots music legends, The Nighthawks, were first formed in 1971. They recorded their debut album in 1974. My favorite recordings of theirs include 1986’s “Hard Living” with Jimmy Thackery; 1996’s “Pain and Paradise”; and 2009’s “American Landscape”. In 2014 they […]

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Making a Scene Talks with Mark Wenner

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, mark wenner, the nighthawks September 16, 2018

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene talks with Indie Blues Artist Mark Wenner Mark was born and raised in Maryland’s D.C. suburbs. At age ten, a budding rebel and biker-to-be, he was already listening to the amazing ferment of blues-based music that was coming out of the Washington-Southern Maryland music scene. In his words, […]

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The Nighthawks – 444

Richard Ludmerer blues, cd reviews, making a Scene, the nighthawks June 9, 2014

The Nighthawks 444 EllerSoul Records The Nighthawks, one of my favorite Blues bands, were formed in 1972. In 1986 they released “Hard Living” on the Varrick label and the next year followed with “Backtrack”. Soon after these albums were released Jimmy Thackery left the band. My interest was revived again in 1996 when they recorded […]