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The Nighthawks Nighthawks 50th Anniversary Release  “Established 1972” 8pm $20
16
Jul
2022

The Nighthawks Nighthawks 50th Anniversary Release “Established 1972” 8pm $20

  • Location:326 Amherst Street
  • Venue:Sportsmens Tavern
  • Length:8pm – 11pm
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Date(s) - 16/07/2022
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

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Sportsmen’s Tavern

presents

The Nighthawks

Saturday July 18 @ 8 pm

$20

The Nighthawks – Legendary Blues and Roots Rock Band

Nighthawks 50th Anniversary Release

“Established 1972”

On this landmark anniversary, founder, lead singer, and harpmaster, Mark Wenner, is still at the helm, while drummer Mark Stutso, guitarist Dan Hovey and bassist Paul Pisciotta all share vocals and songwriting, making this lineup on the strongest ever. Decades of gigs and countless rabid fans have earned them the name “The Best Bar Band In The World.” More than a bar band or blues band, as they’re frequently labeled, this is a band that played with Carl Perkins in addition to Muddy Waters.

In March 2020, with a brand-new recording to promote, The Nighthawks did something previously unthinkable: They stopped in the middle of a Florida tour and drove home. Like so many other people, the band members found themselves out of work as the coronavirus swept the country. Itching to play, The Nighthawks found a couple of spaces large enough to stay apart while woodshedding new material. Previously, the process had been a streamlined one. The band would rough out a dozen new tunes in an afternoon and perform them every night for a year or two before recording. But now there was time, tons of it. Weeks turned into months.

Produced by The Nighthawks and longtime compadre, David Earl, they took advantage of the pandemic slowdown to hunker down in Earl’s Severn Sound Studios in Annapolis, Maryland and crank out fourteen new tracks in the class Nighthawks style.

Dan Hovey wrote a very relevant rocker, “You Seem Distant.” Mark Stutso followed with a fully blast, “Coming and Going.” Florida friend, Colin Kenny, a.k.a. Raiford Starke, wrote the soulful, “West Memphis,” and the band stylistically took it to Memphis. Stutso came up with, “Gas Station Chicken,” and everyone contributed to bringing in the funk. Hovey added three more: “Houseband,” “Fuss and Fight,” and the acoustic delight, “Driving.” In between are British pub rock monster, Gariant Watkins’ “Nobody,” Jimmy Reed’s “Take it Easy, featuring producer David Earl contributing the Eddie Taylor licks on guitar; Eddie Hinton’s version of Sam Cook’s “I’ll Come Running Back”; John Hammond’s version of Mose Allison’s “Ask Me Nice”; a wild version of reggae classic, “Johnny Too Bad”; an outtake rendition of Elvin Presley’s “Ain’t That Lovin’ You”; a Hillbilly interpretation of the Coasters’ “Run Red Run”; and half a dozen others that fell by the wayside. They’d play, record, rearrange, and re-record until they got them just right.

In the tradition they set forth on Rock and Roll, the band’s debut 1974 recording and mission statement, the material is not bound by genre, other than the widest range of American Roots Music.

Coming to see the show from out of town? Sportsmens guests receive 20% discount.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Downtown

601 Main St

Buffalo NY 14203

All rooms are king suites with sofabed;   free hot breakfast buffet;  TGI Friday’s in the hotel offers 20% discount to guests.

Special 20% off Holiday Inn Express

              & Suites Downtown Booking Link

Please Note that the artists have a 3 hour window to complete the show. This does not mean the performance will be 3 hours in length.

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