{"id":1400,"date":"2021-04-22T08:45:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T08:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1400"},"modified":"2021-04-22T08:45:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T08:45:32","slug":"robert-nighthawk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1400","title":{"rendered":"Robert Nighthawk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Lee McCollum<\/strong>\u00a0(November 30, 1909 \u2013 November 5, 1967)\u00a0was an American\u00a0blues<\/a>\u00a0musician who played and recorded under the pseudonyms\u00a0Robert Lee McCoy<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Robert Nighthawk<\/strong>. He was the father of the blues musician\u00a0Sam Carr. Nighthawk was inducted into the\u00a0Blues Hall of Fame\u00a0in 1983. McCollum was born in\u00a0Helena, <\/a>Arkansas.\u00a0He left home at an early age and became a busking musician. After a period traveling through southern\u00a0Mississippi, he settled for a time in\u00a0Memphis, Tennessee, where he played with local orchestras and musicians, such as the\u00a0Memphis Jug Band. A particular influence during this period was\u00a0Houston Stackhouse, from whom he learned to play\u00a0slide guitar\u00a0and with whom he performed on the radio in\u00a0Jackson, Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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