Windy City Blues 1935-1953 / Various

This first issue of Nighthawk Records documents primarily the transitional work of Southern born bluesmen

who immigrated to Chicago before the Second World War, but whose careers endured into the postwar

era. The lure of the major studios and the easy availability of club work on the growing South side made the

Windy City the natural destination of talented blues musicians and the local blues scene was firmly established

by the late 20s when the vanguard included Tampa Red, Big Bill, and Georgia Tom. The 30s brought

Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, Washboard Sam and Memphis Minnie while the 40s produced Robert Lockwood, Johnny Shines and Muddy Waters.