Playhouse: Music Concert Nighthawks 2023

Parks Playhouse Summer Concert Series : The Nighthawks
Friday August 18, 2023 6:00pm to 8:00pm Cabin John Regional Park

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, doo-wop, gospel and rockabilly into one delicious stew.nighthawks band

The original Nighthawks lineup solidified in mid-1974. Bringing together frontmen Mark Wenner and the young Jimmy Thackery with a veteran rhythm section, Jan Zukowski on bass and Pete Ragusa on drums, the quartet ruled the highways and honky-tonks until Jimmy’s departure in 1986 to pursue a solo career. The band opened many doors and forged many touring routes for their contemporaries, including the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robert Cray, and played with as many Blues and Rockabilly legends as they could. They opened show after show for Muddy Waters, James Cotton and Carl Perkins, and backed up and recorded with John Hammond and Pinetop Perkins.

Bring your appetite and quench your thirst by visiting the on-site vendors: BabyCat Brewery , AJ Fryer’s and Clayboys Shave Ice!

This event will be held at Cabin John Regional Park