Howlin’ Wolf | A Greatest Singer
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin’ Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists. The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, “no one could match Howlin’ Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits.”Producer Sam Phillips recalled, “When I heard Howlin’ Wolf, I said, ‘This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'” Several of his songs, including “Smokestack Lightnin'”, “Killing Floor” and “Spoonful”, have become blues and blues rock standards. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”,More info:wiki
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#10 HOWLIN’ WOLF FANART,More info:fanart
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This article first appeared in The Blues Magazine #2, August 2012.
It’s impossible to guess what the blues might’ve sounded like, had there never been a Howlin’ Wolf – that mountain of a man, with a voice like a thunder-crack, a sulphur-throated force of nature whose music seduced generations of blues fans and blues musicians that followed.
But it’s similarly impossible to gauge what Howlin’ Wolf (and, by logical extension, the blues) might’ve sounded like, had there never been a Hubert Sumlin. Born in Mississippi on November 16, 1931, a 23-year-old Sumlin was head-hunted by Howlin’ Wolf in Memphis, and invited to follow Wolf north to Chicago, to become his loyal sideman. Having learned guitar from Charley Patton, and worked with both Son House and Robert Johnson, Wolf clearly knew a thing or two about blues guitarists; Sumlin was the guitarist he chose, above all others.
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#6 History Museum Highlights Photographer’s Exploration of Chicago Blues,More info:wttw
A new exhibition at the Chicago History Museum looks at the history and legacy of the blues through the lens of a Chicago photographer.
Raeburn “Ray” Flerlage worked in the music industry as a record distributor, and he was a tireless fan of music, especially the blues. Although he had a relatively short career (roughly 1959-1970), his photographs captured a key moment in the emergence of the Chicago blues.
Flerlage ventured into clubs and studios, and he was welcomed into homes, where he documented the community of musicians who came to define the sound of amplified Chicago blues. His photos reveal a personal side of the working men and women whose electrified music inspired fans and influenced generations of musicians who arrived in their wake.
#5 12 Best Blues Albums for Beginners,More info:thoughtco
The enormous depth and breadth of blues music can prove to be somewhat daunting for a new fan. Ranging from early Chicago blues to Texas blues/rock, from British blues-rock to acoustic Piedmont blues, these are the albums that make a good start on a blues collection. If this list is a little light on Mississippi Delta blues, it’s not for lack of artistic merit – many surviving Delta blues recordings would sound harsh to ears unaccustomed to primitive recording techniques. Instead, this is a list of blues albums for beginners, those artists, and recordings that introduce a newcomer to the charms of the blues.
#4 Chicago Theater Review: AIN’T NO CRYING THE BLUES (IN THE MEMORY OF HOWLIN WOLF) (Black Ensemble Theater),More info:stageandcinema
Looking back on his life and sounds from his death in 1976, Chester Arthur Burnett, now forever called Howlin Wolf, is the complex crooner at the heart of Jackie Taylor’s latest bio musical. Persuading himself that he still lives if he’s yet remembered, Rick Stone’s memorable musician (first created for the Black Ensemble Theater a decade ago) embarks on a two hour bout of memory-mongering, a surefire excuse to recreate, from the heart out, 19 songs that catalogue his career. There’s a reason why the blues sound more authentic in Chicago and this show shows why.
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#2 The 5 Best Howlin’ Wolf Songs, by Black Stone Cherry’s Ben Wells,More info:loudersound
Black Stone Cherry’s Black To Blues RP pays tribute to the electric blues revival of the 1960s, when bluesmen like Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Freddie King and Albert King saw their careers given a boost following the very vocal support of bands like The Rolling Stones.
Those bluesman have been a huge influence on Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry, whose Black To Blues EP includes a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s classic Built For Speed.
#1 Howlin’ Wolf 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Howli,More info:walmart
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