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The Real Folk Blues is a series of blues albums released between 1965 and 1967 by Chess Records, later reissued MCA Records.Each album in the series highlighted the music of one major Chess artist, including John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chicago blues, and over a four-decade career, recorded blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and psychedelic rock.
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Howlin' Wolf recorded "Killing Floor" in Chicago in August 1964, which Chess Records released as a single. [2] According to blues guitarist and longtime Wolf associate Hubert Sumlin, the song uses the killing floor – the area of a slaughterhouse where animals are killed – as a metaphor or allegory for male-female relationships: "Down on the killing floor – that means a woman has you down ...
Live and Cookin', subtitled at Alice's Revisited, is a live album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1972. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Reception
Chester Burnette A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf: Howlin' Wolf Cadet 2CA-60017 The Heatin' System: Jack McDuff: Cadet 2CA-60018 Inside: Ramsey Lewis: Cadet 2CA-60019 Cool Cookin' Kenny Burrell: Chess CH-60020 The London Chuck Berry Sessions: Chuck Berry: Cadet CA-60021 12 X 6 The Hard Way: Various Artists Cadet CA-60022 12 X 6 The Easy Way: Various Artists ...
A review by AllMusic states: "In the mid-'60s, Chess Records released a great series of compilations of '40s and '50s singles by some of its best blues artists, all of them called The Real Folk Blues. The Howlin' Wolf entry is possibly the best of the batch, and one of the best introductions to this mercurial electric bluesman.
The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US.