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Howlin' Wolf. Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. 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 ...
At Chess' studio in Chicago in January 1956, Howlin' Wolf recorded "Smokestack Lightning". [1] The song takes the form of "a propulsive, one-chord vamp, nominally in E major but with the flatted blue notes that make it sound like E minor", and lyrically it is "a pastiche of ancient blues lines and train references, timeless and evocative". [1]
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 ...
Howlin' Wolf chronology. Howling Wolf Sings the Blues. (1962) The Real Folk Blues. (1965) More Real Folk Blues. (1967) The Real Folk Blues is a compilation album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, which was released by Chess Records in 1965. [1] The album's songs, which were originally issued as singles, were recorded in Chicago between 1956 and 1965.
How Many More Years. " How Many More Years " is a blues song written and originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1951. Recorded at the Memphis Recording Service – which later became the Sun Studio – it was released by Chess Records and reached No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart. Musician and record producer T Bone Burnett has described "How ...
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions is an album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf released in 1971 on Chess Records, and on Rolling Stones Records in Britain. [5] It was one of the first super session blues albums, setting a blues master among famous musicians from the second generation of rock and roll, in this case Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman.
Howlin' Wolf singles chronology. " Moanin' at Midnight ". (1951) "Riding In The Moonlight". (1951) " Moanin' at Midnight " is a blues song written and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1951. The recording was released on Chess Records as his debut single. It charted on Billboard 's R&B chart, but the B-side, " How Many More Years ," became the ...
Howlin' Wolf chronology. The Real Folk Blues. (1965) More Real Folk Blues. (1967) The Super Super Blues Band. (1968) More Real Folk Blues is a compilation album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1967. [1] It includes songs that were recorded in Memphis and Chicago between 1953 and 1956.