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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]
"Smokestack Lightning" features no chord changes and instead uses a single implied tonic, but "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" uses a progression. [26] The musicologist Matthew Gelbart describes "Trains" as having a twenty-four-bar structure that is "proportionally correct" in comparison to a standard twelve-bar blues.
The Grateful Dead’s "Dancing Bears" first appeared on the back cover of Bear's Choice. A large complement of iconography is associated with the Grateful Dead. Along with the "Skull & Roses" and dancing terrapins , perhaps the most ubiquitous are the "Lightning Skull/Steal" , and the "Dancing Bears", which notably made their first appearance ...
Grateful Dead covers Song Original Artist "All Along the Watchtower" Bob Dylan "Are You Lonely for Me Baby" Freddie Scott "Around and Around" Chuck Berry "Baba O'Riley" The Who "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival "Ballad of a Thin Man" Bob Dylan "Beat It on Down the Line" Jesse Fuller "Big Boss Man" Jimmy Reed "Big Boy Pete" The Olympics
While Hunter was in New Mexico, he wrote lyrics for three songs. These songs—"China Cat Sunflower", "St. Stephen", and "Alligator"—would become hits for the Grateful Dead. [1] In 1965, Garcia, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann formed a band, initially called the Warlocks, but soon renamed the Grateful Dead. They covered ...
Moanin' in the Moonlight is a compilation album and the first album by American blues artist Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1959. It contains songs recorded between 1951 and 1959 previously issued as singles, including one of his best-known, "Smokestack Lightning".
The Golden Road (1965–1973) is a twelve-CD box set of the Grateful Dead's studio and live albums released during their time with Warner Bros. Records, from 1965 to 1973.. After 1973, the band went on to create its own label, Grateful Dead Re
Clapton and Relf trading riffs is one of the highlights of "Smokestack Lightning". The Howlin' Wolf song was the Yardbirds' most popular live number and a regular in their sets. [4] Performances of the song could last up to 30 minutes. [10] Howlin' Wolf reportedly referred to the group's 5:35 album version as "the definitive version of his song".