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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 ...
“Hard Times Killing Floor Blues” (Skip James song), 1931"Killing Floor" (Howlin' Wolf song), 1964 "Killing Floor", a song on Redgum's 1978 album If You Don't Fight You Lose
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.
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.
Howlin' Wolf (1962) Howling Wolf Sings the Blues (1962) Singles from Howlin' Wolf "Tell Me" Released: February 10, 1960 "Spoonful" Released: July 18, 1960
The Howlin' Wolf entry is possibly the best of the batch, and one of the best introductions to this mercurial electric bluesman. Opening with the savage 'Killing Floor,' the album doesn't let up in intensity, and it happily focuses on Wolf's less-anthologized sides, which gives the album a freshness a lot of blues compilations lack". [1]
Patient zero of the Delta blues. Mentor to Charley Patton, the first blues star, who mentored or influenced Son House, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Pops Staples. Sloan is a ghost.
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. [ 2 ]