HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOWLIN' WOLF!

[NightTrain]

Chester Arthur Burnett, a/k/a Howlin' Wolf, was born in West Point, Mississippi on June 10, 1910. He first recorded at the Sun Studios in Memphis in 1951, then moved on to Chicago, where he signed with the Chess label.

During his years in the music business, Howlin' Wolf created dozens of classic blues recordings, among them:

Back Door Man
Built For Comfort
Forty-Four
How Many More Years?
Evil
Goin' Down Slow
Hidden Charms
I Ain't Superstitious
I Asked For Water
Killing Floor
Moanin' at Midnight
Red Rooster
Shake For Me
Sitting On Top of the World
Smokestack Lightnin'
Spoonful
300 Pounds of Joy
Wang Dang Doodle
Who's Been Talkin'

Howlin' Wolf died on January 10, 1976. He was 65.

[jpgray]

1. Huge influence on Beefheart and a ton o' Brits to boot--great voice! (nt)

[flamingyouth]

2. Happy Birthday, Wolf!

We named our late, great cat Chester after him. In keeping with his name, he would wander around our old apartment at night and howl -- aaawwwwoooooooh! :D

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. "I asked her for water, she gave me gasoline!"

DAMN, Wolf knew how to holler.

[NightTrain]

4. By the way, welcome to DU!

Always glad to meet a fellow blues fan! :hi:

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. Oh, you've seen me round these parts before.

I have a new sobriquet these days.

Thanks for the welcome, though! :hi:

[livetohike]

6. Got to listen to Howling Wolf now!

Oh, I love the blues....



It could be a spoonful of diamonds
Could be a spoonful of gold
Just a little spoon of your precious love
Satisfy my soul

[XNASA]

7. Wolf's longtime guitarist, Hubert Sumlin is headlining tonite.....

At the Chicago BluesFest.

And guess who's gonna be singing Wolf's songs with Hubert?

Would you believe it's gonna be David Johansson. It's true.

[Zuni]

8. Hubert Sumlin is one of my favorite blues guitarists

Spoonful, Wang dang Doodle, Killing Floor, Smokestack Lightning---incredible guitar riffs and solos

[NightTrain]

11. I saw Sumlin at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA in 1988.

Awesome fucking show!!!

[Zuni]

9. Killing Floor is one of the most copied blues riffs ever

I hear variations on the guitar riff all of the time. It is a real classic.
RIP Chester Burnett

[GOPisEvil]

10. Wow...Howlin' Wolf and ZombyWoof share a birthday!

Interesting.

Killing Floor is the quintessential Howlin' Wolf song to me. Happy Birthday in the great beyond Wolf!