In the history of the blues, there has never been anyone quite like the Howlin' Wolf. Six foot three and close to 300 pounds in his salad days, the Wolf was the primal force of the music spun out to its ultimate conclusion. A Robert Johnson may have possessed more lyrical insight, a Muddy Waters more dignity, and a B.B. King certainly more technical expertise, but no one could match him for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits. He was born in West Point, MS, and named after the 21st President of the United States (Chester Arthur). His father was a farmer and Wolf took to it as well until his 18th birthday, when a chance meeting with Delta blues legend Charley Patton changed his life forever. By 1948, he had established himself within the community as a radio personality. As a means of advertising his own local appearances, Wolf had a 15-minute radio show on KWEM in West Memphis, interspersing his down-home blues with farm reports and like-minded advertising that he sold himself. Wolf finally started recording in 1951, when he caught the ear of Sam Phillips, who first heard him on his morning radio show. The music Wolf made in the Memphis Recording Service studio was full of passion and zest and Phillips simultaneously leased the results to the Bihari Brothers in Los Angeles and Leonard Chess in Chicago. He first appears as a rhythm guitarist on a 1954 session, and within a few years' time his style had fully matured to take over the role of lead guitarist in the band by early 1958. By 1956, Wolf was in the R&B charts again, racking up hits with "Evil" and "Smokestack Lightnin'." Certainly any list of Wolf's greatest sides would have to include "I Ain't Superstitious," "The Red Rooster," "Shake for Me," "Back Door Man," "Spoonful," and "Wang Dang Doodle," Dixon compositions all. Howlin' Wolf is now a permanent part of American history.
The Blues Collection (07/92)
Styles - Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Piano Blues, Memphis Blues, Jump Blues
Time - 51:08
Format - mp3@192 Kbps
Size - 69 mb
Tracks
01. Rockin' Daddy
02. I Ain't Superstitious
03. Sitting on Top of the World
04. Worried About My Baby
05. What a Woman!
06. Poor Boy
07. Built for Comfort
08. Who's Been Talking?
09. Little Red Rooster (Rehearsal)
10. Little Red Rooster
11. Do the Do
12. Highway 49
13. Wang-Dang-Doodle
14. Howlin' for My Baby
15. Smokestack Lightnin'
16. Back Door Man
17. Killing Floor
Label
Orbis, 1993
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