Howlin' Wolf, born 105 years ago today.

[swag]

Here's a ripping performance of "Smokestack Lightning"

[hobbit709]

1. Killing Floor

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[cemaphonic]

2. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)

Thanks, love the Wolf, and his awesome guitarist Hubert Sumlin.

[ghostsinthemachine]

3. I just read

http://www.amazon.com/Moanin-Midnight-Life-Times-Howlin/dp/1560256834 great book on one of the guys who were the innovators. Wolf and Hubert Sumlin. What a pair.

[red dog 1]

4. Fans of Howlin 'Wolf need to see the movie "Cadillac Records"

It's about Leonard Chess & the early days of Chess Records,

Artists such as: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Etta James & later,
Chuck Berry

Howlin' Wolf is played masterfully by Eamonn Walker

Muddy Waters is excellently played by Jeffrey Wright

Beyonce Knowles plays Etta James ("At Last" won a Grammy)

Willie Dixon, (who wrote many songs for all of the above), is played by Cedric the Entertainer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Records


K&R a thousand times!

[lovemydog]

5. Happy birthday Howlin' Wolf.

[olddots]

6. one of the best days of my life was seeing the Wolf perform

at the Club 47 in Cambridge Mass. In the early sixties .

[bordogamesdev]

7. Wolf

[kwassa]

8. The best blues singer ever. Evil (is going on).

[Miles Archer]

9. This one has always been my favorite