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kwassa

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10. Howlin' Wolf is my favorite blues singer of all time.

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 06:41 PM

Jun 2012

No one else comes close. His voice is just amazing.

I heard a great version of Little Red Rooster by him on Bluesville channel the other day, a live cut.

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Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning, Live 1964 [View all] bluesbassman May 2012 OP

kicking for the blues. OriginalGeek May 2012 #1

Glad you enjoy it. This is my opinion of the female version of Howlin' Wolf... bluesbassman May 2012 #2

aww hell yeah OriginalGeek May 2012 #3

Ain't nothin' like it live and up close. bluesbassman May 2012 #4

Some of the best blues I've heard was in little dives. hobbit709 Jun 2012 #9

I miss her HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #12

Happy Birthday Howlin' Wolf MooseMoore Jun 2012 #5

This video has been removed by the user HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #6

Fixed it. bluesbassman Jun 2012 #8

I got a hug from Hubert Sumlin years ago, and I told him that I was never washing my back again Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #7

Howlin' Wolf is my favorite blues singer of all time. kwassa Jun 2012 #10

Heard this story years ago. Supposedly it was one of those label package tours retread Jun 2012 #11