Name: The Rough Guide To Howlin' Wolf
Brand: Howlin' Wolf

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Bonus disc: No

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rgnet1278cd

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Limited edition

Release date

2012-08-13

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9781908025272

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Howlin' Wolf

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Blues / Gospel

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Howlin' Wolf, born on June 10, 1910 in West Point, Mississippi, was a blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. He played a crucial role in bridging the early Delta Blues with the more modern Electric Blues. Influenced by Charley Patton and Sonny Boy Williamson II, he honed his guitar skills and showmanship on the Mississippi Delta. By the late 1930s, he had become a prominent figure on the Southern Club scene.
After serving in the U.S. Army from April 9, 1941 to November 3, 1943, Howlin' Wolf settled near West Memphis, Arkansas. In 1948, he formed a band that included talented musicians such as Willie Johnson and Matt "Guitar" Murphy on guitars, Little Junior Parker on harmonica, and Willie Steele on drums.
In 1951, Sam Phillips recorded several of Howlin' Wolf's songs at his Memphis Recording Service studio. This catapulted him to local fame. Leonard Chess recognized his talent and secured his contract which led to Howlin' Wolf relocating to Chicago in 1952 where he solidified his legendary status.
Playing alongside renowned blues musicians like Willie Dixon and Jimmy Rogers as well as his longtime guitarist Hubert Sumlin ensured that Howlin' Wolf's lineups remained exceptional throughout his career. His reputation for treating musicians fairly set him apart from others in the industry

Now on vinyl with download for the double CD version. Howlin' Wolf dominated the post-war Chicago blues scene in every way. This outstanding rough guide features some of his most ferocious and emotionally intense work, which has been painstakingly re-mastered and restored to world class sound quality. and then there's the bonus CD 'wolf's inspiration'. Howlin' Wolf drew on a rich blues tradition and then enhanced it with his own dramatic arrival in the recording studio in 1951. These dozen tracks celebrate both the original blues masters who inspired him and contemporaries in the world of Chicago electric blues who were influenced by him.

The Rough Guide To Howlin' Wolf

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