Browsing: Howlin’ Wolf

Shaw toured the south in a brand new Cadillac with Muddy Waters in 1959 and ‘60, and was Howlin’ Wolf’s band leader from 1972 until his death in ’76.

‘Howlin At Greaseland’ offers a modern take on Howlin’ Wolf classics from the viewpoint of today’s premier West Coast and Chicago players.

Dockery Farms was designated at the request of the Dockery Farms Foundation, which currently manages the site.

Master harmonica player James Cotton has died of pneumonia at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas; he was 81 years old.

Seeing Howlin’ Wolf perform was not an experience soon to be forgotten.

Remember this name: Hubert Sumlin. You’ve heard his incredible guitar sound. All that started when Hubert was just eight years old, and he broke the one string on his brother’s homemade guitar…

November 16th, marks what would have been Hubert Sumlin’s 85th birthday. To celebrate, we offer 10 things you didn’t know about the Chicago blues guitar great.

Of course, there are always two sides to every story. So far, Auerbach has not commented on any of this.

The reissue titles are Etta James’ At Last, Howlin’ Wolf’s His Greatest Sides Vol. 1, and 
Super Super Blues Band – Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf & Bo Diddley. All titles are coming out 8/26/16, and they are issued on limited color vinyl.

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…