Browsing: Howlin’ Wolf

This week’s “Language” article explores one of the most (in)famous blues terms, the BACK DOOR MAN!

With the best in that trad. Chicago sound, the album was destined to be a modern Chicago blues hit.

Today’s video comes from Howlin’ Wolf, playing Smokestack Lightnin’ to a ravenous crowd in England in 1964.

Hubert Sumlin, the long celebrated and legendary blues guitar master who played scorching guitar for Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters during the Chicago Blues heyday, has reportedly passed away.

Today’s video features three famous Chess artists, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bo Diddley in a fantastic, slow-simmering version of “Goin Down Slow”.

34 years ago today, Elvis Presley passed away at merely 42. He was, in effect, the country’s first great rock star. But before that, he was a young man from the Mississippi Delta that just wanted to play blues.

After the album opens with Howlin’ Wolf talking about what gives somebody the blues, it’s clear pretty quickly that Memphis Gold shares a background with many of the all-time greats.

Today is the anniversary of the Natchez Rhythm Club fire, which took the lives of over 200, including a blues band, and inspired countless blues numbers by Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker & many more.

Today is the birthday of Son House, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. This is a fitting time to explore and celebrate the life of a quiet giant in music.

Ross Neilsen and the Sufferin’ Bastards’ new album “Redemption” has one of the most promising sounds in blues today. The band is tight, gritty and full of energy.