His lack of formal education did not harm his natural gift for simple and effective lyric writing, as in his social commentary song The Natchez Burnin', about the death of 200 people in a Chicago club fire in 1940. He explained the origin of the name Howlin Wolf: I got that from my grandfather, who would tell him stories about wolves in that part of the country and warn. He spent years taking adult education classes in his twenties and finally learned to read and write at sixth grade level (first year secondary school level in the UK). Come let us celebrate the anniversary of a true music legend. Although he passed away in 1976, it's impossible to overstate the importance of one of the most influential figures, not only in the evolution of the blues, but in 20th Century popular music as a whole. Wolf could be an edgy performer – his explicit stage version of Spoonful in the 1950s featuring a spoon as a prop was banned – although he was conscious about his lack of schooling. 10 June 2010 would have been Howlin' Wolf's 100th birthday. The album shows off his brooding, malevolent vocal phrasing, especially on the forlorn masterpiece Sittin' on Top of the World. Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin Wolf, had been singing and playing for over 20 years when his incredible voice was first recorded on a record in the. They played together on the marvellous London Sessions album of 1972, when Wolf was backed by Eric Clapton, Stevie Winwood, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. He knocked my teeth out, and I knocked his out,” Sumlin recalled. Rights belong to who they belong to, not me. Wolf''s band regularly featured first-class musicians, including Tampa Red, Willie Johnson and T-Bone Walker, but no musician is more associated with Wolf than Hubert Sumlin, who was his guitarist for 23 years. 119K 13M views 10 years ago From Moanin in the Moonlight (1959).
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