Biography of Howlin' Wolf
The Wolf was six-foot-six, weighed close to 300 pounds in his prime, and possessed a voice that could shake the city down to the last radio. There is no sound in the blues more primal and ferocious than the recordings of The Howlin' Wolf. A pupil of Charley Patton and a contemporary of Robert Johnson, Wolf didn't start recording until the early '50s (first in Memphis for Sam Phillips, then in Chicago for Leonard Chess), quickly racking up one classic after another, all of them precisely focused on Wolf's dominating personality. "How Many More Years," "Riding in the Moonlight," "Back Door Man," "Spoonful," and "I Ain't Superstitious" (all featuring the stinging guitar work of Willie Johnson or Hubert Sumlin, Wolf's two main musical partners throughout his career) are just a few of his tunes that have been covered again and again by rock groups and bluesmen alike. Though his sandpaper growl of a voice has been widely imitated from Wolfman Jack on down, and his disciples are many, there exists no real "school" of Wolf, since the man and his music were uniquely of one piece. Capable of simultaneously rocking the house while scaring its patrons out of their wits, The Howlin' Wolf stands alone in the annals of American music. ~ Cub Koda
Biography of Howlin' Wolf
The Wolf was six-foot-six, weighed close to 300 pounds in his prime, and possessed a voice that could shake the city down to the last radio. There is no sound in the blues more primal and ferocious than the recordings of The Howlin' Wolf. A pupil of Charley Patton and a contemporary of Robert Johnson, Wolf didn't start recording until the early '50s (first in Memphis for Sam Phillips, then in Chicago for Leonard Chess), quickly racking up one classic after another, all of them precisely focused on Wolf's dominating personality. "How Many More Years," "Riding in the Moonlight," "Back Door Man," "Spoonful," and "I Ain't Superstitious" (all featuring the stinging guitar work of Willie Johnson or Hubert Sumlin, Wolf's two main musical partners throughout his career) are just a few of his tunes that have been covered again and again by rock groups and bluesmen alike. Though his sandpaper growl of a voice has been widely imitated from Wolfman Jack on down, and his disciples are many, there exists no real "school" of Wolf, since the man and his music were uniquely of one piece. Capable of simultaneously rocking the house while scaring its patrons out of their wits, The Howlin' Wolf stands alone in the annals of American music. ~ Cub Koda
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