The best blues artists make you feel their pain. Howlin' Wolf took it further: He made you feel his fear. What is the blues, really, when everything is stripped away? What's the core emotion that sits ...
Revered blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin, who spent 23-plus years adding gritty leads to Howlin' Wolf's legendary voice and who inspired generations of axemen from Jimi Hendrix to Kenny Wayne Shepherd… ...
Hubert Sumlin, a blues guitarist whose soulful licks and crackling solos were featured on scores of hits for singer Howlin’ Wolf during the 1950s and 1960s and who influenced later work by Eric ...
Hubert Sumlin, the longtime collaborator with Howlin’ Wolf whose unique playing on such songs as “Wang Dang Doodle,” “Spoonful” and “Back Door Man” influenced generations of guitarists, died Sunday of ...
When Howlin’ Wolf romped through “Wang Dang Doodle” or thundered in “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy,” the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the ...
***** Howlin’ Wolf, The Chess Box (MCA): Blues fans will find this box set as essential as the Robert Johnson collection. It’s also indispensable to anyone who really cares about the Rolling Stones, ...
His name was Chester Arthur Burnett, but everyone called him Howlin' Wolf. He played harmonica, but some say he was the greatest blues singer of all time. His unique voice mesmerized audiences and ...
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