Time: 49:41
Size: 113.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front
[2:58] 1. All In The Mood (Everybody's In The Mood)
[2:48] 2. Bluebird
[2:54] 3. California Blues
[2:56] 4. California Boogie
[2:38] 5. Chocolate Drop
[3:10] 6. Color And Kind
[2:09] 7. Come Back Home
[3:09] 8. Decoration Day
[2:34] 9. Dorothy Mae
[2:40] 10. Dorothy Mae (Alt )
[3:03] 11. Drinkin' C V Wine
[3:23] 12. I Got A Woman
[2:06] 13. Look A Here
[2:25] 14. Mr. Highway Man
[2:56] 15. My Baby Walked Off
[2:04] 16. Smile At Me
[2:56] 17. Well That's Alright
[2:44] 18. Oh Red
In the history of the blues, there has never been anyone quite like the Howlin' Wolf. Six foot three and close to 300 pounds in his salad days, the Wolf was the primal force of the music spun out to its ultimate conclusion. A Robert Johnson may have possessed more lyrical insight, a Muddy Waters more dignity, and a B.B. King certainly more technical expertise, but no one could match him for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits.
Wolf finally started recording in 1951, when he caught the ear of Sam Phillips, who first heard him on his morning radio show. The music Wolf made in the Memphis Recording Service studio was full of passion and zest and Phillips simultaneously leased the results to the Bihari Brothers in Los Angeles and Leonard Chess in Chicago. Suddenly, Howlin' Wolf had two hits at the same time on the R&B charts with two record companies claiming to have him exclusively under contract. Chess finally won him over and as Wolf would proudly relate years later, "I had a 4,000 dollar car and 3,900 dollars in my pocket. I'm the onliest one drove out of the South like a gentleman." It was the winter of 1953 and Chicago would be his new home.
Wolf finally started recording in 1951, when he caught the ear of Sam Phillips, who first heard him on his morning radio show. The music Wolf made in the Memphis Recording Service studio was full of passion and zest and Phillips simultaneously leased the results to the Bihari Brothers in Los Angeles and Leonard Chess in Chicago. Suddenly, Howlin' Wolf had two hits at the same time on the R&B charts with two record companies claiming to have him exclusively under contract. Chess finally won him over and as Wolf would proudly relate years later, "I had a 4,000 dollar car and 3,900 dollars in my pocket. I'm the onliest one drove out of the South like a gentleman." It was the winter of 1953 and Chicago would be his new home.
The Memphis Sessions mc
The Memphis Sessions zippy
1 comment:
Didn't have these Wolf sides. Thank you!
Cheers Daniel, from Spain...
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