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Howlin' Wolf The Genuine Article(blues)(flac)[rogercc][h33t]

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HOWLIN WOLF THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
CD Released:2004
Format :Flac

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.
He was born in West Point, MS, and named after the 21st President of the United States (Chester Arthur). His father was a farmer and Wolf took to it as well until his 18th birthday, when a chance meeting with Delta blues legend Charley Patton changed his life forever. Though he never came close to learning the subtleties of Patton's complex guitar technique, two of the major components of Wolf's style (Patton's inimitable growl of a voice and his propensity for entertaining) were learned first hand from the Delta blues master. The main source of Wolf's hard-driving, rhythmic style on harmonica came when Aleck "Rice" Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson) married his half-sister Mary and taught him the rudiments of the instrument. He first started playing in the early '30s as a strict Patton imitator, while others recall him at decade's end rocking the juke joints with a neck-rack harmonica and one of the first electric guitars anyone had ever seen. After a four-year stretch in the Army, he settled down as a farmer and weekend player in West Memphis, and it was here that Wolf's career in music began in earnest...

TRACK LIST/TIME /PERSONELL (Howlin Wolf vocal/harp all tracks)
1   Moanin' At The Moon (2:53)   Drums - Willie Steele  Guitar - Willie Johnson
2   How Many More Years (2:40)   Drums - Willie Steele  Guitar - Willie Johnson
3   I'm The Wolf (2:50)  Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Lee Cooper  Piano - Otis Spann
4   Baby How Long (2:52) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Hubert Sumlin  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin , Jody Williams
  Piano - Otis Spann
5   Evil (Is Going On) (2:53)   Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin , Jody Williams
  Piano - Otis Spann
6   Forty-Four (2:45) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin , Jody Williams
  Piano - Otis Spann
7   Smokestack Lightnin' (3:06)Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin , Willie Johnson  Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard
8   I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (2:48) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin , Otis "Smokey" Smothers  Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard
9   The Natchez Burnin' (2:21) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin , Otis "Smokey" Smothers  Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard
10   Who's Been Talkin' (2:21)Bass - Alfred Elkins  Drums - Earl Phillips   Guitar - Otis "Smokey" Smothers , Willie Johnson  Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard Saxophone [Tenor] - Adolph "Billy" Duncan
11   Sitting On Top Of The World (2:32) Bass - Alfred Elkins  Drums - Earl Phillips  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin
  Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard
12   I've Been Abused (2:37)Drums - S.P. Leary  Guitar - Abe Smothers  Harmonica - Howlin' Wolf
  Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard  Saxophone [Tenor] - Abb Locke , Hubert Sumlin
13   Howlin' For My Baby (2:31)Drums - S.P. Leary  Guitar - Abe Smothers , Hubert Sumlin  Harmonica - Howlin' Wolf   Piano - Horsea Lee Kennard   Saxophone [Tenor] - Abb Locke
14   Wang Dang Doodle (2:22) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Fred Below Guitar - Hubert Sumlin   Piano - Otis Spann
15   Back Door Man (2:47) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Fred Below  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin  Piano - Otis Spann
16   Spoonful (2:43)Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Fred Below  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin  Piano - Otis Spann
17   Down In The Bottom (2:33) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Sam Lay   Guitar - Howlin' Wolf , Hubert Sumlin ,
Jimmy Rogers  Piano - Johnny Jones
18   The Red Rooster (2:25)  Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Sam Lay  Guitar - Howlin' Wolf , Hubert Sumlin , Jimmy Rogers   Piano - Johnny Jones
19   I Ain't Superstitious (2:51) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Sam Lay  Guitar - Howlin' Wolf , Hubert Sumlin , Jimmy Rogers   Piano - Henry Gray
20   Goin' Down Slow (4:00) Bass - Willie Dixon  Drums - Sam Lay   Guitar - Howlin' Wolf , Hubert Sumlin , Jimmy Rogers  Piano - Henry Gray
21   300 Pounds Of Joy (3:05)Bass - Buddy Guy  Drums - Sam Lay  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin  Piano - Lafayette Leake   Saxophone [Baritone] - Donald Hankins   Saxophone [Tenor] - J. T. Brown
22   Killing Floor (2:49) Bass - Andrew McMahon (2)  Drums - Sam Lay  Guitar - Buddy Guy , Hubert Sumlin
  Piano - Lafayette Leake   Saxophone [Baritone] - Donald Hankins   Saxophone [Tenor] - Arnold Rogers
23   Dust In My Broom (2:54) Drums - Cassell Burrows  Guitar - Hubert Sumlin  Harmonica - Howlin' Wolf
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Eddie Shaw
24   Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road (5:49)Acoustic Guitar - Howlin' Wolf
25   The Red Rooster (5:55) Acoustic Guitar - Howlin' Wolf  Bass - Bill Wyman  Drums - Charlie Watts
  Guitar - Eric Clapton , Hubert Sumlin   Harmonica - Jeffrey M. Carp   Organ - Stevie Winwood
  Piano - Lafayette Leake

Notes:Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded in Memphis, Tennessee (1951)
Tracks 3 - 24 were recorded in Chicago, Illinois (1954-1967)
Track 25 was recorded in London. (7 May 1970)

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