One of the greatest pleasures of my life was seeing Howlin' Wolf perform....twice. The first time was at the Washington DC Blues Festival in 1968. I was 15 years old and had run away from home in NY to attend this incredible, star studded show show. The second time was after I hitchhiked two thousand miles, alone from San Francisco to the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1970, at age 17. I took amazing photos of him. Even at this very early age, I knew what my priorities were
Man you are a solid fan. What's your favorite. Mine is the London Sessions an where he teaches the great ones his licks on Red Roster fllowed by Red Roster.
I've noticed how no one here seems to give him credit for being a very fine guitarist and blues harpist....he was a one man band of the highest caliber. Listen to his slide playing. Masterful.
He had a second guitar player doing most of the slide and lead stuff, he's adding rhythm and more detail in the bass notes of the guitar. He knew his stuff
@@JJFrostMusic Yes, that's true but his own playing was superb. Just watch him in some of the videos on youtube. That is some mighty fine playing, both guitar and harp.
I was lucky to attend a Howlin' Wolf show in 1972 in a blues club on Stanley Street Montreal. I had just turned 18 and that was the drinking age back then and gave access to clubs. I was a Cream fan and heard all about some of the blues great. I remember his being a rather tall man - I still remember some loud teenagers making noise and he shut them up with one glance.
That horn dude - and all the horn dudes on these recordings - so elegantly understate themsleves - unobstrusive - you barely notice they are there in spite of their instrument which has the power to cut through - yet they provide so much support. Love the horn dude in this.
There's no argument. If you know The Blues, there is no one more powerful or electrifying. Enjoy his genius. His pure authenticity will NEVER be matched. HE IS THE BLUES. We can only learn and share his message.
Bc most of today's generation, doesn't want to hear it. They want their own sound, like every other generation. I don't care for it at all, that's why I'm here listening to Wolf. 🤷🏾♀️
This video conveys the purist form of Howlin' Wolf. In the studio, screaming into the mic, playing the guitar with his slide. Working man's blues. This song always seems to come up at last call, and makes me feel like pourin one more for the Wolf. 🥃
never heard of him till tonight. Im 48 thats . I went to collage to study classical at 17 at Sandhill community collage in NC. I Know Joe Satriani, BB King this is the old ODB of yesterday.
Doc Martin The reference is to the members of Howlin’ Wolf’s bands, whom he paid well, on time, and whose unemployment insurance and social security he covered. If you’re gonna call someone “stupid” you should be sure you have a clue what you’re talking about.
The 'wolf' was one of a kind. Real blues man. Love this guy. What a talented man during 'Jim Crow' times. Proof that music has no boundaries. You cannot supress talent !!!
@@deltaalfa3521 Not intelligent ? Jim Crow started with the indians, the 'real americans'. They called it relocation. They had songs also.Our black ancestors sang the blues in their native tongues aboard the slave ships . They made musical instruments out of gourds in Africa before they became captives. The blues is misery music. What could be more miserable than being a captive, chained like dogs, aboard a slave ship. They moaned and groaned out rhythmic songs on the 'white man's' cruise ship. It wasn't the 'good ship' lollipop either.
This transports me back to my 1960's childhood memories. The times were hard for us black peoples but the music was awesome. Music soothes the rough edges of life in every Era. RIP BLACK Mississippi soul brother howling wolf 🐺.
I am black and lived in Korea Town as a teen and into my twenties.a Korean man said to me, we listen to these sad song not because we are depressed but because we miss our home land. That is the same way we listen to the blues , it’s something we can identify with. We listen for strength and encouragement.
From the early days of R&B, a fine guitarist and harp player, some of the finest , raw blues music, Howling Wolf was a legendary Bluesman, rest in peace
Use to hear my DADDY AND MAMA EXPLAINING THESE SONGS TO ALL OF US WHEN WE GOT OLDER ANUFF TO UNDERSTAND WE WOULD BE IN SHOCK AND OOOHHH THEY WOULD BE LAUGHING UNTIL THEY CRIED😁😁😁😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭🙏🏿😇🙏🏿😇🙏🏿😭😭😭😂😂😂🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰😘😍🤯🤯🤯😳😳🤭🤭😬😬🤐😟🤔🤔✊🏿✊🏿!!!
They really need to make a movie about him. He led such a remarkable life, and he cemented himself as one of the greatest blues musicians that ever lived.
Is it any wonder Wolf was good? Before he was 30, he learned guitar from Charlie Patton, Son House, and Willie Brown and harmonica from Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also played with Robert Johnson and pretty much everybody else who was playing and traveling through the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta in the 1930s. He was there at the birth of the blues, in other words. And in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was present at the birth of electric blues and rock 'n' roll in West Memphis and Chicago.
I love the sound that he was able to tease out of that guitar.....Not the only old bluesman to be able to do it of course...But in listening to these old school bluesmen I'm always mystified by the color of the sound they were able to produce....It's no wonder so many later musicians desperately attempted to achieve something that was similar....In some instances it's quite good, but I can't think of an artist who really was/is able to carry that haunting original blues sound....
Listen to him on Smoke Stack Lightning.... This man is actually melodically howling on the record. It's beautiful.... I love this guy music, way too much judging from my username lol
The most powerful singing voice I might have ever heard. And a damn good guitarist and harpist too! I got a poster of him on my wall for my birthday, he inspires me so much.
Blues HEAVEN, the greatest blues voice ever !!!! , still treasure my 1972 memories, when (on a' fantastic musiscal road trip...) I had the privilege sharing his 'birthday' in The famous Blue Flame. What a great show/memory, this is/was...!
No words. Wow. The Wolf once again has left me completely speechless. He said it all! I hope every addict or anyone wrestling with demons gets to hear this important message. Thank you Chester. We love you!
Hey! Y'all sure got that right!! I saw Wolf in 1972 at this little club and the hair on the back of my head stood up. He looked at me for a moment and I was scared. He had harnessed some kinda power.
The wolf man will always be the number one blues man in my book 🫡❤ I was raised by a single mother and her two brothers in the 50's thru out the house day and night the blues man cometh
I love the voice. The music. So much power !!This is Timeless! Thank you! I know life must not have been easy in ur time, but look what U created . Thanks 🙏🏽
Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes Well, I'll come out the window, I won't have time to lose. When you see me streaking by, please don't be late When you see me streaking by, please don't be late Well, when you see me moving, though my life is at stake Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by She got a bad old man, you know I'm too young to die I got to leave here. Get caught in there
First heard “Meet me in the bottom” (sic) played by the Rolling Stones on Saturday Club in the early 1960’s. It got me hooked on the greatest rock and roll band in the world. A great pity that the Stones never released it on record, but it can still be viewed on RUclips.
So did anyone else notice the card that was held up at the end of the video that said "2-14"?? Haha talk about the perfect song for a valentine's day show at the local juke joint 🤣👍
Such an influence on every young British guitar player. Who then took black blues to the USA the irony of it all. A pioneer and a star Keefs source of riff material.
" Black Blues" was already here, it's the root of Black American culture since slavery. They just took it repackaged & popularized it for a white audience.
One of the greatest pleasures of my life was seeing Howlin' Wolf perform....twice. The first time was at the Washington DC Blues Festival in 1968. I was 15 years old and had run away from home in NY to attend this incredible, star studded show show. The second time was after I hitchhiked two thousand miles, alone from San Francisco to the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1970, at age 17. I took amazing photos of him. Even at this very early age, I knew what my priorities were
Sounds like quite the adventure sir wish I could have been there too.
I don't even his kid would have done that ! Lol ! Sounds like fun . Big ups
Man you are a solid fan. What's your favorite. Mine is the London Sessions an where he teaches the great ones his licks on Red Roster fllowed by Red Roster.
Lucky dog 😮
Hi Gary, I think I'm not the only one that would love to see your photos ! Cheers
It doesn’t matter how much different music I listen to, I always come back to Howlin’ Wolf.
Amen
Same here. Incredible
yes
I relate to that. I started with Ronnie James Dio.
You have excellent taste!
I've noticed how no one here seems to give him credit for being a very fine guitarist and blues harpist....he was a one man band of the highest caliber. Listen to his slide playing. Masterful.
No, props for sure .. I think ppl are just speechless
He had a second guitar player doing most of the slide and lead stuff, he's adding rhythm and more detail in the bass notes of the guitar. He knew his stuff
@@JJFrostMusic Yes, that's true but his own playing was superb. Just watch him in some of the videos on youtube. That is some mighty fine playing, both guitar and harp.
@@jamesmcauslan6758 your right, he knows his guitar
People are often smarter than with think. Walter Jamison Bolton, MS.
Bob dylan recently said howlin wolf was the greatest live act hes ever witnessed, so I figured I'd check him out. Badass music. What a voice!
Jim Morrison's favorite bluesman, too.
And he could play the slide guitar like nobody's business!!!💚
Check out Smokestack Lightning live in '64 & How Many More Years live in '65 on Shindig tv show w/ Rolling Stones.
Bob who?
Doesn't get any better than this
Howling Wolf. Can't get more authentic and powerful. The Great One.
👏👏👏👏hear hear.
Howlin' Wolf is the best name for an artist EVER tought of!!!
Undisputed stands alone
It really is
Most "musicians" couldn't shine this man's shoe's , he's as fine as it gets.🎶🎸🎵🎶💯
Muddy Waters isn't too bad either .
Yes it is, the name alone pulls you in!
Sam Phillips said it best: “When I heard Howlin Wolf I said:’this is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies’”.
Howlin Wolf GOAT.
Brenda Shaw
Love his style and dedication, best blues front man and band.
Simply the. Best!
@@brendashaw6786 him and lightnin hopkins are thee goats of blues. No one else comes close to them. They are the blues
Yeah. Try this on.
May we all feel as such.
I was lucky to attend a Howlin' Wolf show in 1972 in a blues club on Stanley Street Montreal. I had just turned 18 and that was the drinking age back then and gave access to clubs. I was a Cream fan and heard all about some of the blues great. I remember his being a rather tall man - I still remember some loud teenagers making noise and he shut them up with one glance.
That horn dude - and all the horn dudes on these recordings - so elegantly understate themsleves - unobstrusive - you barely notice they are there in spite of their instrument which has the power to cut through - yet they provide so much support. Love the horn dude in this.
great point!
Quietly enhancing the song
👍
Incredible!!gods alives!!!!!!
The Horn Dude knew not to Upstage Howlin Wolf.
Howlin Wolf Didn't Play !!
Look at how broad his shoulders were.
When he gets into his songs I do believe he goes into a blues trance. He's in another world. Best ever.
I dig the way he could adjust his glasses, even take them off, and never miss a guitar lick. He was and is total commitment to his music personified!
He's an original blues man. He lived it.
Possibly the most electrifying performer in Blues history! Beyond magnificent!!
There's no argument. If you know The Blues, there is no one more powerful or electrifying. Enjoy his genius. His pure authenticity will NEVER be matched. HE IS THE BLUES. We can only learn and share his message.
It does not get any better than this. That voice moves my soul !
There’s nothing like this anymore these day. The man was amazing as a musician.
Why can't singers sound like this today....Absolutely mesmerizing!~!
What, you don't like talent-less singers corrected by autotune? LOL! Yeah, I feel ya!
@@systemsoversymptomsvisionw9806 Lol Exactky!!!
A few years ago George Ezra was being compared to Lead Belly! Sounds nothing like him. Industry bosses have gone tone deaf
Bc most of today's generation, doesn't want to hear it. They want their own sound, like every other generation. I don't care for it at all, that's why I'm here listening to Wolf. 🤷🏾♀️
That's a man who's mother Literally disowned him for playing the devil's music... We don't make singers like that no more.
I listen to a wild array of music but I always come back to Howlin' Wolf.
This video conveys the purist form of Howlin' Wolf. In the studio, screaming into the mic, playing the guitar with his slide. Working man's blues. This song always seems to come up at last call, and makes me feel like pourin one more for the Wolf. 🥃
Bring me my running shoes! The we fleas a baaaaaad mayne !
Love the sax player, adds a very nuanced and important aspect to this amazing blues song. This was a jam session, and a damn good one,
He was a beautiful man, that could sing. No one was going to mop the floor with the Wolf. RIP
He was a tail dragger.
@@johnking7008He broke a lot of white girls' hearts
@@felipejose8834 *Oh... he broke more than their **_hearts_** you know...*
@@johnking7008you still at it, huh john
@@user-ff1ez5sy5h ..Oh, yeah, The Wolf was a "Tail Dragger". He had to put on his running shoes to get out the window before the husband got back.
Love when he fixes his glasses a couple times and then just ditches them and goes into it heavier. A great bluesman
Yeah, you noticed that! 'and goes into it heavier'...I like that!! Who are you? I like you. It's like when Albert King asks ''where you live''?
" she got a bad old man, I'm too young to die, every time I hear that it cracks me the fuck up😂😂😂😂 Howling Wolf was pure genius...
"Shes hot like red pepper, sweet like cherry wine..."
Wolf was well respected as a business man also. He knew how to run the business side of the profession, always paid his musicians.
Nobody was allowed to party tell after there performances, wolf would even buy them drinks.
Musical Genius!! also paid for his employees health insurance and pension, this was back in the 1950.s !!!
never heard of him till tonight. Im 48 thats . I went to collage to study classical at 17 at Sandhill community collage in NC. I Know Joe Satriani, BB King this is the old ODB of yesterday.
He had no employees, Stupid.
Doc Martin The reference is to the members of Howlin’ Wolf’s bands, whom he paid well, on time, and whose unemployment insurance and social security he covered. If you’re gonna call someone “stupid” you should be sure you have a clue what you’re talking about.
pinkville
Well played
He did pay his employees and with benefits he paid a union due true working class musician.
The 'wolf' was one of a kind. Real blues man. Love this guy. What a talented man during 'Jim Crow' times. Proof that music has no boundaries. You cannot supress talent !!!
😆
Yeah. You’re not intelligent at all. It was Jim Crow that created this amazing BLACK MUSIC
@@deltaalfa3521 Not intelligent ? Jim Crow started with the indians, the 'real americans'. They called it relocation. They had songs also.Our black ancestors sang the blues in their native tongues aboard the slave ships . They made musical instruments out of gourds in Africa before they became captives. The blues is misery music. What could be more miserable than being a captive, chained like dogs, aboard a slave ship. They moaned and groaned out rhythmic songs on the 'white man's' cruise ship. It wasn't the 'good ship' lollipop either.
@@deltaalfa3521 and years of slavery you're not gonna think about that, and he's the dumb one 👀
.@@the2ndcoming135
The understated saxophone here is awesome too
This transports me back to my 1960's childhood memories. The times were hard for us black peoples but the music was awesome. Music soothes the rough edges of life in every Era. RIP BLACK Mississippi soul brother howling wolf 🐺.
I am black and lived in Korea Town as a teen and into my twenties.a Korean man said to me, we listen to these sad song not because we are depressed but because we miss our home land. That is the same way we listen to the blues , it’s something we can identify with. We listen for strength and encouragement.
I am a French Canadian Jew and I love the blues. Cheers gentlemen.
Wolf, a FORCE of Nature
I. Could listen to this all night. Or all day.
The incredible Hubert Sumlin playing the second guitar off camera, what a team.
I love the saxophone in this, every time I hear it, fattening out that relentless groove.
I knew I couldn't be the only one
Yes… I agreed
I" love " that slide,though.😎
makes it unique
That sax player knew he was blessed just to be there with this blues master. Paying his dues as he adds a nice rhythmic fill.
That voice.......😳
Like a couple yards of gravel gettin dumped right into your soul, ain't it great? 🔥🎶🎸🏆
From the early days of R&B, a fine guitarist and harp player, some of the finest , raw blues music, Howling Wolf was a legendary Bluesman, rest in peace
I love the sax player's restraint.
Use to hear my DADDY AND MAMA EXPLAINING THESE SONGS TO ALL OF US WHEN WE GOT OLDER ANUFF TO UNDERSTAND WE WOULD BE IN SHOCK AND OOOHHH THEY WOULD BE LAUGHING UNTIL THEY CRIED😁😁😁😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭🙏🏿😇🙏🏿😇🙏🏿😭😭😭😂😂😂🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰😘😍🤯🤯🤯😳😳🤭🤭😬😬🤐😟🤔🤔✊🏿✊🏿!!!
I respect this man for taking the time in his breaks at gigs to study music theory... and continue improving himself
This guy’s music is everything
They really need to make a movie about him. He led such a remarkable life, and he cemented himself as one of the greatest blues musicians that ever lived.
Is it any wonder Wolf was good? Before he was 30, he learned guitar from Charlie Patton, Son House, and Willie Brown and harmonica from Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also played with Robert Johnson and pretty much everybody else who was playing and traveling through the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta in the 1930s. He was there at the birth of the blues, in other words. And in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was present at the birth of electric blues and rock 'n' roll in West Memphis and Chicago.
its sun house talking in the back ground at the start. u can see most of this show. son talking the whole time he seems pretty lit
Oh, yes. He had a pedigree unmatched by anyone else...refreshing to read this. Thank you for mentioning this to people who may not know.
Wolf in his element. Slide guitar, full band, in the groove.
Wolf is BAD ASS!!! I love this guy
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he's my favorite influencer by far.
Love Howlin wolf, He was a real Blues man!💜💜
I love the sound that he was able to tease out of that guitar.....Not the only old bluesman to be able to do it of course...But in listening to these old school bluesmen I'm always mystified by the color of the sound they were able to produce....It's no wonder so many later musicians desperately attempted to achieve something that was similar....In some instances it's quite good, but I can't think of an artist who really was/is able to carry that haunting original blues sound....
I'm so glad they tried, though!
I love Howlin Wolf... yess
We went from amazing stuff like this to the c-rap of today. God help us...
Look harder, simba
Listen to him on Smoke Stack Lightning.... This man is actually melodically howling on the record. It's beautiful.... I love this guy music, way too much judging from my username lol
Good call mate, true blues all the way through... Love it.
Saw Howlin' Wolf in early '70's at a place called The Alternate Site in Milwaukee WI. Memories ☮️♥️
wow
The most powerful singing voice I might have ever heard. And a damn good guitarist and harpist too! I got a poster of him on my wall for my birthday, he inspires me so much.
I grew up with this music....
Blues HEAVEN, the greatest blues voice ever !!!! , still treasure my 1972 memories, when (on a' fantastic musiscal road trip...) I had the privilege sharing his 'birthday' in The famous Blue Flame. What a great show/memory, this is/was...!
Thank goodness for these little drops of treasure from the past.
One of the greatest of all time I'm just in my 50's and I found something that is real
Howlin Wolf......greatest bluesman ever ! R.I.P
No words. Wow. The Wolf once again has left me completely speechless. He said it all! I hope every addict or anyone wrestling with demons gets to hear this important message. Thank you Chester. We love you!
Am proud someone still listening to this u r a legend
A dude making time with another's woman has to cut out before he gets caught. Hence, running shoes.
That saxophone sound good with playing that lead guitar
What a voice man,
God bless for this.
Can't get enough!!
Fantastic, the groove is impeccable and I love the hanging bar. never tire of listening to this man.
Like Mr. James Macaulsen says, is true about Howlin' Wolf, because he ain't lyin'!
Hey! Y'all sure got that right!! I saw Wolf in 1972 at this little club and the hair on the back of my head stood up. He looked at me for a moment and I was scared. He had harnessed some kinda power.
Artist with the most badass voice ever.. period!
The wolf man will always be the number one blues man in my book 🫡❤ I was raised by a single mother and her two brothers in the 50's thru out the house day and night the blues man cometh
Pure unbridled talent.
❤don’t forget to pass the blues on to your kids and family and friends for the future xxx
Love him live video
One “like” is just not enough! What a talent!
a hero to me
You and I both 💪🏿💪🏿
Barking at the moon doesn't work no matter how many times I try.
Thank you for the music
As pure as it gets. A real god.
One of the greatest.....
He's one of the Greatest
Pure genius, true creatives understand this man.
His touch and sense of rhythm is uncanny
Nothing compares to this today unless you travel down south ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Yes, blues are still played and enjoyed in the south, but it's not like THIS....we will never see the likes of this man again...
Love this ,, AND the lad on the Sax is so good too !!
Every Southern born white boy rock n roller heard this and ate it up !! It became,,, SOUTHERN ROCK YA !!
Sun Studios Lord he was such a talent & a great man. Stories from his girls will melt your heart. Yo go Wolf. 🎶🎵🎼🎸🎙
He is one of the best guitarist ever
I love the voice. The music. So much power !!This is Timeless! Thank you! I know life must not have been easy in ur time, but look what U created . Thanks 🙏🏽
Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes
Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes
Well, I'll come out the window, I won't have time to lose.
When you see me streaking by, please don't be late
When you see me streaking by, please don't be late
Well, when you see me moving, though my life is at stake
Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by
Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by
She got a bad old man, you know I'm too young to die
I got to leave here. Get caught in there
Man,, he could play... hell yeah
First heard “Meet me in the bottom” (sic) played by the Rolling Stones on Saturday Club in the early 1960’s. It got me hooked on the greatest rock and roll band in the world. A great pity that the Stones never released it on record, but it can still be viewed on RUclips.
Most don't know know BLUES made a baby, and her Rock n' Roll. These old school blues is grown mind people music.
The Wolf is the GOAT.
Man Wolf could really get it. Go ahead sir!
So did anyone else notice the card that was held up at the end of the video that said "2-14"??
Haha talk about the perfect song for a valentine's day show at the local juke joint 🤣👍
Howlin’ Wolf ! ❤️
Masterful performance
The greatest blues singer of all time. No question. Great song too!
That saxophone player deserves his flowers for this performance. Funky!!!!! 🌼☀️👑☀️🌼
WHO is he? J.T. Brown?
him running while sitting singing will always get me going
The LEGENDARY Mr Howlin Wolf
I wonder if Wolfman Jack took his name and voice from Howlin Wolf
That was amazing. Maybe the most important man in modern music.
Such an influence on every young British guitar player. Who then took black blues to the USA the irony of it all. A pioneer and a star Keefs source of riff material.
" Black Blues" was already here, it's the root of Black American culture since slavery.
They just took it repackaged & popularized it for a white audience.
@@anuncolonizedmind6296 - you’re so insecure you can’t even see a compliment when it’s staring you in the face……”uncolonised” lol the irony
@@Conda17 What on earth are you talking about?
@@jamesmcauslan6758 could you tell me what the person said who i was replying to?
Howling wolf.. one of my favourite blues musicians and singers of all.. salutes to u Mighty from AOTEAROA SFSH
genius.........this is a gem
There's a boatload of these blues guys
so goddamn good......
Mississippi Delta blues. Best musicians and music ever.
Good stuff, raw in your face blues.
Damn we are soo lucky someone filmed this