Re: [Harp-L] Howling Wolf

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe and Cass Leone wrote:
> Anyone see the 90 min. profile on Howling (upper premium channel #168)? 
> While predominately known as a singer/guit. player, he also did some 
> harp. Supposedly being very big in the Chicago area in the late 40s to 
> early 60s, I never followed him at the time because I was in "Blue Note" 
> mode. Besides, he had a voice roughly equivalent to chalk screeching on 
> a blackboard. I felt this was roughly analogous to having long hatpins 
> stabbed into my ear drums. :)
>
>  formerly known as smo-joe
>
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Wolf was a much better harp player than guitarist. He had some great 
guitarists in his band including Willie Johnson and Hubert Sumlin. 
He's one of my all time favorite singers.  It wasn't an acquired taste 
for me--more like love at first hearing. IMHO he had one of the top 5 
amplified blues tones.

There's a dvd bio that's been out for a year or so that has some 
priceless film of him and other Chicago players.


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