2/16: Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin (1956)
One of my favorite songs of all time. I would love to hear what Wolf would say if he knew it was now in a Viagra commercial.
Artist: The White Stripes Title: 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy (Howlin' Wolf cover) - 2005-09-10 Link Text: 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy (Howlin Wolf cover) File Name: 300PoundsofHeavenlyJoy.mp3 Bitrate: 291 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Baby Blue (Gene Vincent cover) Link Text: Baby Blue (Gene Vincent cover) File Name: BabyBlue.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Black Jack Davey (Bob Dylan cover) - 2005-10-02 Link Text: Black Jack Davey (Traditional cover) File Name: BlackJackDavey.mp3 Bitrate: 217 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Boogie Chillen' - Tupelo Blues (John Lee Hooker cover) (2005-11-13) Link Text: Boogie Chillen (John Lee Hooker cover) File Name: BoogieChillen.mp3 Bitrate: 269 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Cool Drink Of Water Blues (Tommy Johnson cover) - 2005-06-24 Link Text: Cool Drink of Water Blues [snippet] (Tommy Johnson cover) File Name: CoolDrinkofWaterBlues.mp3 Bitrate: 251 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Five String Serenade (Mazzy Star cover) Link Text: Five String Serenade (Mazzy Star cover) File Name: FiveStringSerenade.mp3 Bitrate: 234 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Fixin' To Die Blues (Bob Dylan cover) (2005-11-14) Link Text: Fixin to Die Blues (Bob Dylan cover) File Name: FixintoDie.mp3 Bitrate: 257 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Folk Singer (Brendan Benson cover) - 2005-09-06 Link Text: Folk Singer (Brendan Benson cover) File Name: FolkSinger.mp3 Bitrate: 207 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash cover) (2005-11-13) Link Text: Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash cover) File Name: GetRhythm.mp3 Bitrate: 267 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Harrigan (George M. Cohan cover) - 2005-10-02 Link Text: Harrigan [snippet] (George M. Cohan cover) File Name: Harrigan.mp3 Bitrate: 209 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani) - 2005-07-03 Link Text: Hollaback Girl [snippet] (Gwen Stefani cover) File Name: HollabackGirl.mp3 Bitrate: 259 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: House Of The Rising Sun (Bob Dylan cover) - 2005-09-09 Link Text: House of the Rising Sun (Traditional cover) File Name: HouseoftheRisingSun.mp3 Bitrate: 264 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine (Patti Page cover) - 2005-09-09 Link Text: I Dont Care if the Sun Dont Shine (Patti Page cover) File Name: IDontCareiftheSunDontShine.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan cover) - 2005-08-15 Link Text: I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan cover) File Name: IThrewItAllAway.mp3 Bitrate: 218 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: I'm Sorry (Flat Duo Jets cover) - 2005-08-18 Link Text: Im Sorry (Flat Duo Jets cover) File Name: ImSorry.mp3 Bitrate: 262 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (Robert Johnson cover) Link Text: If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (Robert Johnson cover) File Name: IfIHadPossessionoverJudgementD ay.mp3 Bitrate: 249 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Jack On Fire (The Gun Club cover) (2005-09-21) Link Text: Jack on Fire (Gun Club cover) File Name: JackonFire.mp3 Bitrate: 277 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Jambalaya On The Bayou (Hank Williams cover) - 2005-09-22 Link Text: Jambalaya (On the Bayou) [snippet] (Hank Williams cover) File Name: Jambalaya.mp3 Bitrate: 291 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: John The Revelator (Son House) - 2005-08-24 Link Text: John the Revelator [snippet] (Son House cover) File Name: JohntheRevelator.mp3 Bitrate: 259 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover) - 2005-08-08 Link Text: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover) File Name: KeepYourLampsTrimmed.mp3 Bitrate: 255 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying (Blind Willie Johnson cover)- 2005-07-03 Link Text: Lord, I Just Cant Keep from Crying (Blind Willie Johnson cover) File Name: LordIJustCantKeepfromCrying.mp 3 Bitrate: 267 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Love Sick (Bob Dylan cover) - 2005-08-16 Link Text: Love Sick (Bob Dylan cover) File Name: LoveSick.mp3 Bitrate: 263 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Man (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover) - 2005-09-10 Link Text: Man (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover) File Name: Man.mp3 Bitrate: 265 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Music Man (M. Willson) - 2005-06-24 Link Text: Music Man [snippet] (Meredith Willson cover) File Name: TheMusicMan.mp3 Bitrate: 241 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Party Of Special Things To Do (Captain Beefheart cover) - 2005-10-01 Link Text: Party of Special Things to Do (Captain Beefheart cover) File Name: PartyofSpecialThingstoDo.mp3 Bitrate: 253 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Small Faces (Public Nuisance cover)- 2005-09-22 Link Text: Small Faces (Public Nuisance cover) File Name: SmallFaces.mp3 Bitrate: 278 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: St. James Infirmary Blues (J. Primrose) - Dyin' Crapshooters Blues - 2005-09-27 Link Text: St. James Infirmary Blues (Joe Primrose cover) File Name: StJamesInfirmaryBlues.mp3 Bitrate: 176 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Stones In My Passway (Robert Johnson cover) - 2005-10-01 Link Text: Stones in My Passway (Robert Johnson cover) File Name: StonesinMyPassway.mp3 Bitrate: 257 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Take A Whiff On Me (Traditional cover)- 2005-08-31 Link Text: Take a Whiff on Me [snippet] (Traditional cover) File Name: TakeaWhiffonMe.mp3 Bitrate: 170 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Walking With A Ghost (Tegan And Sara cover) - 2005-09-27 Link Text: Walking with a Ghost (Tegan and Sara cover) File Name: WalkingwithaGhost.mp3 Bitrate: 174 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Whispering Sea (Loretta Lynn cover) - 2005-07-03 Link Text: Whispering Sea (Loretta Lynn cover) File Name: WhisperingSea.mp3 Bitrate: 237 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: You Belong To Me (Ringo Starr cover) - 2005-09-22 Link Text: You Belong to Me (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart/Chilton Price cover) File Name: YouBelongtoMe.mp3 Bitrate: 277 kbps Year: 2005
Artist: The White Stripes Title: You Can't Get That Stuff No More (Tampa Red cover) - 2005-09-13 Link Text: You Cant Get that Stuff No More (Tampa Red cover) File Name: YouCantGetthatStuffNoMore.mp3 Bitrate: 271 kbps Year: 2005
Here's a little something by a friend of ours, Alex Martin. He's quite the fan of old blues and while on the phone yesterday we were discussing Bo Diddley. Anyway, he sent me a little selection of some of his favourites, so here they are. _____ I’ve always liked listening to original versions of songs made more famous by covers. All these songs have been made more famous by the likes of Rolling Stones, Hendrix and, err, Canned Heat. Oh and then there’s a gem from Ray Charles (a [...]
Link Text: Ray Charles - One Mint Julep File Name: 11-one-mint-julep.mp3 Bitrate: 236 kbps
Link Text: Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin Down Blues File Name: 25-stop-breakin-down-blues.mp3 Bitrate: 236 kbps
Artist: Bo Diddley Title: Bo Diddley Link Text: Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley File Name: 01-bo-diddley.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 1992
Artist: Henry Thomas Title: Bull Doze Blues Link Text: Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues File Name: 20-bull-doze-blues.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1928
Artist: Howlin' Wolf Title: Killing Floor Link Text: Howlin Wolf - Killing Floor File Name: 20-killing-floor.mp3 Year: 1997
After weeks of digging through new albums and songs for my year-end roundups , I've officially burnt myself out on pop music. Which means it's time to go back to the classics. Last night it was the psychedelic blues of The Howlin' Wolf on surprisingly pristine vinyl (thanks Dad). Today it's Jimmy Smith's The Cat . Smith, one of the all-time great organ players, helped popularize the Hammond electric with his astounding improvisatory style. This is certainly jazz music, but it burns with the wily and dexterous fervor of great rock and roll. [...]
Artist: Jimmy Smith Title: The Cat Link Text: "The Cat" File Name: 02 The Cat.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 1964
Howlin‘ Wolf : Spoonful [ purchase ] Here is my audacious statement of the week: Willie Dixon was as important to the classic sound of Chicago blues as Muddy Waters. That’s because you can’t look at the best work of any of the Chicago greats without finding a song that Willie Dixon wrote, and possibly produced. We heard Wang Dang Doodle here during nonsense week; that’s a Dixon tune. Willie Dixon became a house songwriter, producer, and studio musician, at Chess Records in the 1950s and early 60s. So just about [...]
Artist: Howlin' Wolf Title: Spoonful Link Text: Howlin Wolf: Spoonful File Name: 12 - Spoonful.mp3 Year: 2006
Continuing the feline theme for the night here's another from legendary blues man Howlin' Wolf. Howlin' Wolf - I'm The Wolf [320 kbit] The lyrics are great in this one, particularly the sinister ending: " Well I spend my money, trying to make you satisfied Well, I have spent my money darlin', tryin' to make you satisfied Well, the woman who took my money and took my home and, [...]
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Tonight I'll be working the door & floor at the Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters) where Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros will be playing. Heard 'em yet? They're making big splashes lately. Come catch them before they blow up. Peep the musica here . Big up to Vince's mom for showing me them last year. Good stuff. Show'll probably sell out 1st hour or so; I think they've already presold over 1000 tickets. God only knows what kind of hippie shenanigans I'll face tonight. Could be [...]
Yo, Ok, so here's how it is: Just because there's less oil from the BP spill floating around now doesn't mean that that shit is over. It's right around now that we're starting to feel the real effects of this great misdeed. Tourism - the unfortunate lifeblood of our fair city of New Orleans - is super low this fall - restaurants closin, less drinkin', Saints ain't doing so good - and it's trickling into the families. Less money = less food, poorer education for the kids. That's some fucked up shit. Let's help fix that [...]
Chester Arthur Burnett, mais conhecido por Howlin Wolf é um dos mais influentes bluesman do chamado electric blues. Wolf nasceu a 10 de Janeiro de 1910 em White Station, no Mississipi, perto de West Point. Na sua infância foi-lhe dada a alcunha Big Foot Chester e Bull Cow, devido ao seu tamanho. Em adulto, Wolf chegou a pesar mais de 130 quilos, e media 1,98 metros. A alcunha de Howlin Wolf foi-lhe atribuída devido ao facto de gostar de ouvir histórias sobre lobos, sobretudo as que o seu avô lhe contava. Muito cedo, Wolf foi viver com o [...]
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