Howlin' Wolf

[Phil B.]

Highway 49 (Live)

 

[Garrett]

Chester Arthur Burnett / Howlin` Wolf

June 10, 1910 / January 10, 1976

Howlin' Wolf Home Page



Moanin' At Midnight
How Many More Years
Evil
Forty Four
Smokestack Lightnin'
I Asked For Water
Who's Been Talkin'
Sitting On Top Of The World
Howlin' For My Darling
Wang dang doodle
Back Door Man
Spoonful
Shake for me
The Red Rooster
I Ain't Superstitious
Goin' Down Slow
Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
Hidden Charms
Built For Comfort
Killing Floor






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[Garrett]

The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions



Released August 1971
Recorded May 27, 1970 Olympic Sound Studios, London, England.

The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions is an album released in the summer of 1971 on Chess Records. It was one of the first of the super session Blues albums, setting a Blues master among famous musicians from the second generation of Rock and Roll, in this case Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman.

My Source: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions

All songs written by Chester Burnett, except as indicated.

Disk 1

1. "Rockin' Daddy" - 3:43 (recorded May 4, 1970)

Howlin' Wolf - Vocals
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Ian Stewart - Piano
Phil Upchurch - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

2. "I Ain't Superstitious" (Willie Dixon) - 3:34 (recorded May 2, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Steve Winwood - Piano
Klaus Voormann - Bass
Ringo Starr - Drums
Jordan Sandke - Trumpet
Dennis Lansing - Tenor Saxophone
Joe Miller - Baritone Saxophone
Bill Wyman - Cowbell

3. "Sittin' On Top Of The World" - 3:51[9] (recorded May 6, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Jeffrey Carp - Harmonica
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Lafayette Leake - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

4. "Worried About My Baby" - 2:55 (recorded May 7, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals and Harmonica
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Lafayette Leake - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

5. "What A Woman!" (James Oden) - 3:02 (recorded May 7, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Jeffery Carp - Harmonica
Sumlin Hubert - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Steve Winwood - Organ
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

6. "Poor Boy" - 3:04 (recorded May 4, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Jeffery Carp - Harmonica
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Steve Winwood - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

Disk 2

1. "Built For Comfort" (Dixon) - 2:08 (recorded May 7, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Ian Stewart - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums
Jordan Sandke - Trumpet
Lansing and Miller - Saxophones

2. "Who's Been Talking?" - 3:02 (recorded May 7, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals and Harmonica
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
John Simon - Piano
Steve Winwood - Organ
Bill Wyman - Bass and Shaker
Charlie Watts - Drums, Congas and Percussions

3. "The Red Rooster (Rehearsal)" - 1:58 (recorded May 7, 1970)

4. "The Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) - 3:47 (recorded May 7, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Lafayette Leake - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

5. "Do The Do" (Willie Dixon) - 2:18 (recorded May 6, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Ian Stewart - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass and Cowbell
Charlie Watts - Drums

6. "Highway 49" (Joe Lee Williams) - 2:45 (recorded May 6, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Jeffrey Carp - Harmonica
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Steve Winwood - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums

7. "Wang-Dang-Doodle" (Willie Dixon) - 3:27 (Recorded May 4, 1970)

Howlin` Wolf - Vocals
Jeffrey Carp - Harmonica
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Ian Stewart - Piano
Bill Wyman - Bass
Charlie Watts - Drums






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[Phil B.]

The Wolf explains what "The Blues" are all about..

How Many More Years

 

[Sunny]

Little Red Rooster is a song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1961 but I also really like the Rolling Stones version

 

[Phil B.]

I really like Big Momma Thorton's version, too.

 

[Phil B.]

now that we have derailed

haveya ever heard Sam Cooke sing it?...from Night Beat

 

[Phil B.]

Smokestack Lightnin' - Live

 

[Phil B.]

How Many More Years

 

[Phil B.]

Shake For Me