A monster of a man is how you can describe Howlin Wolf. He stood 6 feet 6 inches and close to 300 pounds. He certainly was a huge man with a huge voice. Wolf would scare fellow musicians with just a stare of an eye. Wolf learned the blues from possibly the man who created the delta blues alongside Son House, Charley Patton. Wolf would listen to Patton tear up juke joints in the woods of Mississippi. He later met Patton who taught him everything he knows. After he would play with Patton all over the delta.
In his early career Wolf would play with such blues muscians as Son House, Robert Johnson, Robert jr Lockwood and Honeyboy Edwards. At age 30 he was station in the US army but found that it wasnt the life for him and got discharged 2 years later.
I've picked Shake For Me as the song to best represent Howlin Wolfs career for the simple fact that he struck fear in the hearts of men with his growling voice and huge stature. He was feared by some but respected by millions. After his death Wolfs family had nothing and its said that Eric Clapton paid for his tombstone. It just shows the sense of family between fellow musicians. Enjoy the legendary and blues great Howlin Wolf.
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