finetune artist: Howlin' Wolf

Charles "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett's menacing, guttural vocals are among the blues' most distinctive sounds. His Chess recordings, including "Smokestack Lightning" and "Little Red Rooster," are landmarks which altered the flow of blues history and helped pave the way for rock 'n' roll. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Howlin' Wolf never really faded away (only to be rediscovered), but continued to tour constantly almost up until his death in 1976 of natural causes. Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Sonny Boy Williamson make up the Holy Trinity of Chicago blues, an electrified, mid-20th century urban genre that profoundly influenced the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and countless others.

Listen to Howlin' Wolf at Finetune.

(2007) The Definitive Collection
(2007) Change My Way
(2007) Live And Cookin' At Alice's Revisted
(2007) Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog: Chess Collectibles Volume 2
(2004) The Back Door Wolf
(2003) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Howlin' Wolf
(2003) The Howlin Wolf London Session
(2002) Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues
(1999) His Best, Vol.2
(1997) Howlin' Wolf: His Best -Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
(1996) Bluesmaster
(1991) The Chess Box - CD2
(1991) Muddy & the Wolf
(1991) The Chess Box CD1
(1991) The Chess Box
(1989) The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions
(1988) The Real Folk Blues
(1988) More Real Folk Blues
(1987) Moanin' In The Moonlight

Smokestack Lightnin'
Spoonful
Back Door Man
The Red Rooster
Killing Floor