Release Date: 11/25/2003
Recording Date: 11/2003
Tracks: 9
Label: Acrobat
Type: CD
- Genre/Styles
- Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues
Album Tracks (9)
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What the Critics Say
Rockin' the Blues Live in Germany 1964 is still one of the few essential unauthorized live performances by Howlin' Wolf to emerge. Unlike Chess Records' own Wolf concert disc, Live and Cookin' at Alice's, cut more than a half-decade later, there are no apologies or explanations needed here over the late date of the recording in his career. This is prime Chester Burnett at work, in his prime, and if Clifton James' drums aren't always recorded with quite enough presence, then Hubert Sumlin's lead guitar (and Wolf's harp and occasional guitar flourishes), Sunnyland Slim's piano, and Willie Dixon's bass are right there with Wolf's voice, up close and personal. Everyone concerned seems fully primed and energized by the size and enthusiasm of the audiences they found on this tour (as well as the money, more than ten times what they were used to seeing playing the same sets in the U.S.A., even if half of it was in the currency of whatever country they were in). This is not only a great set and a superb show, but the individual songs, including "Rockin' the Blues" and "All My Love," are among the most accessible in Wolf's repertory. Unlike most unauthorized concert documents of his work, this CD would be a great place for a person to start listening to the man. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
