Born: West Point, MS, 1910
Influenced by: Charley Patton, Tommy Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sonny Boy Williamson
Genre: R & B
Biography: In the history of the blues, there has never been anyone quite like the Howlin' Wolf. Six foot three and close to 300 pounds ...
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Feb 28 2008 12:00PM
by Spinner Staff
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, The Hit List
Spinner: Born: Chester Arthur Burnett What's in a Name: Named for the 21st president, enormous young Chester was called "Bull Cow" before he became Howlin' Wolf, which came from a grandfather who liked to scare the boy with tales of wolves who would come ... Read more
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
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06/26/09
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06/25/09
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06/24/09
Jim Beal Jr.: As if it weren't hot enough already With a couple kinds of "pure San Anton...
San Antonio Express-News - San Antonio TX
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06/21/09
Bass player's 'Improvisation' is fabulously unpredictable Bassist Charnett Moffett evide...
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06/12/09
TOP-SHELF TALENT: BLUENOTES The recently opened Langosta Lounge, cate-corner from the St...
Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ
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06/04/09
Soundboard blog: Blues queen Koko Taylor dead at 80 "The blacks, they don't wanna sing b...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL
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06/02/09
Rooster's 'Fat Laddie' Hutcherson rocked the bay through the '70s In the early 1970s, a ...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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06/01/09
Music: Random Rules: David Johansen David Johansen, the New York rock legend who formed...
The A.V. Club
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05/17/09
Most of Buddy Guy's music belongs in a 'best' collection It's a bit of a stretch to look...
The Blade - Toledo OH
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05/13/09
Critic's pick: Steve Earle Among the many tales told about Townes Van Zandt was a yarn r...
Lexington Herald-Leader - Lexington KY
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04/04/09
Calvin Newborn: His life is a blues song Check out Flying Calvin in his natty suit, rear...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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04/02/09
This weekend it's Springing the Blues at the beach It doesn't seem like they ought to go...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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04/01/09
Reviews:Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears Through all of the watered down trite on so m...
Filter Magazine
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03/27/09
Dylan cultivates his roots on upcoming release He has made more albums than America has ...
News Sentinel - Knoxville TN
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03/19/09
St. Petersburg fest has blues on the waterfront The Saturday headliner at this year's T...
Herald-Tribune - Sarasota FL
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03/16/09
LISTENING STATION: Honeybears shout retro blues, funk With the music world descending on...
The Washington Post - Washington DC
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03/13/09
Philanthropist Leonore Annenberg, widow of publisher, dies at 91 Leonore Annenberg, who ...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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03/05/09
Beale Street Music Festival lineup includes Al Green, Steve Miller, Bonnie Raitt, Fall Out Boy
The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN
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03/02/09
Few performers can keep up with Tom Jones T om Jones is one elder statesman who will ne...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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02/24/09
Singer Gilbert gets inspiration from Raffi and Prince Singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert ma...
The Capital Times - Madison WI
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02/22/09
Good road map to early rock This is the mother lode of rock and roll and pop captured on...
The Blade - Toledo OH
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02/13/09
Buddy Guy still plugged in "Blues cats don't retire, they just drop," said Buddy Guy.
The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY
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02/12/09
Night After Night, Feb. 13, 2009 Delbert McClinton, Clay McClinton at Gruene Hall If you...
San Antonio Express-News - San Antonio TX
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02/11/09
BUDDY GUY COLORS HIS LEGACY IN BLUES Looking forward to watching B.B. King on his curr...
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
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02/08/09
Best entertainment bets for Feb. 8-12 The Guthrie's take on one of Shakespeare's early c...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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02/05/09
Blues Brothers' musical mission coming to Atlanta Yet Aykroyd continues the act's self-p...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Atlanta GA
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02/01/09
Buddy Guy colors his legacy in blues "I got 'em on mine," he says in an early morning ph...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL
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01/29/09
Piano rules at Monroe blues fest There are 88 black and white reasons to attend this yea...
The Blade - Toledo OH
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01/23/09
Best entertainment bets for Jan. 23-29 Well, it's an acronym for "historically informed ...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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06/23/09
Music Review: Johnnie Bassett – The Gentleman Is Back Blues comes in many shades, from t...
Blogcritics.org Music
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06/20/09
Music Review: Eddie C Campbell - Tear This World Up Usually when someone says something ...
Blogcritics.org Music
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06/05/09
Queen of the Blues – Koko Taylor Passes Away "Blues is my life," Grammy Award-winning bl...
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04/11/09
Book Review: Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by Ted Gioia
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02/18/09
Music Review: Howlin' Wolf - Rockin' the Blues Live in Germany 1964, B.B. King And His Orchestra - Live
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02/18/09
Music Review: Howlin' Wolf - Rockin' the Blues Live in Germany 1964, B.B. King And His Orchestra - Live: The Blues As We Define It
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02/15/09
The Annual UMiss Blues Symposium Approaches The Annual UMiss Blues Symposium is the "mus...
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12/19/08
Music DVD Review: Down The Tracks: The Music That Influenced Led Zeppelin Down The Trac...
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