Sunday 8 January 2012

Must Have Guitar Albums - The Best Of Howlin Wolf


At 6'6 and 21 stone its no wonder Howlin Wolf (Arthur Chester Burnette) had such a powerful voice and cut an imposing figure. Smokestack Lightning, Little Red Rooster and Spoonful are blues standards and his music a major influence on bands like the Rolling Stones.

Track listing

  1. "Moanin' at Midnight" (Chester Burnett) – 2:56
  2. "How Many More Years" (Willie Dixon) – 2:43
  3. "Evil (Is Going On)" (Burnett) – 2:55
  4. "Forty-Four" (Burnett) – 2:49
  5. "Smokestack Lightnin'" (Burnett) – 3:09
  6. "I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)" (Burnett) – 2:52
  7. "Who's Been Talkin'" (Burnett) – 2:24
  8. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Burnett) – 2:34
  9. "Howlin' for My Darlin'" (Burnett, Dixon) – 2:33
  10. "Wang Dang Doodle" (Dixon) – 2:25
  11. "Back Door Man" (Dixon) – 2:51
  12. "Spoonful" (Dixon) – 2:45
  13. "Shake for Me" (Dixon) – 2:18
  14. "The Red Rooster" (Dixon) – 2:29
  15. "I Ain't Superstitious" (Dixon) – 2:56
  16. "Goin' Down Slow" (James B. Oden) – 4:04
  17. "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" (Dixon) – 3:07
  18. "Hidden Charms" (Dixon) – 2:23
  19. "Built for Comfort" (Dixon) – 2:39
  20. "Killing Floor" (Burnett) – 2:49




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