My father has azheimer, but when I played this and asked him who the artist was singing, He replied, hollering wolf. i grew up listening to him . He started to sing and dance . Music real music goes wayyy back 🔥
raised in absolute poverty but as an adult got his GED and took some business and accounting classes in college to better manage his career. hell of a smart guy.
Too bad other blues artists didn't follow his example. It was so tragic how shysters stole their songs, exploited and cheated them. Many died in poverty as a result.
@Bullets in Bacon Grease Well, aside from the story of Led Zeppelin, which has been repeated too often to go into here, I suspect what Randall was talking about is the way that record companies cheated these bluesmen out of almost every penny they earned. And if you think that didn't happen, it was certainly still common up through the seventies, and probably still is.
I watched 2 sets of The Wolf's show at Paul's Mall in Boston waiting to hear Smokestack Lightning but when I asked the band about it they said the Wold was done for the night. I went over and told the Wolf I'd been waiting since 1960 in Mississippi to see him sing that song live. He said, "Son, you waited long enough " and got back up on the stage and dedicated the song to me. He asked me to stay at his table and have a drink with him! What a great guy and a great musician!
I’m almost 71, I love introducing all sorts of music to my two grandchildren. Granddaughter turned 9 yesterday, grandson is 7, they love to boogie, but also love inspirational music, like Michelle McLaughlin while swing in the swing looking up at the giant Redwood trees where I live.🌲⛰
@@kevinchamberlain7928 I believe that there is only ONE God in this universe. Perhaps the God of all faiths, but it’s a little early to get into a theological discussion. I also believe his son, Jesus, paid for my sins and has given me over 3 decades of sobriety from crack/ alcohol. Amen!🙏
The actor who played "The Wolf" in the movie Cadillac Records should have won an ACADEMY AWARD, because his characterization was MAGNiFICENT!!! He really captured this unique and powerful man!!
Yeah but instead they nominated Beyoncé and the the other guy who hated in him the entire movie, that same actor is in Chicago PD. His characterization is almost better than the real howling wolf.
Allegedly, when he was a poor sharecropper, he would hook himself to the plow he was so strong. Taught himself to read after he started to become successful. And didn't tolerate his band being drunk at gigs.
Rock music was youth music but hard blues like this is for all ages. I'm pushing 70 myself. I first heard the Wolf when I was kid. Loved him then. Love him now. Just stopped by for another fix. This clip is great! The 1964 English audience got introduced to something powerful! They seem to know it too!
Danial M I can’t simply take pride in an artist because I share their skin tone because I’ve grown up thinking it never really mattered. I would never say “I love Bob Dylan, he makes me proud to be a white man” because I’ve truly never thought it. I just like his music. My skin color matters as much as yours when it comes to enjoying music... it doesn’t.
I'm a 46 year old black man and it's 2021 and I knew these kind of men. You didn't play around with them. Fearless men who grew up around so much murder that it's hard to fathom. Men like my grandfather. They carried around enormous pain. Every once in a while they'd forget themselves and tell you about their friend who was lynched when they were a teenager. Or they'd tell you about their sister who was raped by a white sheriff. Then they'd catch themselves and end the story as quickly as it started. They didn't want to pass along that pain to you. But you knew they'd kill a man if they hadn't already because that was survival. Hard drinking. Hard fighting. Women. And running from God. The way he's singing... that's church. That's gospel music stuff. We'd sing like that at church for an hour or two straight.
Facts bro I’m 37 grew up in Mississippi Wolf kinda reminds me of my grandfather and your right about the pain those men had to deal with especially men of that stature and size back then was a immediate target I remember he told me a story one time he was walking to the store and in the front laid out was a dead black man shot to death
Yes, he reminds me of my great grandfather who used to tell us about growing up in Texas. He had to leave because a white man grabbed his girlfriend's butt and he said he was sick of white men just doing whatever they wanted to black women, especially right in his face he felt like they were trying him like ain't a damn thing that he could do or say. But he beat the white man almost to death so he left, the girlfriend was afraid to leave Texas. He went to Chicago!
Brother you told the truth that time. You just spoke about my great grandpa on my dad's side and grandpa and uncle's on my mom's. Gotta love middle and south Georgia!
There's a story that Howlin Wolf sometimes had to pull over and beat up his own band. Most managers I tell that to said "Sometimes thats what you had to do". But apparantly he paid very well to his musicians. But anybody in that world knows musicians can be pretty messed up people. Mick Jagger pretty much ripped off his whole visual act. Apparantly nobody gave a show like howlin wolf, except maybe screaming jay:)
I feel almost ashamed that at 53 years old, this is the first I’ve seen of this clip. All of our British heroes looked up to this guy. He was responsible for SO much. My homework never ends on these legendary blues figures.
@@michaelsmith2412 it definitely is me too moment I'm not really ashamed i just expressed it like this way I always act like a old man because sometimes in my head I feel like a old man don't get me wrong here I'm young and muscular also healthy but I love to be myself not what other people want to expect from me
The immortal and oft-robbed genius, Mr. Willie Dixon on bass. Why settle for imitation when the genuine article is available? These men were giants who faced oppression, repression, and terrorism and created beautiful and powerful art to attest to their struggles and survival. We should be humbled.
"Moaning at Midnight" is a biography that is a must-read--what a story. Wolf lived the blues, its joys, and definitely the sadnesses. He is an architect of rock and will never be displaced.
I’m 27 years old… my grandfather used to play his music along with other artists. My grandfather passed when I was 12 yet I still listen to the oldies. ❤❤❤ love me some Howlin Wolf!
So did my grandfather and father. On Saturdays and sometimes Sundays, our house was full of great blues songs. Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters were the favorites. My dad was also a guitar player, and at times, we would gather/sit around his feet while he played their songs. Brings back so many good memories. I still have their records, reels, eight tracks, and C.D.s. Sometimes, when I'm listening, a memory will fall in the form of a single teardrop.
I saw Arthur Chester Burnette about live about 2 months before he passed over - in a classy purpose built 1,500 seat auditorium. It was amazing how his presence filled that room. A national treasure.
Growing up in the city with 5 brothers an sisters as a poor family but when my dad cranked that blues on the stereo, I was a rich man an ruler of all kingdoms.
You weren't poor but rich awaiting. Music would then fast foward the feeling of richness by bringing the sense of hope. You would forgert all your past and present adversities and think about your brighter future. That's the effect of the sense of sound on one's conscience.
Hubert Sumlin, ladies and gentleman! The man who steered Howlin’ Wolf’s band and did so unnoticed for the most part. One of the greatest blues guitarists to walk this Earth!
When I was a young man there was an older man named Mr. Peques. He loved listening to Wolf, Muddy Water, John Hooker and Etta James at the local cafe juke box. He would dance and had such a look of joy in his face and eyes. But what struck me the most was he had tears running down his face, not for sadness but for joy. People would laugh at him, but I couldn't. Finally, I ask why he cried and he said their music touched his soul. As I got older and truly listened to these blues legends, I too felt it in my soul. To me this is the blues and now at 69 years old I'm like Mr. Peguis listening to the blues brings me to tears, tears of joy. It's a beautiful feeling in my soul.
@Bass Dogg, thank you for sharing your memory of Mr. Peques. Your entire comment is wonderfully written, and I love the ending: "As I got older and truly listened to these blues legends, I too felt it in my soul. To me this is the blues and now at 69 years old I'm like Mr. Peguis listening to the blues brings me to tears, tears of joy. It's a beautiful feeling in my soul." Amen!
Just curious where exactly was that? I know Elvis Presley had this music in his blood...are you talking about the deep south? 🇨🇦 Love from up north Vancouver BC
It’s so dope looking back at these black American artist, traveling to these other countries and sharing their art. This was such a crazy time, but they got to live a little bit, and this is just so special, considering how much history has happened between then and now.
me too! bought a *cut-out bin* record in 68,Wolf,Buddy,BB,John Lee. bought a guitar with my summer lawn mowing money & been learning them ever since. pure magic!
@@martharichler6672 Yep, we should all be grateful the BBC had the insight to film and preserve this performance. Otherwise it may never have happened, or may just have been lost like so many others.
For the clueless people commenting this was not a BBC man but jazz great Chris Barber. One of the most influential people in altering people's tastes. Involved with Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island line which brought in the skiffle craze which led to the likes of John Lennon and others becoming involved in music. Then he brought a host of blues artists over here for the first time, Wolf, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Sister Rosette Tharpe who thanks to him played in front of bigger audiences, and white ones at that, for more money than they had ever seen. The reason he said rhythm and blues-whatever that is was people with no idea about it referring to bluees music as rhythm and blues as some sort of catch all. He died yesterday, aged 90. Was still touring until 2019. BBC man indeed. Some people should not comment on thi gs they know nothing about.
The groove to this song is unreal you can not get away from the feel of it even if your not a dancer at very least you feel yourself moving to the beat what a true legend
That's possibly because in this era, there is no real music. There is no soul, or texture. We have completely disrespected art as an achievement and it's become the same corporate slave ship as fast food or Facebook.
Monotone Damn right. I’ve been watching this for 7 years. Just wish that watermark wasn’t parked all over Wolf & Dixon. BTW I met Dixon while waitressing at Kingston Mines Chicago.
This type of music can't be recreated in 2022...That man's voice came from the depths of his soul, today's artists don't have that...Absolute awesomeness Wolf... Respect from a Metal Head!!!
He was the epitomized example of treat other's how you want to be treated, LORD, Knows, We need this Now, Stop the Violence, we're all in this TOGETHER ❣
..... What a smug putts..... The guy who introduced Mr. Howlin' Wolf.... He said , "Whatever R. & B. is" ..... What a square in the truest form........ Howlin' Wolf is one of the best!!! Cool video!!
I.remember as a child my Dad and his brothers use to play this music and dance in my uncles basement. It was enjoyable watching him and my aunt's and my Mom a show us how it was done. Lord miss those days. All my aunt's and uncle's including my parents have passed on. Thanks for posting this.
Hello 👋 Karla. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
One of the greatest to do it. He was like no other. My father saw a lot of live music in the 60's & 70's. And he listened to a truck load of music. When he told the story of seeing Howlin' Wolf, playing live in London, in the early 60's. His eyes would light up.
I'm 72 and hadn't even heard of American blues music until groups like the Yardbirds and the Stones hit the radio in the United States. It was a revelation!
That sad waste of space hacks me off , i always cut past him direct to the king . What a giant of a man in every way . What i would have done to have had him as a brother . Rip wolf .
Howling Wolf was smart with his money, loved his family, didn't do drugs, took care of his band,which was unheard of . Hollywood doesn't believe they could make a story about a Black male entertainer unless he was the opposite of those things.
@@Kendell062 Reminds me of how they had to put Jimi Hendrix hitting his wife with a telephone in the movie about him when he never did anything of the sort. Because black people can't just be good people, hollywood doesn't like that.
You are so blessed and so lucky to have seen him!! I wish I could've seen him. The Wolf, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters. I was born in 63. Thank God I have older brothers who turned me on to the Blues. My favorite music.
I'm still listening. I also pointed out to my grandson how this emcee disrespected the guest artist. You got someone on your show, you should know what he does!!!
As the young people say, "He got plenty of swag!" I've always enjoyed his bluesy style because you not only feel the music, you also relate to the message.
I remember hearing this voice coming out of my parents record player as a kid and just being completely captivated. 30 years later and nothings changed. This man was an absolute killer.
This is the stuff that makes me proud to be a BLACK MAN. It brings tears to my eyes,with happiness,the feelings I get listening to music that was created & performed by MY PEOPLE.
There would by No Rock & Roll if it wasn't for the Black Man. Period! But! To start designating separation into those people, my people,.. is an issue and you really should stop. Be proud of your color? Sure! Where you came from? Sure! But, using the term "my people".. that's just absolutely something you should not be doing. We're all equal brother! God is good! He created us all! We all have the same blood running through our veins. Christ died for All of us! *Sadly, I feel I should Add this due to the world we now live in.. SO, Just incase someone comes at me due to being white?? Lol! I will Add, Myself, came from severe poverty. Grew up burglarizing homes with my own father! Welfare.. Food stamps.. Drug abuse.. All a part of me growing up. So please , No one come at me with " Privilege." 😒 ~All my Best & God Bless all of you in the comments! And God Bless you Howlin Wolf!! God gave you such a Gift!!
Racists! Anyone can get the blues. Why would the blues greats like bb king, howling wolf, muddy waters, etc play with clapton, the band, etc. Stop dividing. Like saying country music is the white man's music when Charley pride sings. Blues, country and jazz all have an overlap if you knew anything about music. Chuck.berry playing with the stones, John lennon, linda rondstadt, bands like the Allman Brothers with a black.drummer, look at the tedeschi trucks band today and get back with me
I saw Cadillac record and he was his own man especially in that time love his music they said he was the only one that had any money thanks howling wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett,Howling Wolf, born into Poverty in the Jim Crow South. Could not Read or write but like so many of the Delta Bluesmen changed music for a Generation and gave us Social History. Amazing!!
Wow!!! Howlin Wolf was the most original and organic multi-talented performer I have ever heard and seen perform. There will only forever be one. His band consisted of top-tier professionals. Thank😀 God for his talent.
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My father has azheimer, but when I played this and asked him who the artist was singing, He replied, hollering wolf. i grew up listening to him . He started to sing and dance . Music real music goes wayyy back 🔥
Right on brother.... your Dad... remembers...the Howling Wolf.....
Keep the memories alive bro. Your dad, you, your kids, their kids....
@@ryanmurphy4748 Thank you bro !
@@lennyluzitano8920 Thank you !
Him and muddy no one can replace
raised in absolute poverty but as an adult got his GED and took some business and accounting classes in college to better manage his career. hell of a smart guy.
Yup!! And if his musicians were out of work, he paid their unemployment
Too bad other blues artists didn't follow his example. It was so tragic how shysters stole their songs, exploited and cheated them. Many died in poverty as a result.
Very intelligent.
@Bullets in Bacon Grease Well, aside from the story of Led Zeppelin, which has been repeated too often to go into here, I suspect what Randall was talking about is the way that record companies cheated these bluesmen out of almost every penny they earned. And if you think that didn't happen, it was certainly still common up through the seventies, and probably still is.
Amen Brother, Amen!!!
I watched 2 sets of The Wolf's show at Paul's Mall in Boston waiting to hear Smokestack Lightning but when I asked the band about it they said the Wold was done for the night. I went over and told the Wolf I'd been waiting since 1960 in Mississippi to see him sing that song live. He said, "Son, you waited long enough " and got back up on the stage and dedicated the song to me. He asked me to stay at his table and have a drink with him! What a great guy and a great musician!
That's a great story!!!
@@Tom-xe9iq Happy is a understatement
One of the best stories I’ve ever heard.
Absolutely a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing that!!
Wow! Great story!
I'm 72 years old and my 12 year old granddaughter has inherited my love of the blues. Thank God for that.
I’m almost 71, I love introducing all sorts of music to my two grandchildren. Granddaughter turned 9 yesterday, grandson is 7, they love to boogie, but also love inspirational music, like Michelle McLaughlin while swing in the swing looking up at the giant Redwood trees where I live.🌲⛰
Yeah but which god?
@@kevinchamberlain7928 I believe that there is only ONE God in this universe. Perhaps the God of all faiths, but it’s a little early to get into a theological discussion. I also believe his son, Jesus, paid for my sins and has given me over 3 decades of sobriety from crack/ alcohol. Amen!🙏
Me pasa lo mismo mi nieta tiene 7 años.
I don’t care who says otherwise this man is the definition of pure grit and passion
AGREED!! 😎
Ain't no denying that!
Why tf do people say “I don’t care what anyone says” as if they’re saying something controversial? everyone is here for Howlin Wolf lmao
💯👍👍👍
To me the real King of the Blues. No disrespect to B.B. King.
The actor who played "The Wolf" in the movie Cadillac Records should have won an ACADEMY AWARD, because his characterization was MAGNiFICENT!!! He really captured this unique and powerful man!!
Lol..and he's a soft spoken British man..but truly got into this character plus the striking resemblance is erry
Yeah but instead they nominated Beyoncé and the the other guy who hated in him the entire movie, that same actor is in Chicago PD. His characterization is almost better than the real howling wolf.
Playthell Benjamin great movie
EAMON WALKER. HE IS ALSO A MOVIE STAR! WATCH Mr. Walker in The George Gently Series.
When I first saw the movie and even now, this man's performance turned my insides to jello! Hauntingly sexy!
Who's still listening in 2024
yup
Da Tail Dragger is the Best!!!
I am! And doing so on Leap Day 2/29/24. Much Love From New Orleans Everyone 💜💚💛
MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
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Love & Respect This Man..
Blues Went on to Create Rock & Roll / Heavy Rock..We Owe These Guys & Girls A Massive Debt !
This IS just another example of what REALLY made America great.
When will yall embrace yourselves in US. WE inherited all of your dirty TRICKS..
@@gregoryrussell3221 who are you talking about. Be specific in your argument
Made
Oh FoSho........
and thats on donald.
I love how they characterized him in Cadillac Records. He was all man. They don't make men like him anymore.. A force to be reckon with! Pure energy!
Allegedly, when he was a poor sharecropper, he would hook himself to the plow he was so strong. Taught himself to read after he started to become successful. And didn't tolerate his band being drunk at gigs.
YATHAT HE Was:^::::SmokeStack::;- HE IS
GIRL-OMGGGGGGG-ALLLL MAN!!!! YES!
"Let the church say...Amen!"
its good to see women appreaciate the real mc coy
You dont sing like that unless you've known pain. His voice gives me chills everytime love it
I believe he would have been a good preacher, with his voice. N size.THE MIGHTY WOLF..R.I.P
MOAN WOLF
theres some sort of background story to it for sure
Everyone knows pain
And who alive hasn't "known pain"?
I was about to type this same comment. But you’ve already got it dawlin. 😤
At 72 i listen to these old blues masters and dont know whether to cry, dance or shout, but damn sure know im alive
Rock music was youth music but hard blues like this is for all ages. I'm pushing 70 myself. I first heard the Wolf when I was kid. Loved him then. Love him now. Just stopped by for another fix. This clip is great! The 1964 English audience got introduced to something powerful! They seem to know it too!
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🎶🎼🎵. Dance 2 your Souls desire. This gem was a true treasure. Much L💚VE & blessings .🎶🎼🎵 👍🤘
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No voice lessons. No auto tune. No tricks. All power. All real.
all the characteristics of great talent
Real talent don´t need tricks.
AND feeling
Sounds awesome!!
The best part is how he gets all loud, rough and raw, but then he contrasts it with those sweet high-pitch ooohs. Unreal.
As a black man I take true pride in these individuals that truly defined music. They can never take this from us.
Music don’t care what color you are.
@@christophercolumbus1169 so you are white.
Why would anybody. The greats are The greats. 😎
They don't wanna. Bullshit.
Danial M I can’t simply take pride in an artist because I share their skin tone because I’ve grown up thinking it never really mattered. I would never say “I love Bob Dylan, he makes me proud to be a white man” because I’ve truly never thought it. I just like his music. My skin color matters as much as yours when it comes to enjoying music... it doesn’t.
I love everybody here just because they love the blues just like me
Love you back ❤
🙌🏻❤🙌🏻
Ok..
Good comment ✌
And that means you love people and animals the rocks clouds sky
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What a man what a voice 👏🏻💯
Recorded 1964!! And still here for us to listen to. What an outstanding peice of music and we are privileged that it survived.
That's the thing- The Blues will never fade away. It's in too many people's hearts. Hooker, Muddy, The Wolf...
im 30 , thats all i can listen to...
I was born 1963 and grew up on the blues
I saw him perform fifty three years ago. He's the reason I play harmonica. This was a great version!
This isn’t thee Howard levy, is it?
He is the reason I play blues
My son has just bought his first set of harmonicas. He’s learning Smokestack Lightning.
Om my that is so great you are lucky
What is a good harmonica to play and what key is he playing in for this song?
57 years ago and still bad ass. The Wolf was and still is the man.
Incredible isn't it. Sitting at work on a Friday afternoon transported to another dimension listening to the wolf. Art at it's best.
Absolutely 100%! 🥳💜💫
thank god technology preserved all these amazing old performances.
I'm a 46 year old black man and it's 2021 and I knew these kind of men. You didn't play around with them. Fearless men who grew up around so much murder that it's hard to fathom. Men like my grandfather. They carried around enormous pain. Every once in a while they'd forget themselves and tell you about their friend who was lynched when they were a teenager. Or they'd tell you about their sister who was raped by a white sheriff. Then they'd catch themselves and end the story as quickly as it started. They didn't want to pass along that pain to you. But you knew they'd kill a man if they hadn't already because that was survival. Hard drinking. Hard fighting. Women. And running from God.
The way he's singing... that's church. That's gospel music stuff. We'd sing like that at church for an hour or two straight.
Facts bro I’m 37 grew up in Mississippi Wolf kinda reminds me of my grandfather and your right about the pain those men had to deal with especially men of that stature and size back then was a immediate target I remember he told me a story one time he was walking to the store and in the front laid out was a dead black man shot to death
This was real men😈
Yes, he reminds me of my great grandfather who used to tell us about growing up in Texas. He had to leave because a white man grabbed his girlfriend's butt and he said he was sick of white men just doing whatever they wanted to black women, especially right in his face he felt like they were trying him like ain't a damn thing that he could do or say. But he beat the white man almost to death so he left, the girlfriend was afraid to leave Texas. He went to Chicago!
Brother you told the truth that time. You just spoke about my great grandpa on my dad's side and grandpa and uncle's on my mom's. Gotta love middle and south Georgia!
There's a story that Howlin Wolf sometimes had to pull over and beat up his own band. Most managers I tell that to said "Sometimes thats what you had to do". But apparantly he paid very well to his musicians. But anybody in that world knows musicians can be pretty messed up people.
Mick Jagger pretty much ripped off his whole visual act. Apparantly nobody gave a show like howlin wolf, except maybe screaming jay:)
I feel almost ashamed that at 53 years old, this is the first I’ve seen of this clip. All of our British heroes looked up to this guy. He was responsible for SO much. My homework never ends on these legendary blues figures.
Check out Bukka White and Blind Willie McTell. You Was Born To Die is one of the best blues songs ever written.
iam 21 and im ashamed as well what a masterpiece what a salvation this song is
@@justhaifished Is this "im ashamed" a mee tooo moment/
@@michaelsmith2412 it definitely is me too moment I'm not really ashamed i just expressed it like this way I always act like a old man because sometimes in my head I feel like a old man don't get me wrong here I'm young and muscular also healthy but I love to be myself not what other people want to expect from me
You are looking and listening to one of the best that ever did it… that’s for sure. If I could name one… Howlin wolf would be it. Research done.
It's 2022 and this still hits hard!!!
I swear
and it will hit hard 500 years later from now on, music is endless
This song slap
Just Pure.
No filters… no ego… just several smooth dudes sitting around doin their thing… Music today pretty much sucks.
I play harp. This man is a holy icon in R&B. We used to call this Talking Blues.
It's still talking loud and clear
The immortal and oft-robbed genius, Mr. Willie Dixon on bass. Why settle for imitation when the genuine article is available? These men were giants who faced oppression, repression, and terrorism and created beautiful and powerful art to attest to their struggles and survival. We should be humbled.
These blues legends make YOU FEEL the music, not just hear it. They lived gritty, hard lives and you can feel it.
My thoughts exactly
The MOAN!!!!😮
Did he just say, "Whatever R&B is?" This is history right here.
I thought he was insinuating that musical labels and categories are a bit arbitrary and useless.
You really need to read up about the great Chris Barber he was a great supporter of American blues, and his comment was a dig against labels
Yeah, that was 100% a 'We call it blues, still' comment.
Just disrespectful.. tryna discredit people right to their face
Shameful yall don't understand the absolute history of that comment... it was in support not degrading! Fools!
"Moaning at Midnight" is a biography that is a must-read--what a story. Wolf lived the blues, its joys, and definitely the sadnesses. He is an architect of rock and will never be displaced.
I’m 27 years old… my grandfather used to play his music along with other artists. My grandfather passed when I was 12 yet I still listen to the oldies. ❤❤❤ love me some Howlin Wolf!
So did my grandfather and father. On Saturdays and sometimes Sundays, our house was full of great blues songs. Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters were the favorites. My dad was also a guitar player, and at times, we would gather/sit around his feet while he played their songs. Brings back so many good memories. I still have their records, reels, eight tracks, and C.D.s. Sometimes, when I'm listening, a memory will fall in the form of a single teardrop.
I saw Arthur Chester Burnette about live about 2 months before he passed over - in a classy purpose built 1,500 seat auditorium. It was amazing how his presence filled that room. A national treasure.
2023 and still there's never been a more AUTHENTIC artist to play music. We love you Chester.
You can tell most of these artists grow up sing in the church. Awesome and unique voice
SHOUT TO THE UK FOR NEVER LETTING MUSIC DIE! Major Respect!
My speakers needed a cigarette after that
lmao
Sssstttoooppp!
@@CiaoCiaoBabe 🤣
Lol best comment ever
That is really funny still laughing
Growing up in the city with 5 brothers an sisters as a poor family but when my dad cranked that blues on the stereo, I was a rich man an ruler of all kingdoms.
You weren't poor but rich awaiting. Music would then fast foward the feeling of richness by bringing the sense of hope. You would forgert all your past and present adversities and think about your brighter future. That's the effect of the sense of sound on one's conscience.
Hubert Sumlin, ladies and gentleman! The man who steered Howlin’ Wolf’s band and did so unnoticed for the most part. One of the greatest blues guitarists to walk this Earth!
I second that!
Yea big up the non blck
How can you top Wolf, Hubert and Willie Dixon on the same stage?? You can't!!!
When I was a young man there was an older man named Mr. Peques. He loved listening to Wolf, Muddy Water, John Hooker and Etta James at the local cafe juke box. He would dance and had such a look of joy in his face and eyes. But what struck me the most was he had tears running down his face, not for sadness but for joy. People would laugh at him, but I couldn't. Finally, I ask why he cried and he said their music touched his soul. As I got older and truly listened to these blues legends, I too felt it in my soul. To me this is the blues and now at 69 years old I'm like Mr. Peguis listening to the blues brings me to tears, tears of joy. It's a beautiful feeling in my soul.
@Bass Dogg, thank you for sharing your memory of Mr. Peques.
Your entire comment is wonderfully written, and I love the ending: "As I got older and truly listened to these blues legends, I too felt it in my soul. To me this is the blues and now at 69 years old I'm like Mr. Peguis listening to the blues brings me to tears, tears of joy. It's a beautiful feeling in my soul."
Amen!
Bless you.
Ladies and gentlemen,this is what BLUES sounds like.Pure unadulterated Blues.
It is pure art- listen to the emotion and vocals. He was sharing his soul.
With a dash of hokum
This my first experience😳
Yes!!!!🤗
FoReal...........
One of the most recognizable voices in Blues history.
Why did he call himself Howlin Wolf?
My greatest gift from God, was living where my people created this music. "Just like gold...". Thank you Lord
Just curious where exactly was that? I know Elvis Presley had this music in his blood...are you talking about the deep south? 🇨🇦 Love from up north Vancouver BC
@@zeezeeparker7961The United States of America. It's well known that Elvis was influenced by Blk Americans.
Jackson MS and Elvis must have grown up with Black folks.
Simply in a class of his own. To this day, I don't think many people understand or appreciate what an incredible musician and singer this man was.
BB King thought he was the best vocalist ever
It’s so dope looking back at these black American artist, traveling to these other countries and sharing their art. This was such a crazy time, but they got to live a little bit, and this is just so special, considering how much history has happened between then and now.
Now there’s a man that understood the assignment
It is crazy to see music living so long and having a lasting impact.
It will continue to live on
“And he’s been howlin’ at the moon ever since”
Love it❤😂
Right On JJ😊
Yes after the dead man rose from the grave and tune his axe😄
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Love that movie
One of my favorite artists of all time. And I’m only 20 this year. I wish music was more like this now days.
I'm 12 this is my favorite song
One of my favourites too.
My mum plays it when she’s doing the washing up and I’ll be born sometime next month!
I'm 174 years old and I've been listening to Hollering Wolf for 84 years.
Wise beyond your years
Ol' Wolf goes from deep gutteral growl to hitting those high notes- priceless!
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I got the chills listening to this for the first time today. I have now played this over and over for over an hour.🎶
In 1964 i was 13 years old, 2024 and im still Howling with the Wollf🙏🏽❤️💛💚👊🏼👊🏼
Wish I could meet u all .lots of friends but no blues brothers and sisters.
He is a tail dragger.
me too! bought a *cut-out bin* record in 68,Wolf,Buddy,BB,John Lee. bought a guitar with my summer lawn mowing money & been learning them ever since. pure magic!
Was the compère Chris Barber?
Long live this era... I miss it... takes me back ❤❤❤
Favorite blues artist of all time, don’t care. THE HOWLIN WOLF
I was 7yo when I heard this because my mom and her sisters were dancing to it!
Mighty powerful... Like a locomotive continuously building up energy from one musical note to the next
I'm currently watching Cadillac Records on Netflix and had to come back to this song!!
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underrated film its a great show.
Me too‼️‼️
Me too!
Hah, I'm doing the same thing.
“What they call R&B whatever R&b is” 🤣 little did he know.... the explosion it would have.
We are inevitable...
@@martharichler6672 Yep, we should all be grateful the BBC had the insight to film and preserve this performance. Otherwise it may never have happened, or may just have been lost like so many others.
right, like wtf haha
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For the clueless people commenting this was not a BBC man but jazz great Chris Barber. One of the most influential people in altering people's tastes. Involved with Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island line which brought in the skiffle craze which led to the likes of John Lennon and others becoming involved in music. Then he brought a host of blues artists over here for the first time, Wolf, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Sister Rosette Tharpe who thanks to him played in front of bigger audiences, and white ones at that, for more money than they had ever seen.
The reason he said rhythm and blues-whatever that is was people with no idea about it referring to bluees music as rhythm and blues as some sort of catch all.
He died yesterday, aged 90. Was still touring until 2019. BBC man indeed. Some people should not comment on thi gs they know nothing about.
I have no words for this in 2023. just unbelievable. Salute
Howling Wolf!!!!! Best of Blues!! Sad it took so long for our own country to realize the Man's talent.
The groove to this song is unreal you can not get away from the feel of it even if your not a dancer at very least you feel yourself moving to the beat what a true legend
Its 2023 and this still sounds so darn good yes it does
Hello Jean
How are you doing today?
That's possibly because in this era, there is no real music. There is no soul, or texture. We have completely disrespected art as an achievement and it's become the same corporate slave ship as fast food or Facebook.
This music never loses its power and soul. It’s made of a material that time can’t mess with. Howlin Wolf a bad ass dude. 🔥
I grew up west coast of Ireland poor and rural Howlin Wolf + many others who were authentic got me through, this post is a thank you from Ireland☘
Willie Dixon, Hubert Sumlin and the Wolf on one stage! We are lucky this footage exists.
Monotone It would NEVER be Rock N Roll if it wasn't for these Black talented musicians and singers!!!!!
Do not forget Sunnyland Slim on piano
@Vincent H. Hubert is the man, RIP
Monotone Damn right. I’ve been watching this for 7 years. Just wish that watermark wasn’t parked all over Wolf & Dixon. BTW I met Dixon while waitressing at Kingston Mines Chicago.
Monotone didn’t muddy try to get hurb
This type of music can't be recreated in 2022...That man's voice came from the depths of his soul, today's artists don't have that...Absolute awesomeness Wolf... Respect from a Metal Head!!!
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He was the epitomized example of treat other's how you want to be treated, LORD, Knows, We need this Now, Stop the Violence, we're all in this TOGETHER ❣
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..... What a smug putts..... The guy who introduced Mr. Howlin' Wolf.... He said , "Whatever R. & B. is" ..... What a square in the truest form........ Howlin' Wolf is one of the best!!! Cool video!!
I.remember as a child my Dad and his brothers use to play this music and dance in my uncles basement. It was enjoyable watching him and my aunt's and my Mom a show us how it was done. Lord miss those days. All my aunt's and uncle's including my parents have passed on. Thanks for posting this.
Hello 👋 Karla. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
this was one of my grandmothers favorite artists/songs, and i often come to this video for comfort
One of the greatest to do it. He was like no other. My father saw a lot of live music in the 60's & 70's. And he listened to a truck load of music. When he told the story of seeing Howlin' Wolf, playing live in London, in the early 60's. His eyes would light up.
Hi from New Zealand🇳🇿Love this! Great artist!🎸🎤❤️
I'm 72 and hadn't even heard of American blues music until groups like the Yardbirds and the Stones hit the radio in the United States.
It was a revelation!
The audience is a lucky group. This is as good as it gets. This is priceless.
dam right
Tina Azzara amazing
Right on !!!! This was the beginning of the real blues. Rock on babe. :)
Absolutely
Tina Azzara priceless indeed 😊
That sad waste of space hacks me off , i always cut past him direct to the king . What a giant of a man in every way . What i would have done to have had him as a brother . Rip wolf .
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1964 I graduated high school to his music on kdia lucky thirteen oakland.
It has always been my favorite.
Everything about his voice is amazing; these legends just taught themselves to sing like that, crazy.
thats the voice of a big man
@@MikeDiCiero that helps a little bit lol
Still waiting for a movie to be made about this man.
Howling Wolf was smart with his money, loved his family, didn't do drugs, took care of his band,which was unheard of . Hollywood doesn't believe they could make a story about a Black male entertainer unless he was the opposite of those things.
He was in Cadillac records it's on Netflix but it's not just bout him it's about all the blues artist from the 40 to the 60s
@@Kendell062 Reminds me of how they had to put Jimi Hendrix hitting his wife with a telephone in the movie about him when he never did anything of the sort. Because black people can't just be good people, hollywood doesn't like that.
I second that!
Not enough dirt on him might be why it has not been made.
I saw Howlin Wolf in 1964 in the British Legion Hall in South Harrow, will never forget him amazing voice.
You are so blessed and so lucky to have seen him!! I wish I could've seen him. The Wolf, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters. I was born in 63. Thank God I have older brothers who turned me on to the Blues. My favorite music.
I grew up listening to Blues that is all my dad played I fell in love with the Blues. He had a unique voice just beautiful.
Sometimes you listen to something, and you know there's something different and great about it, and you're gonna listen to it again and again.
Black Americans have such a beautiful humanity.
Man, this dude really has the music "in him". Thanks so much from Australia.
I'm still listening.
I also pointed out to my grandson how this emcee disrespected the guest artist. You got someone on your show, you should know what he does!!!
As the young people say, "He got plenty of swag!" I've always enjoyed his bluesy style because you not only feel the music, you also relate to the message.
So much talent. His forehead sweating. Giving all to what he loves.. Amazing. Modern culture looks like a joke.Bravo Howling Wolf.
When you listen to him sing you know he's been there and back.
Awesome artists creating so much from almost fresh air.
I remember hearing this voice coming out of my parents record player as a kid and just being completely captivated. 30 years later and nothings changed. This man was an absolute killer.
This is the stuff that makes me proud to be a BLACK MAN.
It brings tears to my eyes,with happiness,the feelings I get listening to music that was created & performed by MY PEOPLE.
There would by No Rock & Roll if it wasn't for the Black Man. Period! But! To start designating separation into those people, my people,.. is an issue and you really should stop. Be proud of your color? Sure! Where you came from? Sure! But, using the term "my people".. that's just absolutely something you should not be doing. We're all equal brother! God is good! He created us all! We all have the same blood running through our veins. Christ died for All of us! *Sadly, I feel I should Add this due to the world we now live in.. SO, Just incase someone comes at me due to being white?? Lol! I will Add, Myself, came from severe poverty. Grew up burglarizing homes with my own father! Welfare.. Food stamps.. Drug abuse.. All a part of me growing up. So please , No one come at me with " Privilege." 😒 ~All my Best & God Bless all of you in the comments! And God Bless you Howlin Wolf!! God gave you such a Gift!!
Absolutely I feel the same way
Blues is the black mans territory
Racists! Anyone can get the blues. Why would the blues greats like bb king, howling wolf, muddy waters, etc play with clapton, the band, etc. Stop dividing. Like saying country music is the white man's music when Charley pride sings. Blues, country and jazz all have an overlap if you knew anything about music. Chuck.berry playing with the stones, John lennon, linda rondstadt, bands like the Allman Brothers with a black.drummer, look at the tedeschi trucks band today and get back with me
He's actually an Aborigine American Indigenous "Indian"
It takes a lot of emotional alchemy to turn your greatest pain into something that gives so many people joy.
I saw Cadillac record and he was his own man especially in that time love his music they said he was the only one that had any money thanks howling wolf
What a unique talent-what a privilege to hear him all these years later.
This voice... speaks to me so deeply. I can not get enough of this amazing song. It makes me feel alive
Listening and still loving it in 2024!
Howling Wolf was a great Blues man. Great music with deep feelings. .. 😊
So good to see that he lived long enough to bask in the fame he most certainly deserved. Shinin' just like gold.
Thank you for sharing music history.
I've always love Mississippi Delta Blues.
Howlin Wolf and Willie Dixon!
This is the real deal!
Two Blues Legends!
RIP 💐
...and sister rosetta tharpe!
And the great Hubert Sumlin on guitar!
Add Hubert Sumlin and Sunnyland Slim (not sure of drummer)
and James Cotton
Willie was the architect and Chester was the contractor!💙
Not many performances give me chills. This is one.
This music is so deep just takes you away....to forget your troubles.
Nobody sang the blues like Wolf did. My god, he was the best.
Chester Arthur Burnett,Howling Wolf, born into Poverty in the Jim Crow South. Could not Read or write but like so many of the Delta Bluesmen changed music for a Generation and gave us Social History. Amazing!!
Wow!!! Howlin Wolf was the most original and organic multi-talented performer I have ever heard and seen perform. There will only forever be one. His band consisted of top-tier professionals. Thank😀 God for his talent.