This is why I respect the Stones so much. They tried to not leave their influences behind in obscurity as they got fame, and instead tried to lift them up alongside them.
RIP Howlin' Wolf (June 10, 1910 - January 10, 1976), aged 65 RIP Charlie Watts (June 2, 1941 - August 24, 2021), aged 80 RIP Brian Jones (February 28, 1942 - July 3, 1969), aged 27 You will be remembered as legends.
Only time the Wolf appeared on prime time national television. A few years later Wolf’s wife said how moved he was when Mick Jagger stopped a show and had the lights put on to say that in the audience that night was the man who was responsible for them being where they were such was his influence. The whole audience applauded and he was moved to tears.
I remember seeing this exact episode of Shindig. I was 15 and couldn't believe Brian Jones told Jack to shut up! My first time seeing the Wolf. Wow! Got to see him live a couple of times later in the decade. Quite a thrill.
God I am jealous you saw him. He's always been my favorite and I bought his box set. I especially enjoyed where he talked about his life in between tracks.
There's was a time in America when the Blues was considered the Devil's music. But the Brits knew better and imported the Blues and the Blues masters back in the late fifties and early sixties. Then basically the British invasion 2.0 happened. And when these bands we're asked where they came up with such amazing tunes. Some said, don't you know we got it from your Blues. And then everyone in America said, "Damn, these guys are fu*kin' great."
The Stones were quite proud of themselves for insisting Wolf be on the show . Look what a fantastic performance Wolf put on for those kids. It introduced the Blues to mainstream America. Wolf could always blow the harp pretty well too !
1-Shot slinger Sonny Boy 2 taught him!!! Sonny Boy would come to see Wolf’s Sister. Wolf bugged him to teach him Harp. Wolf was a wonderful Harp, Guitar player and of course a FANTASTIC, NEVER MISTAKEN VOCALIST, to say the LEAST! I NEVER get tired of listening to Wolf!!!
Brian Jones really gets the credit for this. He revered the great blues artists, including Howlin' Wolf. He was completely in his element on this show.
Totally & absolutely spot on. An all round multi - instrumentalist & artiste. The Stones was his creation & he named his band from a; Muddy Waters album 'Rollin Stone Blues'. He was the founder & front man of his band - until it got hi- jacked & he was kicked out by the glimmer twins. Check out the Jean Luc Godard film ' Sympathy for the Devil.' You can cut the animosity towards Jones with a knife. The isolation & exclusion for him was painful - Sort of equivalent to the last Beatles film 'Let it be'. Proud of BJ for getting Howlin Wolf some recognition in the UK & in USA. It's obvious BJ was relishing every sacred moment & soaking up the atmosphere of HW. Compared to jagger who only got animated when he saw HW doing his rubber legged dance. As Charlie Watts always said 'There's no Stones - Without Brian Jones.'
Many people have wondered who was in the band here besides Billy Preston on piano and James Burton on guitar. It was Larry Knechtel on bass and Mickey Conway on drums. I interviewed them about this show, and they both remembered it fondly. Knechtel and Conway were very busy session men in the 1960s and 1970s. Knechtel also played piano and won a Grammy for playing the piano part on "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for Simon and Garfunkel. Conway played on countless sessions. He was a hell of a drummer, as you can hear here! The great Peter Guralnick wrote about Wolf's appearance here, "I’ve listed it as one of the Top Ten TV moments of all time, one of the most significant moments in cultural history - part of a wonderful movement that couldn’t be turned back.” I agree!
Knetchel played with many of the great acts. He played bass on the Doors tunes "Twentieth Century Fox" and "Light My Fire." He played bass and harmonica for The Byrds' recording of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." He first came to my attention when he was a member of Bread.
One thing that gets me: How touched Wolf is at the end, almost humble at the appreciation of these white kids. One of the great Shindig performances, and a very human moment.
From their earliest days, the Stones considered themselves missionaries for bringing the blues to a wider audience. This is the full realization of that effort. God bless 'em for doing what they did.
Great clip. And it offers a glimmer of what Howlin' Wolf was like in a real, live show at a club (would love to see him do his 'Coke Bottle in the Pants' stunt!) He's 55 years old here, but still busts some moves like he's twenty years younger.
Buddy Guy told us all about this last night at the Mountain Winery. Woke up this morning and I am thrilled to be able to see this. Buddy blessed the Stones and other British bands for introducing the Blues to Mainstream America.
Muddy Waters said "Thank God for the hippies". He was amazed in about 1968, when he faced his first all white audience. The blues was dying out, as black people lost interest and embraced funk and soul. The white discovery of black blues, was due to the Stones, The Animals, and Canned Heat, who resurrected the career of Albert Collins, who had given up music and was painting houses. Johnny Winter was big on re-popularizing Muddy Waters. Stevie Ray Vaughn's idol was Albert King and recorded a DVD with him.
Always loved Howlin Wolf. He was a man's man, and he, like so many other bluesmen and women, had witnessed and experienced tremendous pain and injustice personally and professionally. That howl comes from a wounded man.
Blues was forged in the fires of injustice. The irony is that this great music wouldn't exist with without injustice. It's interlinked and codependent like ying and yang. How many blues artists died in poverty, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Robert Johnson.... Few modern singers can match the emotional intensity and authenticity of the old blues singers.
I WASS 15 ON THIS DAYS BROADCAST IT WAS THE BEST SHINDIG SHOW EVER I ALREADY HAD WOLF RECORDS AND I PLAYED HIS MUSIC THE BEST I COULD I'VE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR 62 YEARS CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 USA
And Keith getting to meet one of his heroes- James Burton. Many years later he would induct James into the R&R Hall of Fame- having lobbied them to create a sidesmen category to get James and Johnnie Johnson into the Hall.
Beautiful!!!! I've never seen anyone move so gracefully. I love the way he switched the harmonica around at the beginning, besides the fact Howlin' Wolf is one of the greatest bluesmen of all time!!! Thank you!
Sad that Jagger, who got so many of his early moves from The Wolf, later imitated David Bowie and Lady Gaga. He should have stuck to his original instincts.
Before I was into the Stones I was into Howlin' Wolf. I thoroughly explored the world of the blues all the way back to the 1890's and back even further to the slaves songs, which was the precursor to the blues. There have been so many fantastic blues performers over those years but Howlin' Wolf was always my favorite. He was a big man with a big appetite both musically and sexually.
R&B was a semi-neglected niche genre in the States for a long while until people like Bo Diddly came over here and influenced, amongst others, the Rolling Stones who repackaged the music and took it back to the States.
It's great to see Howling Wolf and other bluesmen perform in front of a wider audience on national TV. Their songs were often poached, and they were frequently cheated by agents and record companies. It was during this period that they finally started to get a small portion of the pay and recognition they deserved. Too bad it didn't happen earlier.
RS have had their highs and lows in terms of influence (and music), of course, but this was a moment where they did the right thing with their newfound celebrity. Not iconic heroism, but pretty cool. Lots of others who built their careers on African American blues did not step up at all, so hats off.
For Howlin' Wolf's iconic 1965 performance on Shindig!, he was backed by the Shindig! house band, featuring: James Burton - Guitar (a legendary session guitarist known for playing with Elvis Presley and many others) Billy Preston - Piano (later dubbed "The Fifth Beatle" and famous for his solo hits) Larry Knechtel - Bass (a member of the famous Wrecking Crew) Mickey Conway - Drums (a key figure in the LA studio scene).
I was there that day and I remember most clearly that the Stones- Mick, mainly- were making fun of Howlin' Wolf when he was shaking his booty. I thought that was a bit rude, because he was so much older and deserved respect. Now Howlin' Wolf seems quite young, and I'm the old one!
This appearance completely resurrected Howlin Wolf’s career. The blues was pretty much history in the USA by this point with hardly anyone listening to it anymore, and it looked like the careers of artists like Howlin Wolf were over. Then out of the blue(!) the Stones insist on Howlin Wolf appearing on US tv with them or they won’t perform. And hey presto, the blues find a new young white audience and the blues take off again. Howlin Wolf always credited the Stones with saving his career and wouldn’t hear a bad word said about them, apparently.
This was 1956, the blues was not dead at this time, it was still fairly new, and Howling Wolf was at the top of the blues game at this point, his career needed no resurrection from the stones, in fact, the stones were covering his songs in the UK, and acting as if they created them.
We couldn't get a ABC station so Shindig wasn't a possibility. We could get Hullabaloo. I don't think that I missed any of their broadcasts. I was ten years old. Two years later I tried to grow my hair. My mom quashed that real quick. She cut my hair so short that I would wear a stocking hat. I gradually grew it a little longer till I moved to Colorado. I wore it long till the end of 1979. Anyway I loved Hullabaloo. Vaughn
Signori, quel giorno dopo aver assistito sbigottiti, alla esibizione del grande Howli'n i Rollins Stones compresero di essere dei poveri mocciosi ye!ye! il giono dopo nacquero i nuovi Rollins Stones.
This is why I respect the Stones so much. They tried to not leave their influences behind in obscurity as they got fame, and instead tried to lift them up alongside them.
.....and not take these bluesmen music as their own & don't give credit where it was due ALA Led Zeppelin!!😡
@@smoothoperator7023you're 100% correct about Zeppelin
Yep, they gave respect where respect was due.
That's real class.
agreed, always appreciated them for this
RIP Howlin' Wolf (June 10, 1910 - January 10, 1976), aged 65
RIP Charlie Watts (June 2, 1941 - August 24, 2021), aged 80
RIP Brian Jones (February 28, 1942 - July 3, 1969), aged 27
You will be remembered as legends.
Howlin Wolf was a "Great Bluesman"!!!! 👍💞
IKR! Too bad Brian Jones was part of the 27 Club 😔
Only time the Wolf appeared on prime time national television. A few years later Wolf’s wife said how moved he was when Mick Jagger stopped a show and had the lights put on to say that in the audience that night was the man who was responsible for them being where they were such was his influence. The whole audience applauded and he was moved to tears.
I remember seeing this exact episode of Shindig. I was 15 and couldn't believe Brian Jones told Jack to shut up! My first time seeing the Wolf. Wow! Got to see him live a couple of times later in the decade. Quite a thrill.
He was a good entertainer and mean
God I am jealous you saw him. He's always been my favorite and I bought his box set. I especially enjoyed where he talked about his life in between tracks.
I’m 81 years old and note that I first heard Howling Wolf this morning on this video. I missed a lot!
There's was a time in America when the Blues was considered the Devil's music.
But the Brits knew better and imported the Blues and the Blues masters back in the late fifties and early sixties. Then basically the British invasion 2.0 happened. And when these bands we're asked where they came up with such amazing tunes. Some said, don't you know we got it from your Blues. And then everyone in America said, "Damn, these guys are fu*kin' great."
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Yes you did but its never too late to learn
Check out Son House, Skip James, Pink Anderson, Floyd Council, Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Lonnie Johnson
Brian Jones in church.
No lip-synch for Mr. Wolf....Awesome!
Just incredible. I love the legend of the Stones forcing the wolf on the TV execs. No one has ever been better than Howling' Wolf.
The Stones were quite proud of themselves for insisting Wolf be on the show . Look what a fantastic performance Wolf put on for those kids. It introduced the Blues to mainstream America. Wolf could always blow the harp pretty well too !
Nessie 101 harmonica
1-Shot slinger Sonny Boy 2 taught him!!! Sonny Boy would come to see Wolf’s Sister. Wolf bugged him to teach him Harp. Wolf was a wonderful Harp, Guitar player and of course a FANTASTIC, NEVER MISTAKEN VOCALIST, to say the LEAST! I NEVER get tired of listening to Wolf!!!
I love these topics 💯💯
Was even schrikken toen ik Brian Jones zag zo mooi ...en zo jong Onvergetelijk R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 🙏( Maandag 27 Maart Jaar 2023 Tijdstip 19:21 uur Avond.
A very young Billy Preston at the piano.
This is the origins of your rock & roll ,where it came from.
Brian Jones really gets the credit for this. He revered the great blues artists, including Howlin' Wolf. He was completely in his element on this show.
Totally & absolutely spot on.
An all round multi - instrumentalist & artiste.
The Stones was his creation & he named his band from a;
Muddy Waters album
'Rollin Stone Blues'.
He was the founder & front man of his band - until it got hi- jacked & he was kicked out by the glimmer twins.
Check out the Jean Luc Godard film ' Sympathy for the Devil.'
You can cut the animosity towards Jones with a knife.
The isolation & exclusion for him was painful -
Sort of equivalent to the last Beatles film 'Let it be'.
Proud of BJ for getting
Howlin Wolf some recognition in the UK & in USA.
It's obvious BJ was relishing every sacred moment & soaking up the atmosphere of HW.
Compared to jagger who only got animated when he saw HW doing his rubber legged dance.
As Charlie Watts always said
'There's no Stones -
Without Brian Jones.'
The smile -- glee - anticipation on Brian Jones' face is so wonderful!
Oh, my gosh. Why wasn't Shindig awarded an Emmy? This segment from Howlin Wolf is AMAZING.
Many people have wondered who was in the band here besides Billy Preston on piano and James Burton on guitar. It was Larry Knechtel on bass and Mickey Conway on drums. I interviewed them about this show, and they both remembered it fondly. Knechtel and Conway were very busy session men in the 1960s and 1970s. Knechtel also played piano and won a Grammy for playing the piano part on "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for Simon and Garfunkel. Conway played on countless sessions. He was a hell of a drummer, as you can hear here!
The great Peter Guralnick wrote about Wolf's appearance here, "I’ve listed it as one of the Top Ten TV moments of all time, one of the most significant moments in cultural history - part of a wonderful movement that couldn’t be turned back.” I agree!
Knetchel played with many of the great acts. He played bass on the Doors tunes "Twentieth Century Fox" and "Light My Fire." He played bass and harmonica for The Byrds' recording of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." He first came to my attention when he was a member of Bread.
was brian saying "shut up" to jagger or the host?
sisgaia there's a story that Ray Brown did overdubs on the bass part in the basement away from everybody on Light My Fire
Thanks for the info. Nice to see some of the more knowledgeable folks are still around.
@@lamper2 Jagger
Love that Brian Jones !!! :)
What a powerhouse! Of all the blues men that have come and gone he's the one I wish I could have seen live.
Brian seemed like a very soft spoken man. Very sad it ended for him the way it did 😥😥😪😪😢😢😢😢
Look at this mans eyes.....he's been there.
One thing that gets me: How touched Wolf is at the end, almost humble at the appreciation of these white kids. One of the great Shindig performances, and a very human moment.
From their earliest days, the Stones considered themselves missionaries for bringing the blues to a wider audience. This is the full realization of that effort. God bless 'em for doing what they did.
Thank you England, The Stones, and a few others for saving the blues
Somebody has actually used the 'white saviour' trope. Wow
Great clip. And it offers a glimmer of what Howlin' Wolf was like in a real, live show at a club (would love to see him do his 'Coke Bottle in the Pants' stunt!) He's 55 years old here, but still busts some moves like he's twenty years younger.
Buddy Guy told us all about this last night at the Mountain Winery. Woke up this morning and I am thrilled to be able to see this. Buddy blessed the Stones and other British bands for introducing the Blues to Mainstream America.
Muddy Waters said "Thank God for the hippies". He was amazed in about 1968, when he faced his first all white audience. The blues was dying out, as black people lost interest and embraced funk and soul. The white discovery of black blues, was due to the Stones, The Animals, and Canned Heat, who resurrected the career of Albert Collins, who had given up music and was painting houses. Johnny Winter was big on re-popularizing Muddy Waters. Stevie Ray Vaughn's idol was Albert King and recorded a DVD with him.
Always loved Howlin Wolf. He was a man's man, and he, like so many other bluesmen and women, had witnessed and experienced tremendous pain and injustice personally and professionally. That howl comes from a wounded man.
Blues was forged in the fires of injustice. The irony is that this great music wouldn't exist with without injustice. It's interlinked and codependent like ying and yang. How many blues artists died in poverty, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Robert Johnson.... Few modern singers can match the emotional intensity and authenticity of the old blues singers.
That's the great Darlene Love sitting in the back! She is everywhere and anywhere something great is going on int he Sixties!
+Bruce Levy appeared every week with the blossoms
The song is called "How Many More Years" and it appears on Wolf's LP Moanin' in the Moonlight.
Thank you , ask help !!!!!
so cool when Brian tells Mick to shut up. Turn that Wolf loose. Yeah Baby!
What a force of nature was The Wolf. Love his jumpin and humpin action!
If only he had some dental care, would have Ben more famous than the stones.. 🙃🤦♀️👹
4.22 would b banned today for way too much gyration in front of the white womens.. loved how they were positioned and dressed
Wolf jumping around like a wild man... He is fabulous! He was too sick to be able to do that when I saw him at Joe's Place in Cambridge in '73.
LEGENDS abound....Howlin' Wolf....The Stones....Billy Preston...James Burton....just amazing !!
How good is this early stones and HOWLIN WOLF< greatest or what. At Brian's insistants. Yes that is Billy on piano.
I WASS 15 ON THIS DAYS BROADCAST
IT WAS THE BEST SHINDIG SHOW EVER
I ALREADY HAD WOLF RECORDS AND I PLAYED HIS MUSIC THE BEST I COULD
I'VE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR 62 YEARS
CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 USA
You know the stones were geeking out. Seeing howling wolf was a big thing for them (:
Gotta love the blues
And Keith getting to meet one of his heroes- James Burton. Many years later he would induct James into the R&R Hall of Fame- having lobbied them to create a sidesmen category to get James and Johnnie Johnson into the Hall.
I remember seeing this on TV as a kid
This is wild and Beautiful music. Howl on and rest in Joy, Wolf
🔭🌌🙋♀️♥️🙏🎶🎤
This clip made it into the documentary Rumble Indians that Rocked the World which is a must see!
Fantastic. Love the Wolf.
Beautiful!!!! I've never seen anyone move so gracefully. I love the way he switched the harmonica around at the beginning, besides the fact Howlin' Wolf is one of the greatest bluesmen of all time!!! Thank you!
yeah that harmonica flip at 1:49 fairly made me smile!
Sad that Jagger, who got so many of his early moves from The Wolf, later imitated David Bowie and Lady Gaga. He should have stuck to his original instincts.
+Robert Moulton lady gaga??? are you high? try tina turner!
The Wolf was arguably the best blues harp player ever; turns that harmonica sound into an expressive and emotional voice.
Before I was into the Stones I was into Howlin' Wolf. I thoroughly explored the world of the blues all the way back to the 1890's and back even further to the slaves songs, which was the precursor to the blues. There have been so many fantastic blues performers over those years but Howlin' Wolf was always my favorite. He was a big man with a big appetite both musically and sexually.
'sexually'? Popular with the ladies I assume?
Rolling Stones loved Howlin' Wolf, those boys had good taste!
R&B was a semi-neglected niche genre in the States for a long while until people like Bo Diddly came over here and influenced, amongst others, the Rolling Stones who repackaged the music and took it back to the States.
When wolf’s regular guitarist , Hubert Sumlin died a few years ago, The Rolling Stones called the funeral parlor and paid the bill.
My birthday...May 20. The blues get me and I get them. Howlin' is the way to go!
A Teen TV show in 1965! The cry of "Lock up your daughters" must have echoed around the nation.
Forever part of music history, thanks to UA-cam!
This is a true expression of what the blues are apassionate release of all your painand gain while standing back up Thank You Mr Howlin Wolf.
so nice to see everybody clapping on 2 and 4
Amazing performance. That drumming.... just wow
Playing guitar behind the great Wolf--Smilin' James Burton!!
amazing brilliant he was.What a legend he was and will be for ever in my soul.
Shut up, Mick! Trying to steal Brian's moment--for a change!
It's great to see Howling Wolf and other bluesmen perform in front of a wider audience on national TV. Their songs were often poached, and they were frequently cheated by agents and record companies. It was during this period that they finally started to get a small portion of the pay and recognition they deserved. Too bad it didn't happen earlier.
Thanks, that's the definition of epic.
What a great song!!!!!!
The Stones promoted their blues idols (unlike Zep who just ripped them off).
What a great clip!
Mick and Brian laughing to each other as the wolf shakes his ass. great stuff.
Billy Preston on piano ,,in a year he would be playing full time with the Beatles
And then next decade, he'd be recording and touring with the Stones.
I noticed. Ida thought Leon Russell would’ve gotten the gig, being in the Shindogs and all.
Billy Preston didn't play with the Beatles until early 1969 (three-and-a-half years later than this performance).
This is where the blues came from and he was ahead of his time
THE WOLF ON SHINDIG! FAR OUT!!! Yep, The Stones were geeking out for sure...
That would have been "Groovy!"
Billy Preston on piano!
the man had energy
Wish I could have been there, but I probably wasn’t born yet!!🙏🏾😃
RS have had their highs and lows in terms of influence (and music), of course, but this was a moment where they did the right thing with their newfound celebrity. Not iconic heroism, but pretty cool. Lots of others who built their careers on African American blues did not step up at all, so hats off.
The wave of his finger puts you under a spell
Fabulous!
The Wolf!!!! The Stones and The Great Billy Preston on the 88's❤
For Howlin' Wolf's iconic 1965 performance on Shindig!, he was backed by the Shindig! house band, featuring:
James Burton - Guitar (a legendary session guitarist known for playing with Elvis Presley and many others)
Billy Preston - Piano (later dubbed "The Fifth Beatle" and famous for his solo hits)
Larry Knechtel - Bass (a member of the famous Wrecking Crew)
Mickey Conway - Drums (a key figure in the LA studio scene).
What a man
Absolutely outstanding!!!!!!!!
I was there that day and I remember most clearly that the Stones- Mick, mainly- were making fun of Howlin' Wolf when he was shaking his booty. I thought that was a bit rude, because he was so much older and deserved respect. Now Howlin' Wolf seems quite young, and I'm the old one!
Spectacular! The Wolf
In Webster's Dictionary, under the term Bluesman it should read: "See Howlin' Wofl."
The Wolf had no equal!
True Blues Master
astonishing artist. wow.
What is the name of this song , let the description please !!!!
VIBRATING with INTENSITY!
RIP Jack Good.
best blues singer ever
This appearance completely resurrected Howlin Wolf’s career.
The blues was pretty much history in the USA by this point with hardly anyone listening to it anymore, and it looked like the careers of artists like Howlin Wolf were over. Then out of the blue(!) the Stones insist on Howlin Wolf appearing on US tv with them or they won’t perform. And hey presto, the blues find a new young white audience and the blues take off again. Howlin Wolf always credited the Stones with saving his career and wouldn’t hear a bad word said about them, apparently.
This was 1956, the blues was not dead at this time, it was still fairly new, and Howling Wolf was at the top of the blues game at this point, his career needed no resurrection from the stones, in fact, the stones were covering his songs in the UK, and acting as if they created them.
Thanks Deadpool
So great to the Stones, sitting at his feet, and looking like happy kids!
Awesome! And I love that the info of where/when is posted.
What a gigant, this is The Blues
Brian blurted what everyone else was thinking
Keith is utterly rapt. He hypnotized!
THE SECRET HISTORY OF...THE H.W.STORY ON HERE.!!-&Hubert Sumlin.A Genious.maaterfull.
Killer just Killer!!
Let da wolf HOWL!
Nobody in the world will ever match Howlin’.
Look at Jones moving towards the front back then...watch a interesting dynamic Brian Mick and Keith
We couldn't get a ABC station so Shindig wasn't a possibility. We could get Hullabaloo. I don't think that I missed any of their broadcasts. I was ten years old. Two years later I tried to grow my hair. My mom quashed that real quick. She cut my hair so short that I would wear a stocking hat. I gradually grew it a little longer till I moved to Colorado. I wore it long till the end of 1979. Anyway I loved Hullabaloo. Vaughn
The real thing!
Awesome
Mickey Conway on drums!! NIce job brother!!
Signori, quel giorno dopo aver assistito sbigottiti, alla esibizione del grande Howli'n i Rollins Stones compresero di essere dei poveri mocciosi ye!ye! il giono dopo nacquero i nuovi Rollins Stones.
A true talent
Holy crap!
I love Little Red Rooster by the Stones. Totally endeared me. My favourite aside from King Bee. Go
Its James Burton on lead guitar ( in black) not Steve cropper!
Klass!!!!
Billy Preston. House pianist!