Talk:Howlin' Wolf/Archive 1

Origin of name
I don't have a quotation but I watched the Howlin' Wolf story on DVD and I remember he explained his name's origin as one of his elders telling him to behave or else wolves were going to eat him, or something to this effect. If anyone knows what the exact story is it might spice up the bio. 71.136.235.62 (talk) 19:49, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

buncha edits aug 26 2006
everything i put in today is sourced from The Howlin' Wolf Story video, which i put in the references section. so don't delete it or put cite in little letters next to it. thankx. Gzuckier 20:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

London Sessions story
Edit - 3-15-07 - Phil Russo - Huge Wolf Fan

(Im a newbie here. Someone else may want to edit this into the front page)

A key detail to the London Sessions story regarding Hubert Sumlin:

Hubert was (and is) well respected. When he plays BB King's in NYC they quote Jimi Hendrix as stating Hubert was his favorite guitarist.

Anyway, I had heard this story before and found confirmation in an interview at: www.clevescene.com/1998-12-10/music/the-boy-in-the-window/

Legend has it Clapton refused to participate in the recording of The London Sessions unless Sumlin was there as well.

"That's true," Sumlin says. "The label [Chess] didn't want me. All they wanted was the English musicians--the Rolling Stones, and those people. Eric told them I had to be there. He was a swell guy, and still is as far as I know."

Eric supposedly refused to participate if Hubert was not included.

There's also a great story from the The Howlin' Wolf Story about his last days. It goes along well with the lyrics from "Goin' Down Slow" although Wolf did not write them:

"Somebody write my mother, and tell her the shape I'm in."

Wolf made a request to see his mother before he died, and he knew death was coming. His estranged, religious mother refused to see him because he never obeyed her wishes and quit playing "Devil's music." i love jess and i love crystal xx I am thankful he was so defiant.

167.206.233.62 (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)Phil Russo

Willie Johnson...
What a pity that Willie Johnson didn't follow the Wolf to Chicago at first. I listen to those older Memphis Howlin' Wolf recordings and find them to be far more interesting recordings than anything done at Chess. My opinion. Willie found his way up to Chicago, but that was too late and Sumlin was in his place, and Willie never recovered his career with any sucess... that's too bad for all of us. The Memphis recordings had more of a "Barrel House" feel than anything ever produced in Chicago. To understand the "Barrel House" feel... just think of big men with boots stomping on heavy wood plank floors and you'll "see" it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.9.200.127 (talk) 22:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)