Friday, November 05, 2010

Howlin' Wolf in London



















Here's a pretty laid back Anglo-American effort.  The Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) died in 1976. Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" came out in 1978.

The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions players:

Howlin' Wolf -- vocals, harmonica, guitar.
Eric Clapton -- guitar.
Hubert Sumlin - guitar.
Jeffrey M. Carp -- harmonica.
Ian Stewart -- keyboards/piano.
Bill Wyman -- bass.
Charlie Watts -- drums, conga, percussion.

Additional:
Steve Winwood -- keyboards/piano and organ.
Phil Upchurch -- bass.
Klaus Voormann and Ringo Starr (aka "Ritchie") -- drums.

Recorded: May 1970.
Released: 1971, 1974, 2004.



"Wang Dang Doodle" from the 1970 sessions -- lyrics included!

Today's Rune: Fertility.

3 comments:

the walking man said...

I prefer Three Hundred Pounds of Joy...talk about a fat mans boldness. Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy. Geez and I only need 70 more pounds to get there.

Charles Gramlich said...

Here's some lyrics from what I'm listening to at the moment.

If you want to spank your demons and make them pay, then baby I'm your man of the hour.

Monster Magnet, bummer.

Erik Donald France said...

Thanks, y'all -- excellent!