Kultur: (About) 100 Words on...Howlin' Wolf Live at Key Largo, Chicago, IL 02/23/1969

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Kultur: (About) 100 Words on...Howlin' Wolf Live at Key Largo, Chicago, IL 02/23/1969

(About) 100 Words on...Howlin' Wolf Live at Key Largo, Chicago, IL 02/23/1969

Howlin' Wolf

Live at Key Largo, Chicago, IL 02/23/1969

Complements of Qualitybootz

Chester Burnett, AKA Howlin' Wolf's life spanned the breadth of blues history from Charlie Patton to the decline of Chess Records. Like Skip James, he was a singular talent not willing to be creatively pigeonholed. This live set captures Wolf at the height of his considerable powers in his adopted home of Chicago. Wolf's blues were not sophisticated like Muddy Waters and Walter Jacobs. They were Mississippi Delta dirt bona fide, electrified and Southern fried. "A Million Miles Away" and "Killing Floor" kill with a ferocity unmatched before or since. Wolf's harmonica and guitar are well represented and Hubert Sumlin shines throughout.