Ok so watching "the howlin' wolf story" doc right now and it's a pretty decent documentary but mote importantly holy shit theres some amazing archival footage here, of wolf and others. Pretty awesome, available as soon as I send this copy back to netflix next week
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 26 February 2011 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Also good as a reminder of what a scary creepy looking motherfucker Sam Phillips was
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 26 February 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/h/howlinwolf~_smokestac_101b.jpgthis looks cool, even though i've got most of it ...
― tylerw, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://fakemillion.com/images/bills/175%20-%20Wolf%20Back.jpg
― j., Wednesday, 1 January 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
Great grandchildren due for big royalties from The Wolf of Wall Street. (Will have to share them with the Lemonheads and Plastic Bertrand.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 January 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
Do you know who his favorite singer was coming up?
― Lem E. Killdozer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 April 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Charlie Patton, I believe
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
That's what I would have said, but recently read something different.
― Lem E. Killdozer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
Actually you are right. What I read was about a somewhat surprising influence on his style.
― Lem E. Killdozer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
Read that he started out trying to imitate Jimmie Rodgers but "I couldn't do no yodelin' so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine."
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
The bio Moanin' At Midnight, by James Segrest and Mark Hoffman provided this information and promises to yield other cherce nuggets.
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
thanks for that cherce nuggest.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
or nugget
I asked her for water
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link