― Voodoo Child, Monday, 22 August 2005 00:52 (twenty years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 22 August 2005 00:56 (twenty years ago)
― Voodoo Child, Monday, 22 August 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 22 August 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)
http://www.bluesup.com/HowlinWolfStamp.jpg
If you really think about it, Son House had more blues that Howlin' but...That damn voice beats Son anyday
― Voodoo Child, Monday, 22 August 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 22 August 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)
(my other 4: Ella, Dylan, Patsy, Hank)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 01:26 (twenty years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 22 August 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)
― Voodoo Child, Monday, 22 August 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)
(2) This is an "apples and oranges" debate - I could understand Wolf vs. Muddy, or Son House vs., say, Mississippi Fred McDowell, but pitting Wolf vs. House is like comparing a freight train to a ten-speed bike
(3) Going by that Wolf doc on DVD, in that scene where Wolf is performing at an afterparty and House is heckling him, I would have chosen Wolf to be the king since House was too drunk and docile that night
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Monday, 22 August 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 22 August 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)
Hoodoo, the first thing I thought of is that documentary. That clip of him on "Shindig" with the Stones bearing witness is the shit.
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 22 August 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 August 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)
Fact is, Son House had those brilliant cuts from the late 20s/early 30s, and the Library of Congress recordings from the early 40s, and little else. His comeback recordings post-65 are sloppy and limpid. The man's brain was a mess from drink.
Wolf was on fire from day one until at least 1973 (Back Door Wolf is a killer album).
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)
"His comeback recordings post-65 are sloppy and limpid. The man's brain was a mess from drink."
fucking crazy talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 1 February 2008 08:17 (eighteen years ago)
some weird longhairs trying to cover son:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fM2qhG8mA4&NR=1
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 1 February 2008 08:31 (eighteen years ago)
Wolf has the voice and the better catalog, but goddamn if Son House doesn't make the hair on the back of my neck stand up to this day.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 1 February 2008 08:34 (eighteen years ago)
Read thread title as "Howling Wolf vs. Son Hoos," btw.
"Son House is still enjoyable to this day."
If the Lord said, I've got this time machine and you can go back and talk to one rock 'n' roll music figure from the past--I know you like that shit, personally I prefer a good Gregorian Chant or Julie London if I'm feeling randy--I'd pick Howlin' Wolf.
― whisperineddhurt, Saturday, 2 February 2008 14:04 (eighteen years ago)
Hardson House
― sanskrit, Saturday, 2 February 2008 14:46 (eighteen years ago)
i'm with rev. hoodoo - this is a bizarre matchup. i don't really see how you can compare these guys.
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 2 February 2008 18:22 (eighteen years ago)
I agree, Howlin' Wolf all the way babay! Rock my soul! Fuck Son House.
― Party with Your Poodle (u s steel), Friday, 1 October 2010 09:09 (fifteen years ago)
He trades a few words with Son House in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8UCOBajM9o
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 1 October 2010 11:45 (fifteen years ago)