100 years old by Wulfenstar

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100 years old

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UPDATED: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:41
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Friday, June 11, 2010 9:51 AM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg

Howlin' Wolf...

Hmm, you might say I got some inspiration...

But who knows?

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Friday, June 11, 2010 12:30 PM

TRAVELER

Here's some Hound Dog Taylor to go with that.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Friday, June 11, 2010 12:41 PM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg

"Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.

With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits."[1] Many songs popularized by Burnett—such as "Smokestack Lightnin'," "Back Door Man" and "Spoonful"—have become standards of blues and blues rock.

At 6 feet, 6 inches (198 cm) and close to 300 pounds (136 kg), he was an imposing presence with one of the loudest and most memorable voices of all the "classic" 1950s Chicago blues singers. Howlin' Wolf's voice has been compared to "the sound of heavy machinery operating on a gravel road". This rough-edged, slightly fearsome musical style is often contrasted with the less crude but still powerful presentation of his contemporary and professional rival, Muddy Waters - although the two were reportedly not that different in actual personality - to describe the two pillars of the Chicago blues representing the music.

Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Little Walter Jacobs and Muddy Waters are usually regarded in retrospect as the greatest blues artists who recorded for Chess in Chicago. Sam Phillips once remarked, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'" In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #51 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time"

Awesome. :)

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