Howlin´Wolf-Rockin´ Chair (1962)

If there's one musician who inspired almost all the great bands of the sixties, it was Howlin' Wolf, a spectacular blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, and one of the most admired bluesmen in history. Chester Arthur Burnett (that was his real name), was born in West Point, Mississippi, in 1910. He was a man with a stony gaze, weighing 286 pounds and standing almost six feet six inches tall. The son of cotton farmers, he worked as a farmer until the late 1930s, when he decided to emigrate to Chicago in the 1940s. After serving in the army during World War II, he formed his own blues band and, some time later, even performed regularly on a radio station in West Memphis, Arkansas. In 1962, he released the album "Rockin' Chair", considered one of the bibles of the blues. Wolf was a genuine singer and a tireless creator who, with his raw blues, forged an expression of rage and vitality. Through his harsh and hypnotic voice, Wolf spat out all his anger and fears, everything he experienced as a farm worker in the rural South of the United States. His music was a sincere expression, capable of conveying every emotion, and his blues was a perfect reflection of himself. Hence the immense power and strength of his music, from an indestructible bluesman who has left a mark as profound as it is enduring. His legacy has left its mark on hundreds of bands, from Led Zeppelin to the Rolling Stones, including The Doors, Grateful Dead, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and many more. In “Rockin’ Chair,” Howlin’ Wolf revisits some of his greatest classics such as “Spoonful”, “Black Door Man”, “The Red Rooster”, “Who’s Been Talking?”, “Wang Dang Doodle”, “Little Baby”, “Going Down Slow”, and “Howlin’ For My Darlin’ ”, all of which he covers.