He then moved in with his uncle, Will Young, who treated him badly. His mother, Gertrude, threw him out of the house when he was a child for refusing to work on the farm. īurnett's parents separated when he was only a year old. The blues historian Paul Oliver wrote that Burnett once claimed to have been given his nickname by his idol Jimmie Rodgers. He explained the origin of the name Howlin' Wolf: "I got that from my grandfather", who would tell him stories about wolves in that part of the country and warn him that if he misbehaved the "howling wolves" would get him. His physique garnered him the nicknames "Big Foot Chester" and "Bull Cow" as a young man: he was 6 feet 3 inches (191 cm) tall and often weighed close to 300 pounds (136 kg).
Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. He was given the name Chester Arthur, after Chester A. īurnett was born on June 10, 1910, in White Station, Mississippi, near West Point. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". '" Several of his songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues rock standards. This is where the soul of man never dies. The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, "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." Producer Sam Phillips recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists. Chester Arthur Burnett (J– January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.
0 kommentar(er)
