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Howlin` Wolf was a musical giant in every way. He stood 6` 3", wore size 16 shoes, had skin so dark it shined like silver, and poured out his darkest sorrows in a voice that sounded like a rampaging chainsaw. Half a century after his first hits, Wolf's sound still terrifies and inspires.
Born Chester Arthur Burnett in 1910, the Wolf survived a grim childhood and hard scrabble youth as a sharecropper in Mississippi. He began his career playing and singing in perilous juke joints with the first Delta blues stars in the 1930`s and 1940`s . He was present at the birth of rock'n'roll in Memphis and helped define the sound of electric blues in Chicago in the 1950`s and 1960`s. He ended his career performing and recording with the world's most famous rock stars in the 1970`s. His passion for music kept him performing-despite devastating physical problems-until his death in 1976.
This DVD shows Howlin` Wolf prowling on stage at the first Washington D.C. Blues Festival in November 1970, supported by his top-notch band. Hear him moan his earth-shaking blues and watch his unforgettable stage antics and you'll see why Sam Phillips - who also discovered Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis - called Howlin` Wolf his greatest discovery.
01. Highway 49
02. How Many More Years
03. Killing Floor
04. Howlin` For My Baby
05. Back Door Man
06. I Want To Have A Word With You
07. Smile At Me
08. Decoration Day
09. Sittin` On Top Of The World
