Music1948–1976
Howlin' Wolf
White Station, Mississippi blues vocalist whose raw, primal delivery was one of the most distinctive in American music — Rolling Stones and Clapton covered his songs obsessively.
Origin
White Station, Mississippi
Genre
Blues
The Cultural Record
Discography
Message to the Young1971
Change My Way1975
Smokestack' Blues2019
London Revisited1974
Howlin’ Wolf1962
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