Chester Burnett as Howlin' Wolf, was the real deal. Stubborn, noisy, oversexed and powerful onstage, he was downbeat and hard done by off it. He was largely ignored in his native America outside of the Deep South and Chicago. It took the interest of the young, up and coming Brit bands to get Howlin Wolf in the spotlight. The Rolling Stones famously only agreed to do American pop music TV show Shindig if they could pick a guest artist and it was Howlin Wolf who they picked to share the limelight with them.
Smokestack Lightnin' was a staple for any band trying to make it during the 60s 'British Blues Boom', covered on record by The Yardbirds and others of their ilk. You only have to listen to 'Satisfaction' or 'Gloria' to hear how 'Smokestack Lightnin', with its churning guitar riff and express train back-beat influenced the shape of popular music.
Smokestack Lightnin' was a staple for any band trying to make it during the 60s 'British Blues Boom', covered on record by The Yardbirds and others of their ilk. You only have to listen to 'Satisfaction' or 'Gloria' to hear how 'Smokestack Lightnin', with its churning guitar riff and express train back-beat influenced the shape of popular music.
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