Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom (Live)

Music video by Howlin' Wolf performing Down In The Bottom (Live).

[@margieealey2827]

He was a beautiful man, that could sing. No one was going to mop the floor with the Wolf. RIP

[@johnking7008]

He was a tail dragger.

[@felipejose8834]

​@@johnking7008He broke a lot of white girls' hearts

[@garyperlberg9431]

One of the greatest pleasures of my life was seeing Howlin' Wolf perform....twice. The first time was at the Washington DC Blues Festival in 1968. I was 15 years old and had run away from home in NY to attend this incredible, star studded show show. The second time was after I hitchhiked two thousand miles, alone from San Francisco to the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1970, at age 17. I took amazing photos of him. Even at this very early age, I knew what my priorities were

[@JerseyMiller]

Sounds like quite the adventure sir wish I could have been there too.

[@scottgarvey3253]

I don't even his kid would have done that ! Lol ! Sounds like fun . Big ups

[@starteamrealestate]

Man you are a solid fan. What's your favorite. Mine is the London Sessions an where he teaches the great ones his licks on Red Roster fllowed by Red Roster.

[@terrencefitzgerald5021]

Lucky dog 😮

[@opse666]

Hi Gary, I think I'm not the only one that would love to see your photos ! Cheers

[@JohnGradwell-is7lm]

At traffic lights when folk play annoying disco music I give them a blast of Wolf, They appreciate it.

[@paulginsberg6942]

Howling Wolf. Can't get more authentic and powerful. The Great One.

[@harrypool71]

That saxophone player deserves his flowers for this performance. Funky!!!!! 🌼☀️👑☀️🌼

[@corychecketts]

It doesn’t matter how much different music I listen to, I always come back to Howlin’ Wolf.

[@hadbl12]

Amen

[@michaelmulholland9072]

Same here. Incredible

[@maryposey1344]

yes

[@manbat1011]

I relate to that. I started with Ronnie James Dio.

[@bongodave13]

You have excellent taste!

[@comous]

It does not get any better than this. That voice moves my soul !

[@DaveGiudice]

There’s nothing like this anymore these day. The man was amazing as a musician.

[@Dana-ie2bh]

Love the sax player, adds a very nuanced and important aspect to this amazing blues song. This was a jam session, and a damn good one,

[@jamesmcauslan6758]

I've noticed how no one here seems to give him credit for being a very fine guitarist and blues harpist....he was a one man band of the highest caliber. Listen to his slide playing. Masterful.

[@thy_apostle]

No, props for sure .. I think ppl are just speechless

[@JJFrostMusic]

He had a second guitar player doing most of the slide and lead stuff, he's adding rhythm and more detail in the bass notes of the guitar. He knew his stuff

[@jamesmcauslan6758]

@@JJFrostMusic Yes, that's true but his own playing was superb. Just watch him in some of the videos on youtube. That is some mighty fine playing, both guitar and harp.

[@JJFrostMusic]

@@jamesmcauslan6758 your right, he knows his guitar

[@walterjamison5723]

People are often smarter than with think. Walter Jamison Bolton, MS.

[@philparadise3702]

Howlin' Wolf is the best name for an artist EVER tought of!!!

[@gunterbutler9091]

Undisputed stands alone

[@ineedtostopwatchingyoutube5211]

It really is

[@mikecacioppo5639]

Most "musicians" couldn't shine this man's shoe's , he's as fine as it gets.🎶🎸🎵🎶💯

[@tommurphree5630]

Muddy Waters isn't too bad either .

[@valeriesargent7635]

Yes it is, the name alone pulls you in!

[@joannehack7588]

He was indeed a blues master. Just because he did’t meet the standards of popular,successful, mainstream blues, makes him that much more special, and in my eyes, more successful

[@joannehack7588]

Amen

[@billwilson-es5yn]

The Wolf was very popular during his time. You just need to remember that Black kids started moving away from Blues to R&B and Motown in the 50's and 60's.

[@tsmith1487]

Sam Phillips said it best: “When I heard Howlin Wolf I said:’this is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies’”. Howlin Wolf GOAT.

[@brendashaw6786]

Brenda Shaw Love his style and dedication, best blues front man and band. Simply the. Best!

[@Colinshreds69]

@@brendashaw6786 him and lightnin hopkins are thee goats of blues. No one else comes close to them. They are the blues

[@joshuadowling8778]

Yeah. Try this on.

[@jamesbueker11]

Man, he felt it in his soul. Such a total blues power package. Killing every aspect. A one man band, great singer,songwriter and overall showman. He honed his craft in juke joints and dancehall’s. Recording studios must have seemed like an incredible luxury. Dues paid, accolades deserved. Howl away wolfman

[@davidduru-js6dk]

Still very relevant today 09/03/2023 😊

[@citizenbeeswax7985]

Bob dylan recently said howlin wolf was the greatest live act hes ever witnessed, so I figured I'd check him out. Badass music. What a voice!

[@risboturbide9396]

Jim Morrison's favorite bluesman, too.

[@TheSongNinja]

And he could play the slide guitar like nobody's business!!!💚

[@smoothoperator7023]

Check out Smokestack Lightning live in '64 & How Many More Years live in '65 on Shindig tv show w/ Rolling Stones.

[@GBCR]

Bob who?

[@mavjimbo]

Doesn't get any better than this

[@larry1824]

This man IS the blues

[@b00gi3]

That horn dude - and all the horn dudes on these recordings - so elegantly understate themsleves - unobstrusive - you barely notice they are there in spite of their instrument which has the power to cut through - yet they provide so much support. Love the horn dude in this.

[@PageandPlant4Life]

great point!

[@mavjimbo]

Quietly enhancing the song

[@bigbrotherisasob]

👍

[@jeanpierrevanzandberghe3843]

Incredible!!gods alives!!!!!!

[@18allthaway]

The Horn Dude knew not to Upstage Howlin Wolf. Howlin Wolf Didn't Play !! Look at how broad his shoulders were.

[@nourewah]

That's not only music that's a sound of souls

[@ata1811]

Possibly the most electrifying performer in Blues history! Beyond magnificent!!

[@roberthitchcock7214]

There's no argument. If you know The Blues, there is no one more powerful or electrifying. Enjoy his genius. His pure authenticity will NEVER be matched. HE IS THE BLUES. We can only learn and share his message.

[@tbone4646]

When he gets into his songs I do believe he goes into a blues trance. He's in another world. Best ever.

[@arca5200]

I listen to a wild array of music but I always come back to Howlin' Wolf.

[@ronwiggins8153]

At the R&R hall of fame museum there's photo of Wolf sitting on a stool in a pork pie hat. He's the reason that museum exists.

[@christopherlangdon2892]

Thank goodness for these little drops of treasure from the past.

[@bernardwestphal326]

He's an original blues man. He lived it.

[@djgene5621]

This video conveys the purist form of Howlin' Wolf. In the studio, screaming into the mic, playing the guitar with his slide. Working man's blues. This song always seems to come up at last call, and makes me feel like pourin one more for the Wolf. 🥃

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Bring me my running shoes! The we fleas a baaaaaad mayne !

[@KingKumari]

" she got a bad old man, I'm too young to die, every time I hear that it cracks me the fuck up😂😂😂😂 Howling Wolf was pure genius...

[@stellalush4547]

"Shes hot like red pepper, sweet like cherry wine..."

[@anthonykukla5384]

Love when he fixes his glasses a couple times and then just ditches them and goes into it heavier. A great bluesman

[@jamesmcauslan6758]

Yeah, you noticed that! 'and goes into it heavier'...I like that!! Who are you? I like you. It's like when Albert King asks ''where you live''?

[@josmith5155]

Would there have been the great hits from the Stones, Small Faces etc, without the likes of this man? "The Blues had a baby, and they called it Rock n Roll".

[@greggyeggy1]

too true!

[@thdgcfx]

Small faces are in a league of their own but yeah the stones wouldn't have been as successful

[@dawanadixon1234]

Nope there wouldn’t be!!

[@doshiamullins8675]

I'm Old and this Man is one of the Greatest. I could listen to him day and night

[@doshiamullins8675]

@@thdgcfx Right. It was more screaming than anything

[@yusufu9]

There's Wolf, and then there's everyone else.

[@jamesmcauslan6758]

To that, I reply there's Wolf, and there's his old pal Muddy. Rivals? Certainly, but both absolutely superb.

[@stephenjconstantine]

He's untouchable.

[@ByzantiumOPB85]

No, Rome, you are most alone e.g. Pöst Malöne. The "A" is öne with the Lord, and thus, never alöne. God as my witness; New Testament; C-AM-BOD-IA. The Living Bible (Jesus Walks) or book of justice be mines several tymes oyver. Rome is improperly one with fïre now indeed which is wrong. So be it, Röme. You're just double damned now, Rarriarier. *Sub-Suharian Africar* If Rome is indeed "the Authority (Dorothy)" then why did Roheim boyn my hoheim. *Spit in your face in public.*

[@ByzantiumOPB85]

"SHÜT [LÜKE] DOWN!" from "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC 2.0 with Brian Johnson.

[@theherbpuffer]

I disagree, Lightnin Hopkins shits on everyone.

[@djgene5621]

Wolf in his element. Slide guitar, full band, in the groove.

[@cattman1970]

Man I could listen to this all day long

[@ALLEYOOP77]

Musical Genius!! also paid for his employees health insurance and pension, this was back in the 1950.s !!!

[@antoniobradiano]

never heard of him till tonight. Im 48 thats . I went to collage to study classical at 17 at Sandhill community collage in NC. I Know Joe Satriani, BB King this is the old ODB of yesterday.

[@casamequite]

He had no employees, Stupid.

[@pinkville]

Doc Martin The reference is to the members of Howlin’ Wolf’s bands, whom he paid well, on time, and whose unemployment insurance and social security he covered. If you’re gonna call someone “stupid” you should be sure you have a clue what you’re talking about.

[@bigb1625]

pinkville Well played

[@KT-ln8em]

He did pay his employees and with benefits he paid a union due true working class musician.

[@carlbowles1808]

This transports me back to my 1960's childhood memories. The times were hard for us black peoples but the music was awesome. Music soothes the rough edges of life in every Era. RIP BLACK Mississippi soul brother howling wolf 🐺.

[@jazzyjones6375]

I am black and lived in Korea Town as a teen and into my twenties.a Korean man said to me, we listen to these sad song not because we are depressed but because we miss our home land. That is the same way we listen to the blues , it’s something we can identify with. We listen for strength and encouragement.

[@JerseyMiller]

I am a French Canadian Jew and I love the blues. Cheers gentlemen.

[@bigbrotherisasob]

Wolf was well respected as a business man also. He knew how to run the business side of the profession, always paid his musicians.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

Nobody was allowed to party tell after there performances, wolf would even buy them drinks.

[@randallkennedy2066]

The Wolf is the GOAT.

[@frankchilds9848]

I dig the way he could adjust his glasses, even take them off, and never miss a guitar lick. He was and is total commitment to his music personified!

[@glennbrown4609]

The 'wolf' was one of a kind. Real blues man. Love this guy. What a talented man during 'Jim Crow' times. Proof that music has no boundaries. You cannot supress talent !!!

[@the2ndcoming135]

😆

[@deltaalfa3521]

Yeah. You’re not intelligent at all. It was Jim Crow that created this amazing BLACK MUSIC

[@glennbrown4609]

@@deltaalfa3521 Not intelligent ? Jim Crow started with the indians, the 'real americans'. They called it relocation. They had songs also.Our black ancestors sang the blues in their native tongues aboard the slave ships . They made musical instruments out of gourds in Africa before they became captives. The blues is misery music. What could be more miserable than being a captive, chained like dogs, aboard a slave ship. They moaned and groaned out rhythmic songs on the 'white man's' cruise ship. It wasn't the 'good ship' lollipop either.

[@sahhduude1380]

@@deltaalfa3521 and years of slavery you're not gonna think about that, and he's the dumb one 👀

[@CptEtgar]

.@@the2ndcoming135

[@Bobbyjoeloverod]

The incredible Hubert Sumlin playing the second guitar off camera, what a team.

[@doshiamullins8675]

I. Could listen to this all night. Or all day.

[@imari2305]

Why can't singers sound like this today....Absolutely mesmerizing!~!

[@systemsoversymptomsvisionw9806]

What, you don't like talent-less singers corrected by autotune? LOL! Yeah, I feel ya!

[@imari2305]

@@systemsoversymptomsvisionw9806 Lol Exactky!!!

[@szenzo]

A few years ago George Ezra was being compared to Lead Belly! Sounds nothing like him. Industry bosses have gone tone deaf

[@anuncolonizedmind6296]

Bc most of today's generation, doesn't want to hear it. They want their own sound, like every other generation. I don't care for it at all, that's why I'm here listening to Wolf. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@daltonking6956]

That's a man who's mother Literally disowned him for playing the devil's music... We don't make singers like that no more.

[@philodonoghue3062]

The understated saxophone here is awesome too

[@JimmySteller]

They really need to make a movie about him. He led such a remarkable life, and he cemented himself as one of the greatest blues musicians that ever lived.

[@chicagosburgermansblues]

One of the greatest 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 Old school is still the best School for ever👍👍 No Bull Shit 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

[@phuzbrain]

Wolf, a FORCE of Nature

[@Occaras]

One of the greatest music videos ever

[@thomashutchinson7165]

Saw Howlin' Wolf in early '70's at a place called The Alternate Site in Milwaukee WI. Memories ☮️♥️

[@1Jpeso]

wow

[@stephenhans189]

Barking at the moon doesn't work no matter how many times I try. Thank you for the music

[@jeremyreagan9085]

What I love most about Howlin Wolf is that despite all the horrors he lived in his life he never got bitter or turned away from self-criticism for things he might of said or did that he knew was not how God wanted him to live. One of the hardest points I read for me to read was when he made in the music business he went home and tried to help his mother out with some money. She took the money and threw it all over the floor and declared she did not need that devil's money. Man that had to be beyond soul crushing for him. Such a gift from God and his mother never heard it or understood it.

[@midgetsheliumandguam5937]

Or maybe his mother was wise of the world.

[@thomasreed9560]

The blues were the devils music and as such was abhorred by the black Baptist churches back in the early days. If you played it you were destined to go to hell. Blame it on Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads.

[@midgetsheliumandguam5937]

@@thomasreed9560 I live pretty close to the crossroads. Interesting place. Not much there but history.

[@maryvaughn7886]

True story that. Thank you for sharing it. His wife & daughters adored him & he was very dedicated to them as well.

[@jeremyreagan9085]

@@maryvaughn7886 My joy to share Mary!

[@Oymmit]

he's my favorite influencer by far.

[@Jim-bx7vs]

The wolf man will always be the number one blues man in my book 🫡❤ I was raised by a single mother and her two brothers in the 50's thru out the house day and night the blues man cometh

[@RaoulDukeSr]

Nobody can touch the WOLF 🐺⚡🐺

[@The1969Vintage]

I love the saxophone in this, every time I hear it, fattening out that relentless groove.

[@michaelharden6538]

I knew I couldn't be the only one

[@hadbl12]

Yes… I agreed

[@deloreswilson1798]

I" love " that slide,though.😎

[@jcrewzak9409]

makes it unique

[@billhart4710]

That sax player knew he was blessed just to be there with this blues master. Paying his dues as he adds a nice rhythmic fill.

[@markhoffman552]

Is it any wonder Wolf was good? Before he was 30, he learned guitar from Charlie Patton, Son House, and Willie Brown and harmonica from Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also played with Robert Johnson and pretty much everybody else who was playing and traveling through the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta in the 1930s. He was there at the birth of the blues, in other words. And in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was present at the birth of electric blues and rock 'n' roll in West Memphis and Chicago.

[@optimisticprime8651]

its sun house talking in the back ground at the start. u can see most of this show. son talking the whole time he seems pretty lit

[@jamesmcauslan6758]

Oh, yes. He had a pedigree unmatched by anyone else...refreshing to read this. Thank you for mentioning this to people who may not know.

[@abundis7665]

Howlin wolf bring my baby boy the gift of running, not to be late or on time. But to be fast to be a good boy/man. Let my boy be great in the sake of oldies.

[@richardseegman803]

The greatest blues singer of all time. No question. Great song too!

[@andersonhilliard1940]

That saxophone sound good with playing that lead guitar

[@79tazman]

Wolf is BAD ASS!!! I love this guy

[@marcjajaja9786]

L

[@tyronehouston1007]

Most don't know know BLUES made a baby, and her Rock n' Roll. These old school blues is grown mind people music.

[@jacksonraulerson6538]

Every Southern born white boy rock n roller heard this and ate it up !! It became,,, SOUTHERN ROCK YA !!

[@smoothoperator7023]

That voice.......😳

[@L3TTUC3prey]

Like a couple yards of gravel gettin dumped right into your soul, ain't it great? 🔥🎶🎸🏆

[@MrHarpplaya]

The Big Bad Wolf 🐺 💙 always one of my favorites 😁

[@jeffreyedwards5029]

Mississippi Delta blues. Best musicians and music ever.

[@JerseyMiller]

Man Wolf could really get it. Go ahead sir!

[@christineseton7687]

Love Howlin wolf, He was a real Blues man!💜💜

[@BEENIECRIS]

Howlin Wolf lives on 🦅💯💪🏾❤️❗️

[@joer2513]

It's amazing how influential men like Howlin Wolf became in their later years it truly is mind-boggling, compared to todays music, a young face for a fast and greedy industry, keep on keeping on, they'll forget your name before the remember the next... Thank you for the tunes Howlin Wolf

[@pgm1972]

An epic of human emotion. When he starts to lose it at around 3.52....WOW. A dynamite piece of music straight from the heart by a true artist at work.

[@MB2340]

What a brillant sound quality and the voice of the Wolf. That's music.

[@juancamacho5746]

Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes Well now, baby meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes Well, I'll come out the window, I won't have time to lose. When you see me streaking by, please don't be late When you see me streaking by, please don't be late Well, when you see me moving, though my life is at stake Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by She got a bad old man, you know I'm too young to die I got to leave here. Get caught in there

[@tomn7287]

Howlin' Wolf IS The Blues!

[@barrelingram8176]

One of the greatest of all time I'm just in my 50's and I found something that is real

[@rishikesh1087]

I love the sound that he was able to tease out of that guitar.....Not the only old bluesman to be able to do it of course...But in listening to these old school bluesmen I'm always mystified by the color of the sound they were able to produce....It's no wonder so many later musicians desperately attempted to achieve something that was similar....In some instances it's quite good, but I can't think of an artist who really was/is able to carry that haunting original blues sound....

[@Hiraeth796]

I'm so glad they tried, though!

[@roberthitchcock7214]

No words. Wow. The Wolf once again has left me completely speechless. He said it all! I hope every addict or anyone wrestling with demons gets to hear this important message. Thank you Chester. We love you!

[@moali3698]

Am proud someone still listening to this u r a legend

[@ibberman]

A dude making time with another's woman has to cut out before he gets caught. Hence, running shoes.

[@uwinsome]

I grew up with this music....

[@roelvandev]

Artist with the most badass voice ever.. period!

[@patriciakimbrell3734]

Love the Music of Howlin Wolf 💙💙🎸💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙💙🌟

[@tyleryepes-pu9pc]

Same here Patricia How are you doing?

[@patrickostrom2762]

Who doesn't like the Big Bad Wolf! Howling and Moaning from his deep southern Soul!his music lives!

[@johnyoungblood2771]

Use to hear my DADDY AND MAMA EXPLAINING THESE SONGS TO ALL OF US WHEN WE GOT OLDER ANUFF TO UNDERSTAND WE WOULD BE IN SHOCK AND OOOHHH THEY WOULD BE LAUGHING UNTIL THEY CRIED😁😁😁😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭🙏🏿😇🙏🏿😇🙏🏿😭😭😭😂😂😂🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰😘😍🤯🤯🤯😳😳🤭🤭😬😬🤐😟🤔🤔✊🏿✊🏿!!!

[@johngore7744]

This is sooo good. Been listening to him (and other blues ) for four decades and it gets better with time. True art and talent and emotion

[@lensman7519]

And the sax focus

[@bjoe74fm]

From the early days of R&B, a fine guitarist and harp player, some of the finest , raw blues music, Howling Wolf was a legendary Bluesman, rest in peace

[@johnnyfoo8737]

heard of him for years never listened until I watched documentary about him. Great Bluesman father of rock

[@drewk1955]

One of the greatest.....

[@heatherstratfold4108]

I respect this man for taking the time in his breaks at gigs to study music theory... and continue improving himself

[@D.HONDA444]

Listen to him on Smoke Stack Lightning.... This man is actually melodically howling on the record. It's beautiful.... I love this guy music, way too much judging from my username lol

[@J-Peterson777]

Good call mate, true blues all the way through... Love it.

[@juancaceres1058]

this video quality is even better than some videos from the 2000's

[@narcoskeptic]

him running while sitting singing will always get me going

[@maryvaughn7886]

Sun Studios Lord he was such a talent & a great man. Stories from his girls will melt your heart. Yo go Wolf. 🎶🎵🎼🎸🎙

[@tyleryepes-pu9pc]

He is one of the best guitarist ever

[@andersonhilliard1940]

Love him live video

[@cattman1970]

That sax is just so sweet and such a great offset to his voice

[@paulkruger491]

That was amazing. Maybe the most important man in modern music.

[@larrypata]

Best blues singer ever!

[@tahsinsabah833]

This guy’s music is everything

[@tameikalewis5080]

I love Howlin Wolf... yess

[@davidruffin9828]

Nothing compares to this today unless you travel down south ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@jamesmcauslan6758]

Yes, blues are still played and enjoyed in the south, but it's not like THIS....we will never see the likes of this man again...

[@doshiamullins8675]

He's one of the Greatest

[@oliverk.8312]

The most powerful singing voice I might have ever heard. And a damn good guitarist and harpist too! I got a poster of him on my wall for my birthday, he inspires me so much.

[@SteveYates-uo4dq]

❤don’t forget to pass the blues on to your kids and family and friends for the future xxx

[@theeecandlemaker2197]

Pure genius, true creatives understand this man.

[@gunners47]

Blues HEAVEN, the greatest blues voice ever !!!! , still treasure my 1972 memories, when (on a' fantastic musiscal road trip...) I had the privilege sharing his 'birthday' in The famous Blue Flame. What a great show/memory, this is/was...!