Howlin' Wolf - I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)

[@tekop]

His voice had a presence true to his soul...

[@ruthdixon7807]

early mentor tommy johnson taught wolf this one back in mississippi: he electrified it in chicago in 1956.

[@mattpeckham667]

the guitar on this...just when you think you know where it's going to go, it goes somewhere else. This sounds like the soundtrack to a nightmare...and I mean that as the highest compliment. Terrifying. Hail the Wolf...

[@berachtdorian6191]

Wow. That is exactly what it sounds like.

[@nurkenrustem6044]

@@berachtdorian6191 Perfectly defines these fever dreams.

[@emilmaze]

Agreed. For the small number of notes, it's, for lack of a better term, all over the place. I discovered this song when I was maybe 12 and listened to it regularly for the past 14 years since, and only recently did I attempt to learn it and it's incredibly difficult to get it down properly. you said it perfectly, when you think you know where it's going to go, it goes somewhere else. insanely good performance from all of them. certainly my number one favorite howlin wolf track

[@gbxpert]

That's Hubert Sumlin with those great guitar licks

[@terri-b7492]

Some nightmares are worth having esp if they have the soundtrack done by Howlin Wolf,I have them most nights

[@AllBobsAllTheTime]

They way the gas prices are now, Wolf would be happy with that deal today.

[@jamalraidmujahid7371]

Being from Chicago's Southside, I'm proud that Wolf came to the Chi to do what he did. He was a good man also to others.

[@firstandlastswagman269]

V8

[@kayallen7603]

@@jamalraidmujahid7371 That he was.

[@mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero]

🐢☂️🐀🐉🐇🦎🚜⚗️🥛🧤🗿🧤⛽👣🛢️🧜🏻‍♀️🐳👣🐳⚓🚦🚧🗑️🥛🚥👥👤🗣️🎤🐺🎧☀️🌄🐥🌅🐣🌄🐤☀️🌤️[🐈]🐈🐳🦊🐳🦊🐳🦊🐳🦊🐳🦊🐳🦕🚿🦁🚿

[@EvonneLindiwe]

🤣

[@roberttuss5349]

Surly one of his very best.

[@swabwi2150]

not only is this music timeless, it never gets old, ….for some of us.

[@StonedMeadowOfDoom]

One of his best tracks for sure

[@trentfox6100]

I love this song lol

[@maximuskhan2100]

For my money Chester is the King of the Blues.

[@GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

"That I ever seeeeeeen!" that note always gives me chills

[@bobaldo2339]

I love the hypnotic guitar riff on this cut - everything is perfect. One of my favorite Wolf recordings.

[@andrekilpatrick7704]

I cannot get it out of my head! lol

[@josephtravers777]

Always been my favorite Wolf track. It's all hypnotic. :)

[@stevetessier6568]

Willie steel on drums ....

[@stevetessier6568]

My favorite Wolf song...!!

[@astraldruid3476]

It doesn't get any better than this......

[@astraldruid3476]

+Astral Druid been gone too long

[@marciaosborne4242]

I love Howling Wolf grew up listening to him.. Im from the south and this is true southern delta blues

[@pena.3302]

4'Shore!!

[@maximuskhan2100]

Yeppers

[@paulharris8551]

I love the background with the eerie piano and Wolf''s little guitar stabs over the bass. A very atmospheric recording!

[@L3TTUC3prey]

... Sumlin's stabs that is 😉👍

[@sergioleone3583]

@@L3TTUC3prey Thank you! Hubert Sumlin doesn't get enough credit in the general music world (outside of blues fans) for his amazing work with The Wolf.

[@keithrandall1492]

@@L3TTUC3prey Actually, no...Sumlin isn't present here. It's Smokey Smothers

[@TheEva1944]

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER WOLF,IMITATED BUT NEVER DUPLICATED!

[@grandma.p]

I agree. I never liked impersonators anyway. They give you a frustrating feeling that something is missing.

[@leonb5497]

captain beefheart got pretty close tho

[@howardquinn5911]

Hear tell Wolf treated his band much better than CB. Drugs make you dumb.

[@vio19848]

I don't think anyone can come close to intimidating Howling Wolf this man has deep soul.

[@LibraLee88]

Played at my Granddaddy's 79th Birthday last Saturday and ima repeat what my Granddad said SANG BOY!!!!

[@941lowelife2]

The howling spooky

[@winstonchurchill624]

So are you telling me that if I drink gasoline, I'll get a voice like this guy?

[@richtfingers]

No, you have to be a god to sing like that.

[@anti-rehabrelapse5996]

Well i drank some mixed fuel by accident once. It just gave me a headrush and made me puke. No voice though

[@misterknightowlandco]

To get a voice like that the Marlboro man has to come to your home while riding a camel and passing out jack Daniels lol

[@dravidiandsg8558]

try tide pods first, if you can handle that, then try the gasoline

[@luciusesox1luckysox570]

Add a match and yes for sure.

[@MsOldGregg]

That voice is unique.

[@grandma.p]

Yes it is!

[@mikekaup5252]

Try Blind Willie McTell for another unique bluesman.

[@daddyrollingstrong]

The first Howlin Wolf I ever heard: 1956 on WLAC Nashville.

[@kellytyner2611]

Hey Tom, if you were hard-wired weird(like I think I am) this must have blown your mind to hear from the radio in 56. Am I correct?

[@grandma.p]

Lucky you!

[@bobaldo2339]

The hypnotic repetitive guitar riff on this cut is elegant and mesmerizing. I love this recording.

[@SeattleSoulFan]

"This is where the soul of man never dies.'--Sam Phillips on Howlin' Wolf's music.

[@lindablack3649]

Two thumbs up ! If I asked for water and was given gasoline I'd be singin' the blues too . Smiles * * * . Great song !

[@coravisser3846]

I adore this one that voice he had.And the instruments real awesome.

[@ek3910]

Can feel the slow, hot and humid delta environment

[@richardmindemann6935]

In my opinion, and also in that of BB King, the Wolf is the best blues vocalist ever.

[@roberttuss5349]

Freakin' awesome! Timeless. Classic. Genuine. Authentic. Listening for 50 yrs. now.

[@nuclearblue6933]

"woah oooaaa the church bell🔔 toning...woah oooaaa the hurse come driving slow" 🐺

[@mehrdadpersian9902]

The Wolf 😍❤ The greatest of All time

[@brushcreek42]

I've liked this for almost 60 years, one of his best! This was actually an update of "Cool Drink of Water Blues" made by Tommy Johnson in 1928, equally well done.

[@lucagray6397]

Tommy Johnson... That particular recording is brilliantly eerie.

[@michaelelliott3209]

Lots of great voices in blues music! Howlin' Wolf is one of the most memorable. "Oh Red."

[@mikekaup5252]

I agree, try Blind Willie McTell for a different style. He is my second favorite. A fine writer also.

[@petrologyboy]

The guitar haunts me to the core! Great song.....Top Tier from Howling Wolf, alongside "Moanin' at Midnight" with Willie Johnson on an also scorching guitar.

[@Walker-ld3dn]

Good Lord....this is THE best. No kidding. No one can touch this. Perfection.

[@deaneawilliams2272]

This is absolutely amazing the cords are out of this world . To sing a song on a groove like that is crazy to me . I hear rock , hip.hop and everything in between. Pure poetry ❤❤❤

[@harringtonbenton334]

STOP IT RIGHT NOW! There is NO stinkin ass hip hop in the WOLF'S MUSIC...

[@deaneawilliams2272]

@@harringtonbenton334 yes it is where do you think hip hip comes from a mixture of rhythm and blues collaborated. Let me add there are different forms of hip hop, I'm 39 so my hip hop standards are from a total different perspective. The RZA of Wutang Clan makes beats like this all the time, being a connisuer of music is not about being biased

[@deaneawilliams2272]

@@harringtonbenton334 you must be white you didn't say anything about the rock and roll part SMH which is our Shit too

[@harringtonbenton334]

@@deaneawilliams2272 You are such a dumbass...Im a BLUES MUSICIAN fool...just played a gig last night. I was there when that garbage rap started...it was guys who couldn't play REAL MUSIC (and we would never let them get on stage...jelouse as hell) but they wanted to be musicians...they had NO TALENT! But the recording and gear industries saw the $ in putting a mic in this fools hands because millions of talentless people would buy mics and sound equipment. So instead of just selling to MUSICIANS they could sell to millions more. This is why the industry allow the record business to collapse without a fight...because they simply shifted there investment to cheap sound equipment. YOU are a clown. They did the same thing with "guitar hero" they knew clowns wanted to play guitar but couldn't learn so they created one that even YOU could play. Connisuer???? You're a JOKE! The Wolf plays MULTIPLE instruments...as do I...you do know ANYBODY ANYBODY who plays an instrument...U BAD JOKE U.

[@deaneawilliams2272]

@@harringtonbenton334 🤣🤣🤣

[@unbotheredmommy2272]

Big, strapping blues man!! Howlin’! 😍😍

[@karenmiller2042]

best the world has known,awesome!

[@michaelfuria4257]

Wolf lives forever.

[@brucifer0]

Nothing like Wolf! Power, intricate repetitive genius

[@InterWebGuy99]

Awesome. Come back and play some more for us, brother!

[@melaninawakening9350]

I recall putting this CD on in my grandfathers car, not knowing who this was and just sitting back listening too this song.

[@comic7799]

WOW! So glad I found this!

[@SCHSCouncil]

LOVE THIS!!!!!

[@mikecacioppo5639]

Pure blues !

[@ArizeWomenNetwork]

Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers is playing on this track. Love it!

[@Bluestilyoudie]

Ari'ze Woman He sure is! And playing about as nasty a riff as you'll ever find played. The amazing thing to me is when you put into context what music was before the blues greats. They basically showed the world what music is supposed to look like, sound, and feel like. Nothing ever came close before it, and nothing has come close since.

[@davisworth5114]

@@Bluestilyoudie that's your opinion.

[@MrKingGator]

I still DJ this one I am 66

[@taildragger53]

Much cheaper these days to stick with water! Incredible vocals and tempo....makes your hair stand on end. NOBODY compares to The Wolf.

[@nickmorris7089]

Love t voice, delivery. Pure joy.

[@andersonhilliard9040]

What a voice,the WOLFMAN,HOWLIN,N MOANING,MUSICIAN,N WOLF ON THAT HARMONICA

[@joepublicus8992]

Wonderful love ballad performance, love this song, heartfelt love remorse joy.

[@leahcotton5315]

My fave blues song ever tbh 🙌😆

[@michaeldmiller8387]

That is a great an amazing song and progression. 2/4 I think, but it sounds very odd. The words and soul are incredible

[@bc5cd]

Wolf let his Mississippi Sheiks influences howl in this song

[@andrewsiegel2950]

I always love this track. Then Bob Dylan played it on his theme time radio hour. When the song was over he said, "holy moly that was good."

[@sciexp]

Nice. Thanks for sharing this.

[@herberthill7263]

The wolf’s slide playing is out of sight .

[@claymoredog9338]

who could give this a thumbs down...

[@smoothoperator7023]

Claymore Dog the terriblest woman who brought him gasoline.🔥

[@LuizPagan]

The weak of heart?

[@smoothoperator7023]

They very women he's warning us about.

[@heelijah9988]

It's smoke stack lightning but different words . Don't matter to me he's the best

[@Schad501]

Different tempo, too.

[@brianorakpohit]

This happened to me once when I ran a marathon. I was furious.

[@denAlexVA]

Another example... "I thought that she was going over there for salt, but I found out that she was gettin' sugar" Freddie King,

[@LoledAt324]

One of us is happy...

[@stevestrickland2543]

Bob Dylan radio show Bob was stoked I quote Holy Moly

[@WalintHUN]

I heard it from the White Stripes, absolutely awesome song!

[@arnanderson1140]

he was a beast I ask for water she gave me gasoline

[@charlesfelton1740]

The man was very deep great music you can hear it in his voice

[@sloppyjo4560]

genious

[@alfiehenshall688]

Sounds like 'Commit a Crime' and 'Smokestack Lightning' 🎸😉

[@Thedisgustingbeauty]

It sounds like he slowed down, and slightly rearanged the music from his song smokestack lightning, and then added new lyrics. Although it sounds simillar to smokestack lightning it encapsulates the social injustice to african americans during that time.He's Howlin Wolf he does as he please.

[@martysquire1054]

thats what I thought when I first heard.Now I realise its the sound of a group of musicians playing like an actor would slur thier words if told to act drunk. Hpe that makes sense...?

[@peterpresutti4064]

Love the lyrics

[@AMERICAFIRST54]

G.O.A.T.

[@pena.3302]

Yes Very aware..everything..just right..Da Wolf..Will live forever.imo.:-)

[@johnnymorys]

Reading Moanin At Midnight story of Howlin Wolf. I buying me a strat and brass slide.

[@henriekman6959]

Always super

[@steevhead13]

RECORDED: "The American Folk Blues Festival": Wilbraham Road Railway Station ("Chorltonville") - Manchester, UK - [May 7th, 1964]

[@AnnaLVajda]

Don't you hate when the waitress gets your order wrong.

[@charlesfelton1740]

Great music very deep

[@CookieMonster-b3m]

I gave you gasoline ⛽️ 😂

[@GymnopedieTornado]

it's on moanin' in the moonlight.

[@benburma6112]

16 people gave this a down turned thumb. 32 tin ears and 16 leaden souls.

[@Will-Max]

They probably listen to modern pop

[@maryfreebed9886]

"I asked for water, she gave me gasoline. Normally I'd assume she was trying to poison me, but she was drinking it too, with a big smile on her face. She's very sweet but not right in the head, and I should probably make my own dinner from now on."

[@Pax2sitoh]

I'm begging her to bring me gasoline with the gas prices today

[@yousifalezz7796]

الفنان الوحيد الذي اعرفه لامريكا من الزمن الجميل , اعشق صوته .

[@jeffreymcglone4873]

Makes me want to grab a Stratocaster and start plating!!!!!!!!!!Whoa!!!!!!!ou!!!!!!!!ya!!!!!!!

[@pena.3302]

Do it man nva w8..!

[@NoriMori1992]

If you listen you can hear where "Take Me Out" got some inspiration 😁

[@JamesJXicano]

Jimi was here 11/6/2020 .

[@makeaplaytv7034]

She bought me gasoline 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ComicPower]

Best title ever

[@nathanmaaka6792]

Yep honestly eve what were you thinking

[@jonathanwhitfield2864]

The perfect song to play at 4 am when you’ve been drinking and chain smoking all night.

[@williamrejtmar1384]

WOLF what else kan you say,,,the master,,,,

[@Cobacanal]

2017 i like this song

[@timw.8225]

A mean straight razor toed woman !!

[@dave_creamcheese1496]

Check out The Gun Club cool drink of water. Great rendition

[@stevestrickland2543]

Holy moly

[@hpmx704]

Just before the harp solo, you can hear poorly spliced tape. Kinda skips at 1:42, but somehow keeps the beat enough so it's hard to notice. You can hear it in the piano the most

[@dexxtur]

Yes!!!!!

[@mikekaup5252]

I believe I dated that woman in East Oakland, about 1971.

[@dextergilford8336]

Brother, seem like I keep on dating her.

[@ruypapaleobianchini395]

Legenda do Blues👏👏👏🙏🇧🇷

[@makeaplaytv7034]

Lol I just heard this on direct tv music channel this a jam bro lol had to youtube this shit

[@Caligari...]

Howlin' Wolf Evil !

[@denAlexVA]

I do not know about Lonnie Johnson, but "Chester" was related by marriage to Robert Johnson . Red Rooster sounds alot like "Milk Cow". Though these guys borrowed liberally from one another. The Wolf was a class act.

[@nurkenrustem6044]

denAlexVA Sonny Boy was Wolf’s brother in law

[@nathanmaaka1631]

Naturally it all blew up in pieces

[@wombatcarebundanoon942]

Yes Sir......But, DontTell me....I Know! OOOOOOO-Hoooo! We are not alone.