WOW THIS IS A SOUND WE'VE NEVER HEARD!!! HOWLIN' WOLF - SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING (REACTION)

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[@montag4516]

Old school, masculine, meat and potatoes blues. Howlin' Wolf was the real McCoy.

[@firestriker3580]

Nah

[@kyu6938]

@@firestriker3580nerd

[@barrycohen311]

Chester Burnett. AKA Howlin' Wolf. RIP brother. Blues Legends...

[@joannevincent2035]

"Smokestack Lightnin'" and "Killing Floor" are two of his great Chicago blues hits, and are now standards. His third legendary hit was "Spoonful", written by Willie Dixon.

[@darrylsowerby7973]

Howlin Wolf looks like his voice. Big powerful, tough, rough and not to be messed with. One badass dude. Legend.

[@robertprice6830]

The Wolf in his live performances would crawl around the stage on all 4's howlin that part. Yes, the ladies would throw themselves at him. Mostly in the old juke joints on the Chitlin circuit. Wolf was very loyal to his wife. No foolin around. Band members were not allowed to drink while performing. And alchohol problems usually got you fired. On this recording Lil Walter is on Harmonica, The Great Hubert Sumblin on lead guitar.

[@nozecone]

You sure that was Walter? Sounded like Wolf to me ... ?

[@biff9999]

Yeah, what a paradox Howlin' Wolf was! A rough, raw, blues shouter of the highest order who was a devoted family man, saved his money, wore horn-rimmed glasses, and drove around a Pontiac station wagon his whole life. He's one of my musical heroes.

[@biff9999]

@@nozecone It was Wolf. Little Walter was on the Chess label, but he doesn't play on the original recording of "Smokestack Lightning". Howlin' Wolf was a great harp player, and he was also excellent on slide guitar for those times. Even today, with all the superb slide guitarists around, Wolf would be considered very talented on slide guitar.

[@robertprice6830]

@Nigel1048 Just something I read about the recording.

[@MackMcDonaldOfficial]

No, that wasn't Little Walter. Like Biff said, they were labelmates, but Walter never played on Wolf's studio recordings. The only other person to play harmonica on Wolf's records was James Cotton on "Saddle My Pony" and "Dorothy Mae" in 1952. Other than that, Wolf was the only harp player on his records. At the same time, Little Walter was playing on a whole lot of records on Chess.

[@anntelford8647]

One of my favorites. Yes, that was Howling Wolf on harmonica. The lead guitar player, Hubert Sumlin, was a prime influence for some of the rock guitarists, like Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. The Rolling Stones insisted that Howling Wolf and his band play with them on a British TV show in the 60s. A fantastic choice.

[@biff9999]

Yup, he was on "Shindig" with them, I think. And I believe that was the only time Howlin' Wolf ever performed on any prime-time television show. Hard to believe.

[@sharonsnail2954]

@@biff9999 It was "Shindig" in 1965. Here's the vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYilhGN9jZamb9E

[@1dkappe]

His bother-in-law was Sonny Boy Williamson II, so he picked up a little harp from him.

[@MartijnHover]

Actually that was an American tv show. Wolf and other blues artists had already been on British tv by that time. The British blues boom of the 60s originated in part in American blues artists touring the UK in the late 50s/early 60s..

[@randyfergus8781]

I got to see Hubert Sumlin and Bob Margolin, who was Muddy waters guitar player, along with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith on drums in a small club in Columbus, Ohio a couple yearsbefowre we lost Hubert. Sat about 10 feet from the edge of the stage and soaked it all in.

[@mikecaetano]

Killer! Howlin' Wolf laid it down! When you're ready for more classics from him check out "Spoonful", "Killing Floor", "Commit A Crime", "Little Red Rooster", "I Asked For Water She Gave Me Gasoline", "How Many More Years", and "I Ain't Superstitious" along with many others.

[@dougieyou]

good choice, your listening to one of the Blues Legends , he influenced every one of the great bands like the Stones ,Clapton,Stewart , SRV,Hendrix ...you name them this guy was MAJOR,MAJOR.....

[@kimn9802]

Welcome to the lair of the greatest blues singer of all time. Huge man, huge talent, huge influence on music. Word has it he was an absolute gentleman who paid his band well and on time...rare in the music industry. He is a gem.

[@shawnnixon2811]

Blues legend! Love to see younger folks discovering older artists and keeping their music alive.

[@robertprice6830]

No, the Blues had a baby and called it rock and roll.

[@helgar791]

In the old days trains were powered by wood or coal which boiled water. The steam from the water powered a steam engine and the steam was then vented out of a smokestack on top of the engine car. His falsetto crying then brings tears, sounds like a wolf, and also sounds like that train whistle.

[@musicairplanes4884]

Howlin' Wolf is a legend. He is just one of the legendary blues men that had a huge influence on British kids in the early 60's thet helped to start the British Invasion. The Stones, The Kinks, The Animals, The Beatles and many others.

[@loilt5091]

Our fair lady nailed...Howlin' like a Wolf❗ You're in his den...smokin' band, with the great Hubert Sumlin on lead guitar❗ One of the pioneers of Rock and Roll‼️ 6'6" 300lbs. of badness...Bigger than life...yes, Blues & that's him on harp.

[@LaptopLarry330]

Howlin' Wolf (birth name: Chester Burnett), according to Wikipedia, was 6 foot, 3 inches tall, and weighed around 300 pounds. He was drafted into the US Army in 1941, and served before and during World War II, but was assigned stateside duty. Wolf was discharged in 1943, and continued on with his music career. Howlin' Wolf had a rough, tough life, yet he was big and strong, and somehow endured it all.

[@anntelford8647]

"...300 pounds of heavenly joy"

[@notmyname3681]

​@@anntelford8647 Built for comfort, not for speed 😉

[@durandjohnson1321]

I was raised up on this type of music.. It's funny to see the reaction on the faces of young people first time hearing this!... priceless!!

[@d820m]

he said that he tried to yodel like his first idol Jimmie Rodgers, "but i couldn't do no yodeling, but I could howl" he also learned from Delta blues master Charlie Patton, and Sonny Boy Williamson II was married to Wolf's sister for a time and learned harmonica from him

[@christinalikoski4937]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1st from Australia Blues right thru my blood One of my favourite artists Love you guys and your viewer's with their excellent comments Australia 💕 Christina

[@marksimms792]

He's the Man, one of the all time best male vocals, thanks for the Blues..

[@delisamarchetti5926]

I have never heard this song before. I love it! Love that harmonica and gritty blues vibe. That was a lot of fun. :)

[@d820m]

this is the man that Sam Phillips, (who also discovered Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash in addition to starting the Memphis Recording Service studio and later the Sun label and recording the first recordings by B.B King, Ike Turner, Rufus Thomas), says was his greatest discovery....you should take a listen to his tune called 'I'll Be Around" and if your hair isn't standing up after that, i don't know what to tell you...upon listening to that tune for the first time, Ann Rabson, who was a member of Saffire, The Uppity Blues Women said "Boy, I'd hate to be the woman he's signing THAT one to"

[@manly1974]

I'm trucker; I like to think of I-55 and I-57 between Memphis and Chicago as Howlin' Wolf Highway.

[@steverusso177]

you got to have video for Howlin Wolf...he is amazing to watch

[@TrojanSalesmen1]

"insert any song by Howlin wolf" is a great song! My favorite blues man of all time

[@robertnathan2843]

Now you know; "The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock and Roll" song by Muddy Waters. Enjoy your reactions

[@sandrasandymanning4354]

The olden days of being in juke joints listening to this music...memories!🥰

[@Salve01]

The Wolf made the album "London Sessions" where he played with some of the young brittish musicians of the 60's: Eric Clapton, Stevie Winwood, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman - A Masterpiece.

[@gl2700]

One of fav tunes in the whole world! That is when THE WOLF is sangin' it!

[@sanpaku6869]

different genres and decades. this what i like about you two. keep up the good work

[@dwainwilder7337]

This is the real deal, real blues!

[@rogerlunde8668]

Sam Phillips ( sun records) who discoverd Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and so on, said that his gratest moment was recordding Howlin Wolf.

[@hollywoodharriet13]

His smokestack is howlin'! And yes, he is playing the harmonica.

[@johnsrensen3366]

A huge blues legend many white blues band a big fan of Howlin. Wolf

[@DerrickBoundsMusic]

Wolf's voice was real and raw. I visited his gravesite this week after realizing his remains are in the same cemetery as my fathers.

[@stuartblackbird9105]

Awesome blue song i first heard that I loved it I hear in my truck all the time the king of blue

[@nicknickson3650]

Howlin Wolf is a legend.

[@bencolquitt7828]

WOW never heard of the Howlin' Wolf. good song I'm going to look them up. thank you.

[@unbrokensoul35]

You can’t go wrong with the big bad wolf 😎🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@johnsomn2148]

Well remembered when there were many r& b ,blues radio stations esp on Saturday mornings 🌄 while cleaning the house or doing laundry 😅, on Sunday these same stations gave us church ⛪ 🎶

[@paulkruger491]

He was a God. My favorite blues master.

[@bakercarl8518]

Excellent treasure. Thank you.

[@KyOte13]

Wolf is the heart & soul of REAL MUSIC. He was true blue solid gold G!

[@nvbeauty3823]

Looooove lovveeeee himmm👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥whewwwww the wolf is howlin!!!

[@carolcjh8938]

Love me some blues. I'm learning to play the 12 bar blues on bass guitar. So much fun.

[@lupodelupis3672]

He was a big, stout dude with large shoulders and his voice was like the one of a thunder!

[@johntaylor4206]

This was a baddddd man. One of my father's favorites

[@citygrrl6820]

Big YES- thank you!

[@user-sm2ql7nq4l]

He was a true piononer of what became rock.

[@sarahh1053]

Grew up listening this as well as Muddy Waters -- can't mess with that Mississippi Delta Blues sound!

[@Jimmy55don]

Picture a Mississippi juke joint a crowded dance floor everyone sweating and this playing. That was the old days

[@drew65sep]

Oh, yell yeah...love this stuff. Haven't heard it for a long time.

[@lorrieh3375]

Love y’all and your positive energy. Y’all always put me in a good mood! And I love Howlin Wolf, so thanks for this reaction!!

[@bentindle9036]

His voice would destroy microphones. Such power.

[@shirleycarr5387]

There was a movie Cadillac records.it was about him and others.real good movie.

[@barrycohen311]

Ladies wanted some of his "Smokestack Lightening..." Hell to the yeah!

[@timbush7630]

Hi You Two, He's an original! I loved his music a long time. His songs like this and "Killing Floor", "Down in the Bottom" and "Moaning at Midnight" are ICONIC! This tune with Willie Dixon on Double Bass is also in the movie Cadillac Records

[@frankroche2920]

The Blues had a baby, and they named it Rock and Roll!👍

[@BlueSky...]

A song so great it stands outside of time.

[@lapsypal]

This was the first record I ever bought when I was 15. 60 years ago in swinging London.

[@kurtweber162]

Great Blues

[@romancturner]

You have to see live footage. He was great. He has been described as a ferrule beast because of the way he would perform. He gave the people a show❤

[@amylafferty3092]

I think he is howling the blues! I read he was a family man. Wayne (from Georgia state) introduced me to Howling Wolf. He has a strong face.

[@pd4104lang]

Wolf was one of the greatest blues artists ever! This was recorded in 1956 and still sounds great today!

[@MtM2253]

The guy on the harmonica (if memory serves) was Little Walter. He was another artist on Chess records. Watch the movie "Cadillac Records" and you'll see how this all started.

[@mbsnyderc]

There has never been anybody that sounded like the Wolf.it's him on the Harmonica and it's the blues.

[@clarencewalker3925]

This man was Mick Jagger's favorite singer. He brought him to London for a television interview. The BBC didn't think it was a good idea as he was Black. But Mick was adamant and said he wouldn't do the show without Howlin' Wolf.

[@MrDeengels]

Wolf is an absolute legend! Chess records paved the way for modern band arrangements.

[@billdomitilli8125]

This must be that "Blues" I've heard so much about!

[@bluesguy6380]

The Spencer Davis Group - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

[@xtrmfc]

Howlin Wolf was Badass ..

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

Hey, someone had to start it all :)....thank god these guys did. It's a better world with this music in it and all they inspired.

[@erickarch169]

Chester Burnett in the R&R Hall of Fame. He was imposing too...6 ft 3 ...over 300 lbs. Scared everyone!

[@flomurdock]

Thank you for this. I love your reactions. So many others all react to the same things. But you guys do so many interesting things, things no one else would touch. Howlin' Wolf. I always said if a wolf could sing, that's what he would sound like This is insane, but it's the truth. Just a few years back. there was a TV commercial about erectile dysfunction that used this song. l Could never figure it out. One more great Howlin Wolf song is Down In the Bottom. Yep, a teenage white girl in the woods of Ohio, and I grew up listening to Howlin Wolf, Bobby Blue Bland, Jimmy Reed and so many others. It was the era of 50,000 watt AM radio stations, and WLAC in Nashville brought all this music to so many of u s across the country. I don't remember if it was Shindig or Hullabaloo, but one of them actually had Howlin Wolf on one of their shows.

[@bzbzob]

Try a live one so you can see him too, you will like it even more... Thanks!

[@datyashema1006]

Yes.... that train of Gold Let's Go

[@orlandoprouty7962]

That Lilttle Walter on harmonica, The Best!!!!!

[@loisgoreham3193]

this is one of my favorites

[@stevensprunger3422]

Yes like the others have said he was a great influence on the stones and the like Here and then Lavalley influenced Captain Beefheart a.k.a. Don Van Vliet who used to hang around with Frank Zappa Zappa Captain Beefheart sounded particularly like howling wolf

[@bodiespizza]

The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit (Live at Shibuya-AX, Tokyo, Japan - 10/22/2003) Drums, a guitar and vocals as raw as it gets.

[@chrisoleary9876]

Chester A. Burnett (Howling Wolf) came from the Mississippi Delta. Thrown out at 12 by a strict mother. After playing the "chitlin circuit" in the South he would brag..."I paid my own way to Chicago.." He's BADASS!!! HE a scary man..

[@ogrestamp]

Welcome to The Wolf. Enjoy the rest of his material.

[@LoveTheVideo]

Wow!! I love this!

[@edwardbardlett6943]

You folks are great. I love your reactions and your chemistry. You need to watch the movie, Cadillac Records. You'll get the context of the song.

[@ThreeorMore209]

His life story is interesting and inspiring.

[@robertm7071]

I am really surprised that so many of the Black American community know so little of the great blues musicians. It should be part of their heritage. We knew all about them in London in the 60s - even the ones who recorded in the 1930s.

[@ralpholson7616]

Now you are pre-Rock'n roll, The people who build the foundation upon which rock'n roll was built. Try Willie Dixon, Elmore James and Muddy Waters. BTW, the first song my wife and I danced to at our wedding was Howlin' Wolf's "Built For Comfort".

[@bobbrown5951]

The Rolling Stones pretty much worshipped this guy and appeared with him a TV show back in the 60's called Shindig.

[@shirleycarr5387]

Love his sound.

[@CapAnson12345]

This is real man's music.

[@faithcat7675]

Now THATS what I'm talkin about. ❤❤❤❤ Sexy... personified. Try 'Spoonful'!!! He has so many GREAT songs.

[@56music64]

Now you have started on this rabbit hole, go deep, on: Muddy Waters, BB King, John Lew Hooker and so on....🚇get on that blues train

[@flomurdock]

And Bobby Blue Bland and Jimmy Reed. Slim Harpo.Roscoe Shelton. And so many more

[@flomurdock]

And don't forget Joe Simon. A great singer who gave up secular music to become a minister. His gospel album, This Story Must Be Told, is a masterpiece. But he never lost his beautiful voice. And he died a few weeks ago, he was 85. So please remember him and love him.

[@SRG1966]

The blues doesn't get any better.

[@rosyflores77]

inxs love will never tear us apart great song

[@Tune-O-matic]

This lit up a lot of southern backroad juke joints back then..

[@terrypeckham4744]

Wow! Howling wolf was a little before my time but I'm sure enjoyin it

[@dwightparker2317]

Yes it was him on harmonica. Checkout the live 1964 show.

[@blackjack5437]

Howling wolf,the man that started singing n the cemetery 🪦check out a spoonful by howling wolf

[@00Anjie]

You guys should take a look at the live version of this.

[@marypenebaker898]

Spoonful is my favorite.

[@anthonycrumb5753]

Howlin' Wolf was the man hear him howl. America has most probably the richest native music tradition in the world - jazz, blues, bluegrass, country, hip hop, rap, soul, gospel and so on. It's a great shame that so many Americans esp the younger generation are so unaware of this. American "roots" music like the blues - both delta & Chicago for example should be part of the education curriculums in schools so all can at least hear it once and may be have a chance to appreciate it. I could go on & on but it's part of all our heritage.

[@atheistinalabama4206]

GOAT.