Howlin' Wolf (album)
Occupation
- Howlin 'Wolf - vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Willie Johnson - Guitar
- Freddy Robinson - Guitar
- Jimmy Rogers - guitar
- Smokey Smothers - Guitar
- Hubert Sumlin - Guitar
- Jody Williams - Guitar
- Henry Gray - piano
- Johny Jones - Piano
- Hosea Lee Kennard - piano
- Lafayette Leake - piano
- Willie Dixon - Bass
- Buddy Guy - Bass
- Fred Below - drums
- Junior Blackman - drums
- Sam Lay - drums
- S. P. Leary - drums
- Sammy Lewis - drums
- Earl Phillips - drums
- J. T. Brown - saxophone
- Donald Hankins - Baritone Saxophone
- Arnold Rogers - Tenor Saxophone
Production
Studios
Howlin ' Wolf is the title of the second studio album of American blues musician Howlin ' Wolf, released at Chess Records in 1962. The recordings were produced by Ralph Bass.
As with the previous album released in 1959 Moanin ' in the Moonlight, the album was not concrete to fill directly to the target album. It rather six previously released singles have now been collected in the form of a long-playing record with yet unreleased material. This gives the album the character of a compilation and partly explains why such a large number of various session musicians were involved in the recording.
On the cover of the plate, a rocking chair can be seen at the leaning an acoustic guitar. Based on this illustration by Don Bronstein album is often called The Rockin 'Chair Album. That narrows it clear from the title of the work published in 1969 successor The Howlin 'Wolf album out.
The album is one of the most important publications in the era of Chicago blues and was like Moanin ' in the Moonlight an artistic and commercial success. Some pieces such as Wang Dang Doodle been covered. The Rolling Stone rated it five out of five stars and lists it ranked 223 in their list of the 500 best albums of all time. Allmusic is currently rated 4.5 stars out of 5 Stars.
Title list
All songs were written by Willie Dixon. In songs where it does not, the author is named after the song title.