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Howlin' Wolf

American  
[hou-lin] / ˈhaʊ lɪn /

noun

  1. Chester Arthur Burnett, 1910–76, U.S. blues singer.


Howlin' Wolf British  
/ ˈhaʊlɪn /

noun

  1. real name Chester Burnett. 1910–76, US blues singer and songwriter

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For Delta Slim, Lindo read books on the blues, listened to Son House, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf and immersed himself in the culture of the Mississippi Delta.

From Los Angeles Times

Army for two years in Germany in the mid-’60s; when he returned, he quickly became a fixture at Chicago’s Chess Records, where he worked on sessions by the likes of Ramsey Lewis, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters and made several records of his own with Hathaway as a member of his studio band.

From Los Angeles Times

Howlin’ Wolf was a huge inspiration to me when I was 10, 11, 12 years old.

From Los Angeles Times

Initially, the Stones were a cover band, scoring hits with scuffed-up versions of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away and Howlin' Wolf's Little Red Rooster.

From BBC

On Friday and Saturday nights, after his shift as a busboy ended at Ah Fong in Encino, Yamazaki would hop in his 1954 Chevy Bel Air and head to the Ash Grove, the celebrated roots music venue on Melrose Avenue, and take in such musicians as Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf.

From Los Angeles Times