Here’s a great documentary for ya, The Howlin’ Wolf
Story. Loads to enjoy in the tale of the man born Chester Burnett down in
Mississippi in 1910 and whose voice sends shivers down the spine and whose
moaning alone can shake the bones of an elephant.
There are touching interviews in Don McGlynn’s 2003 film
with Wolf’s wife, daughters and band members including Hubert Sumlin and some incredible
home movie footage taken by drummer Sam Lay in the blues clubs of 1960’s
Chicago. More than anything, Wolf comes across as a lovely, level-headed bloke
who bucks the stereotype of poor, drunken, philandering bluesmen.
