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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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Mr. Lloyd’s earliest experiences playing for audiences included work with bluesmen such as Howlin’ Wolf, “in schoolhouses, with corn liquor, gambling and gunshots in the distance,” he told me.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The album will be their first since 2016's Blue & Lonesome, which featured covers of the songs by Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf that first inspired them to form a band in the 1960s.

From BBC