January 2009

My friend Sandy Schoenfeld of San Francisco really has his hands full these days.

You see, Sandy was the photographer for the late, great bluesman extraordinaire, Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910–January 10, 1976), better known as Howling Wolf.

According to Sandy, Wolf preferred to be known as Howling (with a “g”) Wolf rather than Howlin’ with an apostrophe like the record companies always used – he usually had Howling on his business cards, posters, and other materials. So that’s how I’ll refer to him here.

Howling Wolf died in 1976 at the age of 65, leaving behind a legacy as the greatest bluesman to ever wax a hot blues number.

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