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- catalog abstract ""Howlin' Wolf was a musical giant in every way. He stood six foot three, weighed almost three hundred pounds, wore size sixteen shoes, and poured out his darkest sorrows onstage in a voice like a raging chainsaw. Half a century after his first hits, his sound still terrifies and inspires." "Born Chester Burnett in 1910, the Wolf survived a grim childhood and hardscrabble youth as a sharecropper in Mississippi. He began his career playing and singing with the first Delta blues stars for two decades in perilous juke joints. He was present at the birth of rock 'n' roll in Memphis, where Sam Phillips - who also discovered Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis - called Wolf his "greatest discovery." He helped develop the sound of electric blues and vied with rival Muddy Waters for the title of king of Chicago blues. He ended his career performing and recording with the world's most famous rock stars. His passion for music kept him performing - despite devastating physical problems - right up to his death in 1976." "There's never been a comprehensive biography of the Wolf until now. Moanin' at Midnight is full of information about his mysterious early years, and entertaining stories about his decades at the top, and never-before-seen photographs. It strips away all the myths to reveal - at long last - the real-life triumphs and tragedies of this blues titan."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Life and times of Howlin' Wolf".
- catalog contributor b13148943.
- catalog contributor b13148944.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Born Chester Burnett in 1910, the Wolf survived a grim childhood and hardscrabble youth as a sharecropper in Mississippi. He began his career playing and singing with the first Delta blues stars for two decades in perilous juke joints. He was present at the birth of rock 'n' roll in Memphis, where Sam Phillips - who also discovered Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis - called Wolf his "greatest discovery." He helped develop the sound of electric blues and vied with rival Muddy Waters for the title of king of Chicago blues. He ended his career performing and recording with the world's most famous rock stars. His passion for music kept him performing - despite devastating physical problems - right up to his death in 1976."".
- catalog description ""Howlin' Wolf was a musical giant in every way. He stood six foot three, weighed almost three hundred pounds, wore size sixteen shoes, and poured out his darkest sorrows onstage in a voice like a raging chainsaw. Half a century after his first hits, his sound still terrifies and inspires."".
- catalog description ""There's never been a comprehensive biography of the Wolf until now. Moanin' at Midnight is full of information about his mysterious early years, and entertaining stories about his decades at the top, and never-before-seen photographs. It strips away all the myths to reveal - at long last - the real-life triumphs and tragedies of this blues titan."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Discography: p. 361-363.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-384) and index.".
- catalog description "Poor boy -- Down in the bottom -- Saddle my pony -- How many more years -- House rockin' boogie -- I'm the wolf -- Smokestack lightnin' -- I better go now -- Howlin' for my darling -- Three hundred pounds of joy -- Sittin' on top of the world -- Change my way -- Goin' down slow -- Tail dragger.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 397 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Moanin' at midnight.".
- catalog identifier "0375422463 (hc)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Moanin' at midnight.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Moanin' at midnight.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Blues musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Howlin' Wolf, 1910-1976.".
- catalog subject "ML420.H72 S44 2004".
- catalog subject "Rock musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Poor boy -- Down in the bottom -- Saddle my pony -- How many more years -- House rockin' boogie -- I'm the wolf -- Smokestack lightnin' -- I better go now -- Howlin' for my darling -- Three hundred pounds of joy -- Sittin' on top of the world -- Change my way -- Goin' down slow -- Tail dragger.".
- catalog title "Life and times of Howlin' Wolf".
- catalog title "Moanin' at midnight : the life and times of Howlin' Wolf / James Segrest and Mark Hoffman.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".