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(2,900 posts)do not miss his albums, which will always be with us.
wocaonimabi
(187 posts)CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...to my Saturday morning listening pleasure. Thanks for posting.
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)even though he was a king of the blues
Great name? Check
Had a genius electric guitarist? Check
Incredible voice full of sex, menace, and humor? Check
Music that rocked harder than any other at the time? Check
Wild stage act? Check
Sounds like a rock star to me
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)was backed up with a menacing physique. He was a big guy.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)This is it. This is it. Look what you get:
btrflykng9
(287 posts)Jetboy
(792 posts)was Howlin' Wolf
kwassa
(23,340 posts)here is a song later plagiarized by Led Zeppelin
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)To be fair, in The Lemon Song Led Zeppelin took a number of influences to produce something that was uniquely theirs. Still, they drew heavily enough on one source, Howlin Wolfs Killing Floor, to be forced to change the songwriting credits under threat of legal action.
http://turnmeondeadman.com/led-zeppelin-plagiarism-the-lemon-song/
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Jimmy Page quotes the Sumlin's guitar line, and Plant quotes the lyrics ....
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)London Howlin' Wolf Sessions with British blues/rock musicians Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ian Stewart, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. I haven't heard it for years. I'll have to dig it out. Good stuff. IIRC the LP has some wonderful cover art.