Howlin' Wolf News

Keyboardist John "Papa" Gros fronts the Roadmasters at d.b.a. Elvis Perkins, the singer-songwriter son of actor Anthony Perkins, is at the Parish of the House of Blues.

Harmonica ace and Nashville Music Award nominee Jason Ricci doesn't mince words or concern himself with questions about image and direction.

THE Blues Band are marking their 30th anniversary with a tour that stops off at the Futurist on Satur-day. The band was formed in Britain in 1979 by Paul Jones, who was the lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann in the 1960s, and vocalist / slide guitarist Dave Kelly, who had played with the John Dummer Blues Band, Howlin' Wolf and ...

ONE of the leading lights on the British rhythm'n'blues scene, Big Boy Bloater and the City Shakers produces an energetic blend of blues, boogie and rock'n'roll that has thrilled audiences around the world for 15 years.

The Dirty Dozen George Thorogood & The Destroyers Capitol/EMI Any musician who names his band The Destroyers and was inspired by, among others, Elmore James, Bo Diddley and Howlin' Wolf has got to be loved by anyone who owns a bike.

A one-night-only benefit performance of the new musical Low Down Dirty Blues will be presented Oct.

Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf >> Posted By Progressive 3 hours, 20 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match [Howlin' Wolf] for the singular ability to rock the ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents Richie Havens with Paul Sanchez & Shamarr Allen at the Howlin' Wolf, a benefit for the foundation's Heritage School of Music.

The list of amazing woman bottleneck slide guitarists is a short one. Factor in a great R&B-style singing voice, flaming red hair, and a father who'd made a major mark on both Broadway and Hollywood, and the list whittles down to just one name: Bonnie Raitt.

Bluesman Abu Talib, who recorded and toured with Ray Charles and Little Walter under his given name, Freddy Robinson, has died.

Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart will be releasing SOULBOOK on November 9th , a collection of classic Sixties/Seventies-era soul favourites all newly recorded by the quintessential 'blue eyed soul' singer of our generation.

Once home to such legendary artists as Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson, West Memphis plays host to the blues again when the second annual Amateur Blues and Rhythm Competition is held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Regions Bank Plaza, 231 E. Broadway.

Catch Mark Mullins at Tipitina's "Instruments Have Come" celebration on Friday, Sept.

For more than 25 years, Hubert Sumlin played with blues icons Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Willie Dixon, as well as The Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry.

The University of Mississippi is celebrating 25 years of the Ole Miss Blues Archive.

Before blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin became legendary bluesman Howlin' Wolf's lead guitar player, he was a young boy fiddling around with a piece of string his brother had nailed to a wall.

The Inevitable: House of Blues and The Parish @HOB 225 Decatur St. The House of Blues offers legendary acts this season such as Victor Wooten , Arctic Monkeys , Mae , The Dead Weather , Tower of Power , Little Feat , Hanson , Peaches and Men , Elvis Perkins and AA Bondy , The Wailers and Dan Auerbach .

ZZ Top returns to the Morris Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, two years after its last concert in South Bend.

Former Howlin' Wolf guitarist Huber Sumlin, a member of the Blues Music Hall of Fame, is one of the acts that will appear at Sunday's Yuengs and Wings Blues Things at Appalachian Power Park, sponsored by the West Virginia Blues Society.

When it comes to musical yearning, we should start with the obvious. And what could convey the emotion more directly than calling your song I Want You? However, a trawl through the I Want Yous quickly takes us into more desperate and lustful territory.