Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. 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 house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." Many songs popularized by Burnett—such as "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Back Door Man" and "Spoonful"—have become standards of blues and blues rock.At 6 feet, 6 inches (198 cm) and close to 300 pounds (136 kg), he was an imposing presence with one of the loudest and most memorable voices of all the "classic" 1950s Chicago blues singers. Howlin' Wolf's voice has been compared to "the sound of heavy machinery operating on a gravel road". This rough-edged, slightly fearsome musical style is often contrasted with the less crude but still powerful presentation of his contemporary and professional rival, Muddy Waters - although the two were reportedly not that different in actual personality - to describe the two pillars of the Chicago blues representing the music.
Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Little Walter Jacobs, Willie Dixon, and Muddy Waters are usually regarded in retrospect as the greatest blues artists who recorded for Chess in Chicago. Sam Phillips once remarked, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'" In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #51 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Disc 1
1. Moanin' At Midnight
2. How Long How Many More Years
3. The Wolf Is At Your Door (Howlin' For My Baby)
4. Howlin' Wolf Boogie
5. Getting Old And Gray
6. Mr Highway Man
7. Saddle My Pony
8. Worried All The Time
9. Oh Red
10. My Last Affair
11. Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' In The Moonlight)
12. California Boogie
13. Look A Here Baby
14. Everybody's In The Mood
15. Colour And Kind
16. Blue Bird
17. Sweet Woman (I Got A Woman)
18. Well That's Alright
19. Decoration Day
20. Dorothy Mae
21. Come Back Home
Disc 2
01. Smile At Me
02. California Blues
03. My Baby Walked Off
04. My Troubles And Me
05. Chocolate Drop
06. Dorothy Mae (tk.1)
07. Drinkin' C.V. Wine
08. How Many More Years (alt.)
09. Baby Ride With Me (alt.)
10. Baby Ride With Me (alt.)
11. Baby Ride With Me (alt.)
12. How Many More Years (alt.)
13. How Many More Years (alt.)
14. How Many More Years (alt.)
15. Mr.Highway Man (alt.)
16. My Last Affair (tk.1)
17. Come Back Home (tk.1)
18. Come Back Home (tk.2)
19. Oh Red (tk.1)
20. Oh Red (tk.2)
Disc 3
01. I've Got A Woman
02. Just My Kind
03. Work For Your Money
04. I'm Not Joking
05. Mama Died And Left Me
06. Highway Be My Friend
07. Hold To Your Money
08. Streamline Woman
09. California Blues
10. Stay Here 'Till My Baby Comes
11. Crazy About You Baby
12. All Night Boogie
13. I Love My Baby
14. No Place To Go
15. Neighbors
16. I'm The Wolf
17. Rockin' Daddy
18. Baby How Long
19. Evil
20. I'll Be Around
21. Forty Four
Disc 4
01. Who Will Be Next
02. I Have A Little Girl
03. Come To Me Baby
04. Don't Mess With Me Baby
05. Smokestack Lightnin'
06. You Can't Be Beat
07. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
08. So Glad
09. Break Of Day
10. Natchez Burning
11. Going Back Home
12. Bluebird
13. My Life
14. You Ought To Know
15. Who's Been Talkin'
16. Tell Me
17. Somebody In My Home
18. Nature
19. Walk To Camp Hall
20. Poor Boy
21. My Baby Told Me
22. Sittin' On Top Of The World
23. Howlin' Blues
24. I Better Go Now
Disc 5
01. I Didn't Know
02. Moanining For My Baby
03. I'm Leaving You
04. Can't Put Me Out
05. Change My Way
06. Gettining Late
07. I've Been Abused
08. Howlin' For My Darling
09. My People's Gone
10. Mr.Airplane Man
11. Wang Dang Doodle
12. Back Door Man
13. Spoonful
14. Little Baby
15. Down In The Bottom
16. Shake For Me
17. The Red Rooster
18. You'll Be Mine
19. Just Like I Treat You
20. I Ain't Superstitious
21. Going Down Slow
22. Mama's Baby
23. Do The Do
24. Tail Dragger
25. Long Green Stuff
Disc 6
01. Sugar Mama
02. May I Have A Talk With You
03. Hidden Charms
04. 300 ibs Of Joy
05. Joy To My Soul
06. Built For Comfort
07. Love Me Darlin'
08. Killing Floor
09. My Country Sugar Mama
10. Louise
11. I Walked From Dallas
12. Tell Me What I've Done
13. Don't Laugh At Me
14. Ooh Baby,Ooh Baby
15. Poor Wind That Never Change
16. New Crawlin' King Snake
17. My Mind Is Ramblin'
18. Commit A Crime
19. Pop It To Me
20. I Had A Dream
21. Dust My Broom
22. Mary Sue
23. Hard Luck
24. Tired Of Crying
Disc 7
01. You Gonna Wreck My Life (alt.tk)
02. Somebody In My Home (alt.tk)
03. Nature (tks 1-6)
04. Nature (alt.tk)
05. I Didn't Know
06. I Better Go Now (tk 1 only)
07. Moanin' For My Baby (tks 3-4)
08. I'm Leaving You (alt.tk)
09. I'm Leaving You (tks 7-10)
10. You Can't Put Me Out
11. I've Been Abused (tks 5-7)
12. Howlin' For My Darling (tks 1-7)
13. Wolf In The Mood
14. Mr.Aiplane Man (tks 1-2)
15. Rollin' And Tumblin'
16. I'm The Wolf
17. Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
18. Conversation (approx. 10 min.)
