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Howlin' Wolf: All The Man Wants To Do Is Sing The Blues

Jim Esposito, The Gainesville Sun, 8 September 1974

Born Chester Burnett on June 10, 1910 on a plantation near Tupelo, Mississippi, Howlin' Wolf is a legendary black bluesman, ranking with the likes of Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.

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