Carew, Topper

Description

This clip is an excerpt of concert performance featuring Howlin' Wolf from 1973. The overall program focuses on the music of Howlin' Wolf, born Chester Arthur Burnett in 1910, in West Point, Mississippi. A blues musician who did not begin recording until the advent of middle age, Wolf dominated the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s. Program consists chiefly of Say Brother concert footage of Wolf performing in 1973 and includes a number of short excerpts from backstage interviews with Wolf Say Brother captured on film. Concert venue is assumed to be in Chicago. Produced by Topper Carew.

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WGBH

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Digital Commonwealth