Howlin' Wolf "Highway 49"

[weavme]

@SrGreeneyed, that "white kid" was Randy Joe Fullerton who played with bands including: Howlin' Wolf, Luther Allison, H. B. Hutto, Watermelon, "Will" Smokey Logg and the Flamethrowers, Paul Herrington & more. That was a pretty good gig for him as he was about 18 at the time!  He was a friend of mine back when he was working around Madison Wisconsin with Will Logg. A tremendous bassist and a great guy.

I miss him... RIP RJ

[cheeop]

RIP Hubert Sumlin 12/4/2011

[stanleysoldman]

gold

[12redrider]

49 LEADS B R AND SHREVPORT LA TO THE CONICN LOVE TO GAM

[F5oMikE]

this man can perform!

[F5oMikE]

omg this guy can perform!

[msfl54]

Been on 49 few times in my life. Jx to Yazoo.

[FallingUCK]

wolf is god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[MrBuk86]

Between his sound & look, Wolf was the human equivalent of a freight train.

[bigmadear]

I found hwy 49 in miss.thats where parchman prison is on hwy 49.so i know what the wolf is talking about. miss state prison is hwy49.

[cookieinthewoods]

Hear the Wolf howl!

[bensmith3200]

I don't think I'd pick a fight with Howlin' Wolf. He's a scary looking dude.

[PutmanFranklinAvenue]

oh My God! I love it! Sweet Wolf

[SrGreeneyed]

You know what is goddamn funny? The cameraman only shows wolf,the drummer and that little white guitarist with the long hair that doesn't seem to be doing much a whole lot of times , but he just show's the black guitarist playing his ass of over on wolf's right just a couple of seconds in the end. Now that's funny.

[TEXASFENDERBENDER]

@SrGreeneyed Not particulary funny...White kids playing Bass...and the other Cat is Hubert Sumlin who laid down some of the hottest Guitar rips in Blues period. As for The Wolf.....Simply Incomparable.

[Staalstraal]

goosebumps!!

[MiLemonPie]

Man the band was hot!

[nvonliph]

Electrified and electrifying. That's one hell of a show.

[kms055]

The people who call John Mayer the Blues are deaf, dumb, blind and should be put out of their own misery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John WHO? what a JOKE

[frownytown]

Young bucks don't know what there missing. Calling John Mayer the Blues? Please!

[TheSandwichyum]

@frownytown WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT?!?

[mrallcz]

Geeeeeniaaaaalneeeee.

Where is the blues now?

[OyaRevolutionary]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Wooooooooooooooooooo OOoooooooooooh!!!

Howlin Wolf U Was Sooooooooooooooo SEXY!!!!

[madFlam1]

hubert with the sick shit

[rmurbach1961]

The Blues, as it were, as it should still be. Long live the Wolf!

[tuck5492]

we go to the Delta ever chance we get. ain't no Wolf, no Muddy, no Robt Johnson, no Tommy Johnson.... but it's still pretty damn good!

[wesrace1]

Right around this time Howlin' Wolf was playing the weekends at Big Dukes Flamingo out on West Roosevelt Road in Chicago......He usually had Sunnyland Slim with him on Keyboards and of course Hubert and occasionally S.P. Leary. He featured this tune at about every gig. One thing in Wolf's and our favor was that he played those Ghetto Jukes right up until he passed.

[mrmb138]

if you are poor and starving and cant pay shit you have defiantly got the blues i just found this guy today and he makes more sense to me than a million years of mtv.

[mrmb138]

no wonder captain beefheart liked this guy.

[mrmb138]

that guy is a character lol

[lvanhalen]

6 PEOPLE AINT NEVER HAD THE BLUES

[boykillshorse]

wake up!

smell the blues.....

[blackjoe48]

love it baby,

get on the  hwy-49-mr.wolf

for get her--baby

[sharsblues]

WOLF!!!!!  MY MAIN MAN!!!!! LOVE YOU WOLF!!!!!

[TheSocratease]

He probably stopped in Pocahantas for some barbeque. LOL!

[mannacler]

@TheSocratease Devall's Bluff.

[TheSocratease]

@mannacler  ya know. :-)

[Shibatabomberman]

I shivered. long life to blues!

[HoboGus]

6 people apparently took a wrong turn and missed Highway 49. They probably ended up getting what they deserved! Put me down for: "Dis I Like!! "

[mannacler]

@HoboGus There are some on this planet who are just 'effing hopeless.

[darc1362]

Bow down and worship at the throne...this man is on top!

[RevDelbert]

Not another Wolf before or since!

[dannyodoul]

Howlin' Wolf looks clean cut enough here as to play Othello at the Bard on the Avon

[devilsriveruk]

I sure hope he let the moonshine wear off before he went off and started driving...

"I am the wolf" - He sure is!

[grapejohndeer]

Hell yea, we're hittin Hwy 49 tomorrow and riding on our day off!

[hihats]

that band is the real deal...don't git no better den dat !

[ghilljr50]

I live about a mile from HWY 49, the heart of the MS Delta. Blues Country.

[Lindenberg0]

Fantastic!!!! from Brazil....

[JJLouderville]

Oh yeah!

[JJLouderville]

Oh yeah

[8aPeach2]

This is one dude you DON'T want to write a bad check to....or else the ground hogs will be bringing your mail

[djDiagOnfly]

Uahahah, woah! This is an incredible show, I've never seen anything like it! The Wolf is a real wild on stage, spectacular!

[2224612]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the home of the Blues. There is no other place. This one is it.

[raleighsquare]

I've been a blues fan for over 50 years. There are a handful of people in my list of Very Favorites and the Wolf is way up there.

[alexbsrammstein19]

robert johnson, muddy waters and howlin wolf are the best.

[hardkace42]

man he's funny and scary at the same time

[gymbo0706]

I've hit that HWY49 myself! It's real and symbolic at the same time!!!! This is a BAAAAAADDDDD video!!!!!!

[gymbo0706]

I've hit that HWY49 myself! It's real and symbolic at the same time!!!!

[MegaSeth01]

Absolutely amazing!  There'll never be another like him.

[jaybird321]

That was great. Thanks for posting.

[6t4eldo]

can someone PLEASE make a movie about this LEGEND??!! and get danny glover to portray him.

[MisterCrash241]

@6t4eldo Hey baby, where the hell you been lately? We got us a 'real-good-movie' now! It is called 'Cadillac Records' and it shows a lot of 'good-stuff' about the "Wolf" as well as 'Muddy Waters', Little Walter and Etta James, and it also introduces Chuck Berry!! You need to 'get busy' and check-it-out, O.K.?

[AtmaRising]

i'm livin a similar life

[TheRobgale]

effortlessly cool.... he is so obviously lovin what he's doin...

[jigaboojones]

This is the type of music that will purify your soul!

[barbequebobmaglinte]

Howlin' Wolf before he got real sick. He's blowing harp thru the PA and has the single baddest harp ton of anyone I ever heard, bar none. I got to see him in later years when he was real sick and seated on the bandstand and this is much more raw.

[TroyBilt007]

Now this was a true performance. PERFECT!!! Thank you for posting this.

[surlygirlie0321]

@chentelivybond I knew Randy Joe in the seventies and early eighties in Madison Wisconsin. We were best of friends. I can't believe he is gone. I can still hear his voice in my mind. May you rest in peace, my dearest Randy Joe.

[jwvideoteam]

Recently deceased Randy Joe Fullerton from Dallas on bass.

[billyclay2]

Randy Joe Fullerton... Thanks for so, so, many memories with you and Will "Smokey" Logg!!! You will truly be missed!!!

[GoncaloLeal]

its a pitty the recording quality sucked those days...

[TransAm8723]

@GoncaloLeal I think the lack of quality adds to the flavor of the music honestly lol

[cavebilly]

Randy Joe Fullerton R.I.P. my brother!!!

[jtebaize]

f*cking orgasmic, for real

[bigwillhenk]

this is greate big will & the Bluesmen to

[conradbkk]

The Wolf puts on a show that cant be matched and my man Herbert gets off, too bad there wasnt more footage on him.

[staticviewer]

gator tail

[maxitismakedon]

this is the heart and soul of blues people...he means every word he says...

[abitaman4]

If I didn't know any better, I would say that that man has been drinking.

[Chucktheactionstar]

You dont know any better

[YoGroucho]

UUUUUUHHHH Monster Of Blues, WOLF THE FIRST

[mikeinportsri]

This dude is the kind of cat that would perform for free just to get people to listen

[evanfrmheaven]

My God, his hand's are the size of hams!

[ExilePromotions]

What a great American!

[TheSatanas666]

@ExilePromotions what a great african son

[Bluezking]

There is one n only Howlin' wolf & his right hand man Hubert Sumlin.

[agentyellow34]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALSO ON HIGHWAY 49

[68blues]

HOWLIN' WOLF ..........now that's a monicker.

[jenkins80]

@PParranoidd, hwy 49 is the main road leading into the Mississippi Delta from Jackson, MS. The wolf is singing about getting on that very highway and heading south to Jackson to catch a train and get the hell away from that woman.

[pantheruny]

thanks @jenkins80 for that piece of information. I love the story telling side of Blues.

[rumpledilskin]

@jenkins80 I think he's goin to Jackson to see his woman...

[jenkins80]

@rumpledilskin Yeah your right. I miss interpreted.

[JayHawker751]

@jenkins80 I used I-70 east to US HWY 281 headed north then east on I-80

[PParranoidd]

Weird ?? I believe that numbers only have as much power as you allow them to have, they are only numbers. But maybe he believed in that stuff? he's singing about it... I think ?...

[PParranoidd]

Highway 49?... 4+9=13!!... Occult meaning of 13?... Appears to be related to the snake and sexual unity and can also be described as rebirth.

Pagan cultures worshiped the serpent for protection against evil, can be male or female sexuality, rain and fertility, a mediator between the physical and spiritual world the list goes on and on...

[StingerNova]

one BAMF. and one of the best bluesman at that.

[mpo1107]

You just can't beat the Wolf!

[puppetsmetropolis]

I've seen him a lot. Never this uninhibited. May of have a little gin. Didn't miss a cue.

As good as it gets...

[JonMartMusic]

a little gin? lol, look at the size of this fellow, lol, he took a barrel full lol. love this performance

[yzetta]

I am made to understand he didn't drink at all.

[skylines4ever1]

He looks like he REALLY enjoys it. Amazing!

[arjhendrix]

aaaaaaaaauuuuwhooooooooooo!!!

[jholtgym]

"the best thing on the internet..."

easily.....

Chester Burnett was and remains the most mesmerizing of all the giants of blues, the beginning and reason for it all.....

at my first opportunity i'm headed out to Highway 49!

r.i.p. Wolf....God bless you!!!

[1raymio]

I'm bewitched by him.

[SCOTCHSOLACE]

Absolutely the consummate Bluesman!!!!! HOWLIN' WOLF IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!

[papakilatube]

welcome to the school of rock

[victordaniamandi]

@papakilatube is not blues?!!

[BluesVaughan]

this is better than he could give life!.

[Mounhas]

When you went to a concert featuring the Wolf, you never ever forget it, this brings back many memories. What a man, what a showman, rock solid. And Hubert could play some mean licks...

[rockinredneck57]

Jeff Healey covered this nicely on his cover 2 cover CD. I haven't seen it on youtube, but his version rocks!

[paullongball]

Back again & again, stunning.

Hubert was about 38 y.o., his guitar work impeccable. Strong, precise, swinging, totally outrageous, with his indelible ID stamped on every note. He was a most kind & generous mentor.

I was proud when he introduced me to Freddy King as his protege'! ;D

I have posted my "Tribute to Hubert & The Wolf", if you get a chance, please stop by (link in video response).

Look for Hubert, he is still on tour at this moment!

please allow me: RIP Sunnyland, S.P., Wolfie

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[DiamondSoul]

Fall on your knees!

[Rockzz28]

That is brilliance!

[ipodjunkie5]

What a powerful bluesman!

[wisesatyr72]

this is a real Blues Man

[DiamondSoul]

Brilliant man.

[delnemorio]

cool dude

[DanieleBazzani]

yeaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

[aprilfoolme]

No one can be on drugs and perform so well. Hes great.

[chvaky]

He wasn't on drugs.

[82compoundw]

@chvaky The Wolf Was the Drug!!!

[willwkrueger]

many impressive ppl played fucked up from jimi to jaco, bud powell to iggy pop. and of course charlie parker, who was both the most skillfully and harmonically innovative and the most most fucked junkie to write his name in history

[computerblue1]

This performance is just so RAW & HEAVY!!! & Hubert's guitar tone sounds AMAZING!!! Nuthin like the WOLF!!! A true ORIGINAL!!!

[reborn5310]

Another great performance from the one and only Wolf!  Thank you for posting this!

[Denton888]

the man is off his game! in the drug way...

[sisterdiggins]

No drugs and no drink for the Wolf.

This was all natural.

[Optimistiq1]

STFU TOOL

[reyrayolunar]

he was a giant.

[sayyes2bull]

cool.

[rokmontez]

A master bluesman AND a hell of a showman. From the crazy mad eyes to the harmonica antics at 7:30. If you can walk the walk and talk the talk, a little showmanship is fun icing on the cake.

[LINY65]

Shame him and Muddy Waters didn't get along....

[micoluce]

I agree that all humans should get along, but this is ideal. Chester didn't get along with many people. Check the video of him bashing a very old, drunk Son House. Chester did his thing. Muddy did his. All is well.

[Optimistiq1]

you got a link for that vid you mention?

[micoluce]

I tried posting a link but it was never posted, so search on here "howlin wolf full version". Video is about 7 minutes or so. Son and Chester going at it.

[destroyer307]

Badass

[franklmac]

The Wolf was a trip!

[applytoforhead]

he was a veteran, and A MEAN MOFO!!!!

[rotagen5]

This band smokes. THanks for listing the players.....man, check out Captain Beefheart, you know he loved him some wolf, got his whole style from him.

[ThomasDeLello]

Sunnyland Slim... on piano looks like.

[hihats]

give it up for Hubert Sumlin

[barba666ruiva]

indeed!

awesome slide

[Barnekkid]

Sumlin didn't play slide.

[6t4eldo]

love that moustache! along with salvador dali & rollie fingers!

[ezzthemc]

Wow. Even when he's just standing around and not singing or playing, he's still able to maintain this crazy stage presence. Thanks for the post GtrWorkShp, I really learned something.

[ramble0n7]

agreed, this is the real blues right here.

and howlin wolf is pretty badass.

[esharpcool]

This is the blues at it finest,and I guess you know Mr.Chester Burnett a.k.a Howlin Wolf will never be forgotten.

[abba5555]

But that's not Washington. I'm 99.9 percent certain that it's the old fillmore east, once on 2nd Ave. and E.6th St., nyc.

[rjf19ful]

@abba5555 I am the bass player in this vid, and this gig was at Howard U. in D.C. I was THERE

[mta415]

@rjf19ful WOW! that's incredible! was the Wolf as animated off the stage as he was on stage? I hear he was really reserved and conservative away from the crowd.

[Fruscianteistheman]

@rjf19ful

"I am the bass player in this vid, and this gig was at Howard U. in D.C. I was THERE".

You lucky asshole.

/salute.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@rjf19ful wish i could have been there to jam with you, i am a harmonica player and have been playing for over 40 years, the wolf has been a great inspiration to me all my life, as well as Muddy, Willie and Paul Butterfield

[me86680]

@rjf19ful my jealousy boils over, that's a gig of a lifetime!

[JuliMS1979]

just can't trace it.what a caracter. whow

[brynttr]

Yeoow! Dynamite stuff. This guy had a lot of power. Howlin' Wolf was the real deal. And Hubert Sumlin sure plays tasty!

[coyotesong]

this is absolutely the pure gold of 'scarey-real' blues, the real shit, way way down. nothing but the truth, the whole truth and go to hell, god.

[venusrizing]

i luv it!

[ministerzel]

OOOOH! Go ahead and HOWL! Sing it Wolf

[mullinator7]

i'd kill to meet this man. not kill, but yeah i'd wanna meet him

[thunderhulk1]

howl wolf howl howl

[thewho12344]

the wolf and he is howlin about how great he is HIGHWAY 49

[ilikezappa]

The highway he is referring to runs from Cardiff to Swansea. It is called the M4 these days but a lot of those old Welsh blues guys come from round there. "muddy" Severn Waters, B.B. Jones , Howlin`Wolf Evans. They all knew each other

[TheOdderOne]

Oh ya big kidder.

[ilikezappa]

no , its all true . I checked my facts with wikipedia and the national enquirer , as well as the North Cardiff papers of record

[TheOdderOne]

Me an' mah sheep, we used to get it on all night

I said me an' mah sheep, we used to get it on all night (you know we did)

But since my sheep done left me, I ain't been feeling alright.

[ilikezappa]

ahhhhhhhh  THE SHEEP JOKES !!

Bless you xx

[TheOdderOne]

Any time bro :)

[andyt91]

This is possibly the greatest thing on the internet. The greatest performer of all time.

[tbag855]

Actually, Howlin' Wolf didn't drink very much and didn't do drugs at all.

[erokebc]

How bottles of liquor do you think it took to get Wolf high that night? Man I want what he got

[evanfrmheaven]

That would kill me, and probably you too E!

[stoelefj]

Ive read that he did drink, but was strict about his shows.. didnt allow much drinking before a show. And he was a responsible man, so he probably never did drugs.

[Teaclinton13]

Wolf didn't do drugs, but did smoke cigarettes. He was a serious business man, and was a li'l more educated than those southern men who came up north and made music. He actually knew the business and was one of those men who'd rather take a bullet than play the "yessa boss" role.

[deepintoblues]

Man, I love the wolf. But, that kind of creeped me out!

[jugoponos]

Woouw! Wolf rules & so fookin funny.

[ThomasDeLello]

Sunnyland Slim on piano.

[qwerly45]

Britain's got no money. we got the blues again like we did in the 70s and the 90s. Every country in the world economy got the blues at the moment.

[ppmattpp]

Stage presense 101.

I used to visit Wolf in his basement apartment on the West Side, he was really a nice man, scared people just for fun! He showed me some harp stuff that I'm still working on 40 years later.