Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man

[bradsandstrum]

place your soul here

[bradsandstrum]

bad ass

[artiebarnes]

Doors version is better. Sorry-

[zelenious]

@artiebarnes you are WRONG !!!

[tomhalling]

Just imagine how good his voice would be if he stood up...

[perez5249]

@tomhalling

@ 6' 6", he'd hit his head on the ceiling.

[GROGtheBOOGIEMAN]

Looks like Rick Gretch on bass?

[lapislazuli7]

@GROGtheBOOGIEMAN Could be! I had no clue he played with the Wolf. What a lucky man.

[Jbone85]

I thought it was Morrisons'.......I'm dumb.

[willchebra]

Nice cover!

[Rckelley1955]

Is that Clapton behind Wolf playing guitar? I hear two guitars. The other must be Hubert Sumlin.

[yenbadcito]

@Rckelley1955 no hes playing the bass

[kalifson]

When people see the Nicholas Brothers performance, they are astounded,that 2 young children could perform in such a seemingly miraculous way, I mean, who dances like that? only every little black boy on Harlem corners back then it wasn't dancing, it was life, and so is the blues. Blues tell the truth and from what i'm reading here, he knew what he was talkin about when he said "Men don't know little girls understand.when i see analysis its time to go if u analysin, U ain't feelin the blues.

[MrBasicben]

no youtube ...no visual...i live in pittsburgh...been all over the country...why do they play the same 11 songs on repeat...radio stations meake people stupid...thanks for the video...fuck the robots

[rustapark]

Damn! Beautiful



[nathanoman1]

Didnt you know the blues started with the doors

[TheQuicksilverdog]

@nathanoman1 LOL,

[cmskid20]

@TheQuicksilverdog I'm a Doors fan and i'm ashamed at that Doors fan.

[TheQuicksilverdog]

@cmskid20 I saw the Doors & loved their music, but The Wolf was the man. I had the pleasure of seeing him in San Francisco in the 60's.

[bollpwnbay]

@cmskid20

he's probably just high. mixed 2 great music genres.

[catkittycatkittycat]

@TheQuicksilverdog ya everyone knows Jim Morrison was from the deep south. A real true Hoodoo man. I mean California...same thing. lmao!! you're a funny dude Nathanoman

[DoctorSess]

@nathanoman1 WRONG. everyone knows the devil started the blues...

[ghostboy152]

@nathanoman1 hahaha 

[alofislide]

@nathanoman1 the backdoors man

[niralirishi]

@nathanoman1 hahahaha 

[66serendip]

....looks like Michael Shrieves on guitar. lol

[66serendip]

love this , talk about a bad __ ___ !!

[GretschGal]

@HufflepufftheGreat--A Black Jim Morrison?? Bless your ears, but "Mr. Wolf' Was NOT Monotone!

[TheTubaNoob]

@GretschGal Even know Jim wasn't monotone either. I don't get why this video has to be a battleground of Wolf and The Doors. I love The Doors, but some of these guys coming in here sucking Jim's dick and saying he is better than any of the old Chicago blues singers need to stay out.

[voxhammer]

Who's playing with him here? That doesn't look like Willie Dixon on the bass.

[butkatrello]

the show boat> ho dat?

[erikcharger]

I love how well dressed he is. In the 30s & 40s you looked your best. I know this is later, but I can just imagine; "hey Howlin' Wolf, these white boys want you to be on television!", "Well, I better put on my good suit!" 

[MajorMunchiez]

Oh how I wish I'd found this sooner.

[lipi29]

When I stumbled upon the question, who is better: Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf?, I thought - good question, but I figured it out, the best is Willie Dixon!

[CletusColtrane]

@lipi29

It's not a competition man

[lipi29]

@CletusColtrane

i know there's not a competition there never was, they were all the best, people have no idea what they did for music, I just wanted to point out that Muddy's and Wolf's best songs such as this one were written by Willie Dixon, but of course Muddy and Wolf also wrote amazing songs like Smokestack Lightnin', but Willie Dixon wrote songs for so many artists and you probably heard Howlin' Wolf's Spoonful, but have you heard the Willie Dixon version? It's amazing... just pointing out

[CletusColtrane]

@lipi29

I guess it depends what the criteria is.....Willie was a more prolific songwriter, but Muddy and Chester were bad ass frontmen, something Willie wasn't necessarily. I'd say Muddy is the better musician between himself and Wolf.....I'd probably put Muddy at the top

[bobstax69]

I see how miss-information gets spread. You take someone like yourself with a "basic" knowledge of the Blues. Then let your tiny mind go to work and come up with something that you think is funny. You let your tiny mind take a dump through the keyboard and you have a bunch of people like yourself...tiny minded. Take it as gospel. Do us all a favor...Don't talk about the Blues. Cause you probably have never had em'. And obviously would not know how to handle em.

[MikeMusic88]

@bobstax69 Thanks for the sneak peak of your upcoming book!

[martymcfly281]

by the way im not hating , im 25 and i went thru it aswell , except ive cut my hair, lost the t-shirts but still listen to all the classics ,without preaching to people like im the first teenager to discover led zeppelin . when i run into kids from highschool , 90% have given up on the hippie phase and the other 10% brought it to a whole nother try-hard wannabe level ,like i said im not hating i just think its funny cuz probably two years ago you all listened to jay z . enjoy the music dont talk

[martymcfly281]

i bet everyone of you kiddies commenting are under the age of 18 , under the impression that you know something about music and its roots because last year scottie showed up to school in a pink floyd t shirt and you all thought you would grow your hair and tag along for the ride. mommy buys you a guitar and some led zep/floyd/the doors albums and you think your a hippie.. trying desperately to find more of abstract older music to have alittle diversity from the pack of wannabes ..think about it

[6474323]

that shit makes nirvana and led zipple n and metallica sounds like justin bieber

[99strange]

99, at one time was a backdoor man, 99 got busted in the eye to save himselk from murder,, 99 says if you play use good measurses, 99

[Rafaronald9]

SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO CITY !!!!!!

[WildCargoBand]

Thanx for the vid cuz!!! Awesome, love this kinda shit!!!!

[granmanelly]

Thanks for posting this. It is mindblowingly fabulous.

[msfl54]

Howlin is the best!!!

[d3s3n51]

I LOVE JIM MORRISON'S VERSION...SCREAMS LIKE A SICK CROONER...THE OLD BLUES MAN"!...MOJO RISIN', SIMPLY THE BEST!

[jbeng1953]

Blues dont get no better than howlin wolf!

[patrickhazell]

This video has some incredibly lame backup musicians--it's amazing the KING of blues can even sing to this horseshit accompaniment.

[HufflepuffTheGreat]

OMG A black Jim Morrison! Lol Sorry I know The Door weren't the originals. But I couldn't resist. Besides, I actually like this version better than Jim's, TBH.

[TheQuicksilverdog]

@HufflepuffTheGreat  The "Wolf" was the 1st to record it. Willie Dixon wrote it.

[iotaminnesota]

@TheQuicksilverdog thank you..

its time people appreciate where their 60's and 70's bands blues ( i looooove the doors so much) came from

[DONNIMETROPOLIS313]

@HufflepuffTheGreat a black jim morrison? i guess you apologized because you know how backwards that is. at least you know where he got his influence from.

[bobstax69]

@HufflepuffTheGreat dumb ass...and i know robbie and he would say the same thing...you dumb ass

[HufflepuffTheGreat]

@bobstax69 Dude. Cool your tits. I was kidding in the first place.

[prchurch13]

@HufflepuffTheGreat Jim was and is the only white man that can justice to Wolfs song. All hail the mighty Wolf!

[cordedpoodle]

@prchurch13 but... can blue men sing the whites? youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-TVrR8wZ­c sheech Captain Beefheart

[MrJimc2]

@prchurch13 if one mentioned the word " vermin " in the same paragraph as the name " Jim Morrison ", one would owe a most humble apology to the vermin.

[wipers86]

@prchurch13 led zeppelin did a real good cover of killing floor there version called the lemon song but I'm guessing you already know that

[emersoul]

Such a nice song

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[CrazyBeatlesFanatic]

Actually, if you knew your facts, Willie Dixon was the original Back Door Man.

[TheQuicksilverdog]

@CrazyBeatlesFanatic I know the facts, Willie Dixon wrote for all the major Chicago blues men & women, especially McKinley Morganfield.

[trtomthedrummer2]

@TheQuicksilverdog Willie Dixon said Chester Burnett, aka"Howlin' Wolf", was his favorite singer and that's why he wrote more songs for him than for McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters. So to say he wrote especially for MM is a little off base.

[igessthsisgrwnup]

@TheQuicksilverdog

strange how a crazy beatles fanatic doesnt any black music history haha

[TheQuicksilverdog]

@igessthsisgrwnup Got that right!

[TheQuicksilverdog]

@TheQuicksilverdog That's common knowledge.

[420jaymac]

@CrazyBeatlesFanatic i hope you know your questioning a 61 year old man who has definitely lived and breathed alot more blues music than you can dream of... how old are you? 18? thats a shame, your not even old enough to get into most establishments where blues musicians perform.

[CrazyBeatlesFanatic]

@420jaymac Someone dislikes being proven wrong.

[420jaymac]

@CrazyBeatlesFanatic well if you want to talk facts, then Charlie Patton is the original back door man, no question.

[rockinspiritphoto]

Working the blues, brother man. Working it, working it.Too tall to bow down. Aint got nothing to do with inches - comes from the soul. Work it, Mr. Wolf.

[peaceloverforever]

let him go free...

[ElvizaPelvis]

Awesome!