Smokestack Lightning

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The Who performing a cover of the Howlin' Wolf song 'Smokestack Lightning' live at the Marquee Club on the 16th March 1965. | Mods Mayday

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' (1956) "Smokestack Lightnin'," a blues masterpiece by Howlin' Wolf, released in 1956, captures the essence of the classic Chicago blues sound. This electrifying track, characterized by haunting harmonica and Howlin' Wolf's deep, raspy vocals, embodies the raw energy and emotion of the blues. Its repetitive and hypnotic riff has influenced countless musicians, becoming a recognizable and enduring element of blues music. The song's lyrics explore themes of longi

In this quick guitar lesson, Jed shows you how to play Smokestack Lightning by the legendary Howlin’ Wolf. Watch the full lesson here: https://youtu.be/0c1w5KkkRjE Simple, but a super tasty blues riff! This one is essential for any blues player. 🎸 #BluesGuitar #HowlinWolf #SmokestackLightning #GuitarLesson #LearnGuitar | Your Guitar Academy

Howlin Wolf Smokestack Lightning Live 1964 "Smokestack Lightning" (también "Smoke Stack Lightning" o "Smokestack Lightnin '") es una canción de blues grabada por Howlin' Wolf en 1956. Se convirtió en una de sus canciones más populares e influyentes. Se basa en canciones de blues anteriores, y numerosos artistas más tarde lo interpretaron. Wolf había realizado "Smokestack Lightning" de una forma u otra al menos a principios de la década de 1930, cuando actuaba con Charley Patton en pequeñas comun

From Howlin’ Wolf’s 1971 live blues performance at Big Duke’s Flamingo in Chicago. Wolf's music never lost its primal quality: some of his best songs, such as ''Smokestack Lightning,'' ''Commit a Crime'' and ''I Asked for Water, but She Gave Me Gasoline,'' are trancelike one-chord vamps reaching back to African-American music's pre-Western roots. ''That's something I got from the old music,'' he said. But this was a deliberate, even stubborn, artistic choice, as much as Wolf tried to commodify h