Amoeba Music

          Sam Phillips, who recorded many a famed blues musician as a studio owner in Memphis in the early ‘50s before his work with the young Elvis Presley at his label Sun Records, memorably told writer Robert Palmer, “When I heard Howlin’ Wolf, I said, ‘This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.’”

            Phillips’ oft-quoted recollection has always seemed the perfect measure of Wolf’s art. It expresses the awe one feels when listening to the great bluesman’s music, the power of the music itself, and the dark, almost divine... Read More

City Of Origin:

White Station, Mississippi, United States

Genre:

Blues, Chicago Blues

Birthdate:

06/10/1910

Death date:

01/10/1976