April 08 #4
Andrew from Listowel asks:
I recently heard one of the funkiest, bluesiest albums I have ever heard, but couldn’t find out the name of the album or the band. The most distinguishing feature was what sounded like an interview with Howlin’ Wolf, talking about how he got his name, set to music Can you give me some details?
Alan answers:
Tough one, given that details are sketchy. A couple of questions: Where did you hear it? When? Did it seem that the interview was used as a sample? A stab in the dark might be you heard something from a 1998 record called Wolf Tracks: A Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf (Telarc). It features a number of friends and associates (including James Cotton and Taj Mahal) performing his best-known tracks. Can anyone fill in any more blanks?
After I read your response Alan, I went to visit my friend Mike at Moondance Records in Peterborough who correctly identified it as a track from The Wolf That House Built by Little Axe. Awesome stuff. What do you know about them?