Howlin' Wolf – London Sessions (E/E) – LP, AU 1971

London Sessions is an LP by Howlin' Wolf from 1971 released on the Rolling Stones Records label.

About this album

The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions is a gritty late-period crossover that puts Howlin’ Wolf’s thunderous Chicago blues front and centre. Recorded in London in 1970, it brought the veteran bluesman together with British rock musicians including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Ian Stewart, creating a meeting point between post-war blues authority and the era’s rock reverence. Rather than smoothing out Wolf’s force, the sessions underline the power of his deep growl and stark phrasing on songs such as “Rockin’ Daddy”, “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” and “Wang-Dang-Doodle”. Issued in 1971, the album stands as a notable document of blues’ transatlantic influence.

Genre: Blues

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