Howlin' Wolf Moanin' In The Moonlight (Mono, Chess Records, Acoustic Sounds Series)

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• Howlin’ Wolf’s Moanin’ in the Moonlight is a compilation album released by Chess Records in 1959, comprising songs recorded between 1951 and 1959 previously issued as singles, including the iconic hit “Smokestack Lightnin’.” As Rolling Stone put it, “The Wolf had the biggest roar in Chicago blues he raved in a fierce growl, backed by explosive playing from guitar geniuses Willie Johnson and Hubert Sumlin. His 1959 debut album has some of the meanest electric blues ever heard … from the eerie railroad drone ‘Smokestack Lightnin’ to the lowdown ‘I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline).”

  Founded in 1950 by Polish immigrant brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, Chess Records emerged from the south side of Chicago and enhanced and transformed the blues from folk music to popular sound. Wolf