Howlin’ Wolf - When I Laid Down I Was Troubled (live)

Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) was an unique and influential American blues singer who also played the guitar and the mouth harp. He was 6 feet, 6 inches tall and was known for his howling like a wolf and during this clip you also will see moments of his wild stage performance. This blues giant was born in White Station, Mississippi June 10, 1910 and died in Hines, Illinois January 10, 1976 of a kidney disease. This song with the Wolf Gang ( Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Shaw, Sunnyland Slim among others) is the starting track of the ’Live & Cookin at Alice’s Revisited’ album 1972