(1910 – 1976) A country blues artist with a deep, dark, guttural voice, Howlin’ Wolf worked the farms and juke joints of Arkansas and Mississippi from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Influenced by Jimmie Rodgers and Charley Patton, Wolf moved to West Memphis, Arkansas, after the Second World War where he formed his own band and became a popular DJ on KWEM. In 1952 he moved to Chicago, IL where he recorded for Chess Records and became a key figure in the electric blues scene, inspiring 1960s rock bands like the Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones.