'Smokestack Lightnin' and 'Red Rooster' were originally recorded by which Chicago blues singer?
"McMullan, sharecropper, deacon, and—unbeknownst to so many for so long—reluctant bluesman."" Wardlow also transcribed the songs and wrote the sleeve notes for the 2017 release of McMullan's album ""Everyday Seem Like Murder Here"". Another song on the album, ""Smoke Like Lightning"", later became ""Smokestack Lightnin'"" as recorded by Howlin' Wolf. Hayes McMullan Hayes McMullan (January 29, 1902 – May 1986) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was also employed at various times as a sharecropper and as a deacon and was a civil rights activist. McMullan's first major recorded work was released in February 2017, over"
"""Women in Chicago"" / ""The Ma Grinder, No. 2"" / ""You Better Stop Your Woman (From Ticklin' Me Under the Chin)"" / ""Jim Nappy"" / ""Mountain Jack"" / ""D.B.A. Blues"" / ""Hattie Green"" / ""Backdoor Blues"" / ""Santa Fe Blues"". Buster Pickens Buster Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964) was an American blues pianist. Pickens is best known for his work accompanying Alger ""Texas"" Alexander and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also recorded a solo album in 1960. He was born Edwin Goodwin Pickens in Hempstead, Texas. In the 1930s Pickens, along with Robert Shaw and others, was part of"
"Rooster Blues Rooster Blues is an American independent record label founded in 1980. The label is dedicated to blues music from the Mississippi Delta. Rooster Blues was co-founded by Jim O'Neal in Chicago, and initially released 14 albums by South Side blues musicians. In 1986, O'Neal moved the label to Clarksdale, Mississippi and began focusing on the area's Delta blues performers. Lonnie Pitchford and Lonnie Shields helped in the construction of the new recording studio facilities. Over the next 12 years, Rooster Blues released albums by Booba Barnes, Carey Bell, Eddy Clearwater, Willie Cobbs, Larry Davis, John Littlejohn, Lonnie Pitchford,"
"Lonnie Shields, Magic Slim, Super Chikan, James Thomas, and Valerie Wellington. In 1998 the label suspended operations, and in 1999 it was sold to Bottled MaJic Music. However, in 2000, Rooster Blues resumed operations and celebrated its 20th anniversary by releasing Willie King's ""Freedom Creek"", as well as reissuing some classic recordings such as ""Grand Slam"" by Magic Slim. Rooster Blues Rooster Blues is an American independent record label founded in 1980. The label is dedicated to blues music from the Mississippi Delta. Rooster Blues was co-founded by Jim O'Neal in Chicago, and initially released 14 albums by South Side"
"Tampa Red Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge, January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), known as Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. Tampa Red is best known as a blues guitarist who had a distinctive single-string slide style. His songwriting and his bottleneck technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk and Muddy Waters, and many others, including Elmore James and Mose Allison. In a career spanning over 30 years he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum songs. His best-known recordings include ""Anna Lou Blues"", ""Black Angel Blues"", ""Crying Won't Help You"","
"Good Rockin' Charles Good Rockin' Charles (March 4, 1933 – May 17, 1989) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter. He released one album in his lifetime and is best known for his work with Johnny ""Man"" Young, Otis ""Big Smokey"" Smothers, Arthur ""Big Boy"" Spires and Jimmy Rogers. He was born Henry Lee Bester in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was later known as Charles Edwards. He relocated from his birthplace to Chicago, Illinois, in 1949, and was inspired by the harmonica players Sonny Boy Williamson I, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter. In the"
"When it was released by Pye International Records in the UK in 1964, it peaked at number 42 in the singles chart. It was later included on the albums ""Moanin' in the Moonlight"" and ""The Howlin' Wolf Album"". ""Smokestack Lightning"" received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, honoring its lasting historical significance. It is ranked number 291 in ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". In 1985, the song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the ""Classics of Blues Recordings"" category. It is also included in the Rock and"
"Supreme and Spoonful. He released his 1971 album, ""Peace?"", on Yambo and also singles by McKinley Mitchell, Lucky Peterson and others. Dixon is considered one of the key figures in the creation of Chicago blues. He worked with Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Joe Louis Walker, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon, Memphis Slim, Washboard Sam, Jimmy Rogers, Sam Lay and others. In December 1964, the Rolling Stones reached number one on the UK Singles Chart with their cover of Dixon's ""Little Red Rooster""."
"Percy Strother Percy Lee Strother (July 23, 1946 – May 29, 2005) was an American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. After a tragic start in life, from the mid 1970s, Strother went on to become a mainstay of the Minneapolis blues scene. His music was a blend of blues, rhythm and blues and Memphis soul, and his more noteworthy songs included ""Blow Wind Blow"", ""Down Home Blues"", ""Killing Floor"", ""Grits Ain't Groceries"", ""Red Rooster"", and ""Take My Love"". Strother was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. His father met a violent end when he was hanged for allegedly killing"
"Sweet Home Chicago ""Sweet Home Chicago"" is a blues standard first recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936. Although he is often credited as the songwriter, several songs have been identified as precedents. The song has become a popular anthem for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson's original lyrics. Numerous artists have interpreted the song in a variety of styles. The melody of ""Sweet Home Chicago"" is found in several blues songs, including ""Honey Dripper Blues"", ""Red Cross Blues"", and the immediate model for the song, ""Kokomo Blues"". The lyrics for ""Honey Dripper Blues No. 2"" by Edith North"
"Rosetta Howard Rosetta Howard (August 30, 1913 – October 8, 1974) was an American blues singer who recorded in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her life. She was born in Woodruff County, Arkansas, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she began her career by joining in with jukebox selections at the club where she worked. Around 1932 she began singing professionally with Jimmie Noone and other bandleaders. Beginning in 1937 she made a number of recordings with the Harlem Hamfats, including her paean to marijuana, ""If You're a Viper"", and the ribald ""Let Your Linen Hang"
"Buster Pickens Buster Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964) was an American blues pianist. Pickens is best known for his work accompanying Alger ""Texas"" Alexander and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also recorded a solo album in 1960. He was born Edwin Goodwin Pickens in Hempstead, Texas. In the 1930s Pickens, along with Robert Shaw and others, was part of the ""Santa Fe Circuit"", named after touring musicians utilising the Santa Fe freight trains. From that time, Pickens described people doing the slow drag to ""slow low-down dirty blues"" in barrelhouse joints. Following service in the United States Army in"
"Red Callender George Sylvester ""Red"" Callender (March 6, 1916 – March 8, 1992) was an American string bass and tuba player. He is perhaps best known as a jazz musician, but worked with an array of pop, rock and vocal acts as a member of The Wrecking Crew, a group of first-call session musicians in Los Angeles. Callender was born in Haynesville, Virginia. In the early 1940s, he played in the Lester and Lee Young band, and then formed his own trio. In the 1940s Callender recorded with Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, Uffe"
"Red Lane Red Lane, born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter with surname pronounced ""Dee-LAW-ter"" (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American singer and songwriter. Lane was a self-taught musician and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). His songs were recorded by many prominent country artists, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, B.J. Thomas, George Strait, Roger Miller and Alan Jackson. The most successful songs written or co-written by Lane included, ""'Til I Get It Right"" (recorded by Tammy Wynette, 1973), ""Country Girl"" (Dottie West), ""Miss Emily's Picture"" (John"
"which starred Adelaide Hall, a major black revue star. Luckey Roberts noted compositions include ""Junk Man Rag"", ""Moonlight Cocktail"", ""Pork and Beans"", and ""Railroad Blues"". ""Moonlight Cocktail"" was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and was the best selling record in the United States for ten weeks in 1942. An astute businessman, Roberts became a millionaire twice through real estate dealings. He died in New York City. Luckey Roberts Charles Luckyth Roberts (August 7, 1887 – February 5, 1968), better known as Luckey Roberts, was an American composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles."
"first verse of ""Sweet Home Chicago"". Sweet Home Chicago ""Sweet Home Chicago"" is a blues standard first recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936. Although he is often credited as the songwriter, several songs have been identified as precedents. The song has become a popular anthem for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson's original lyrics. Numerous artists have interpreted the song in a variety of styles. The melody of ""Sweet Home Chicago"" is found in several blues songs, including ""Honey Dripper Blues"", ""Red Cross Blues"", and the immediate model for the song, ""Kokomo Blues"". The lyrics for ""Honey Dripper"
"Red Nelson (musician) Nelson Wilborn (August 31, 1907 – March 1970), better known as Red Nelson or Dirty Red, was an American blues singer and occasional guitarist. His recording career lasted well over a decade. Two of his standout songs are ""Crying Mother Blues"" and ""Streamline Train"" (both 1936). His accompanists on record variously included Cripple Clarence Lofton, Blind John Davis, Black Bob, Kansas Joe McCoy, Papa Charlie McCoy, Big Bill Broonzy and Lonnie Johnson. His 1947 release, ""Mother Fuyer"", managed to escaped censorship. Nelson Wilborn was born in Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. He relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in the"
"including, frequently, Loaded Dice. Lester's recordings in this period were on blues labels Alligator and Telarc, alongside releases in Europe. If disenchanted, Lester retained his harmonica, guitar, and vocal talents (the songwriting that had been muse to the Kinks and Dwight Yoakam having dried up long before). In September 2002, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Boston Blues Society. In 2003, Martin Scorsese included Lester in his blues tribute concert at Radio City Music Hall, a record of which was released as the film and album ""Lightning in a Bottle."" The group photograph inside the album"
"All compositions by Sam ""Lightnin'"" Hopkins except where noted Blues Hoot Blues Hoot (also released as ""Coffee House Blues"") is a live album by blues musicians Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, and Sonny Terry recorded at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles in 1961 and originally released on the Davon label before being reissued on Horizon Records in 1963. AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: ""Lightnin' Hopkins is the star of this live recording ... The sound is excellent, the performances are spirited enough ... It is difficult to say, however, anything distinguishes this set from the other folk club recordings that"
"Big Bad Smitty John Henry Smith, better known as Big Bad Smitty (February 11, 1940 – April 3, 2002) was an American blues guitar player and singer. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, he started learning guitar at the age of ten. He would play his older brother Nelson's guitar when nobody was around. When he was in his 20s he worked as a truck driver. Johnny Vincent of Ace Records had recorded him and two of his songs, ""Smokestack Lightnin'"" and ""How Many More Years"" appeared on the ""Genuine Mississippi Blues"" anthology on the Ace label in 1970. He"
"Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists. The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, ""no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits."" Producer Sam Phillips recalled, ""When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of"
"Barkin' Bill Smith Barkin' Bill Smith (August 18, 1928 – April 24, 2000) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter. He was born in Cleveland, Mississippi, and in his latter years lived in Chicago. Smith was raised in Mississippi and later relocated to East St. Louis, Detroit and finally Chicago. He obtained his stage name from Homesick James in 1958, after the pair had worked together. Smith sang in front of various blues bands around Chicago for many years. He was initially influenced by Joe Williams, Jimmy Witherspoon and Brook Benton. He made his recording debut"
"Blues Hoot Blues Hoot (also released as ""Coffee House Blues"") is a live album by blues musicians Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, and Sonny Terry recorded at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles in 1961 and originally released on the Davon label before being reissued on Horizon Records in 1963. AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: ""Lightnin' Hopkins is the star of this live recording ... The sound is excellent, the performances are spirited enough ... It is difficult to say, however, anything distinguishes this set from the other folk club recordings that Hopkins, Terry and McGhee left behind on other labels""."
"Little Smokey Smothers Little Smokey Smothers (January 2, 1939 – November 20, 2010) was an African-American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. His elder brother was the bluesman Otis ""Big Smokey"" Smothers (died 1993), with whom he was sometimes confused. Albert Abraham ""Abe"" Smothers was born in Tchula, Mississippi, learned to play the guitar at the age of 15, and relocated to Chicago two years later. He soon appeared on stage, playing with Arthur “Big Boy” Spires, Magic Sam, Otis Rush and Lazy Bill Lucas. In 1958 he joined up with Howlin' Wolf, and he accompanied Wolf in a recording session"
"piano work by Otis Spann, drum work by Fred Below, and guitar work by Hubert Sumlin. ""The Little Red Rooster"" was recorded in June 1961 with guitar work by Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin, piano work by Johnny Jones, bass work by Dixon, and drum work by Sam Lay. ""I Ain't Superstitious"" was recorded in December 1961 with Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Henry Gray on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Sam Lay on drums. The songs ""You Shook Me"" and ""I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"" were first recorded by Muddy Waters. ""I'm You Hoochie"
"Lazy Lester Leslie Johnson (June 20, 1933 – August 22, 2018), better known as Lazy Lester, was an American blues musician who sang and played the harmonica and guitar. His career spanned the 1950s to 2018. Best known for regional hits recorded with Ernie Young's Nashville-based Excello Records, Lester also contributed to songs recorded by other Excello artists, including Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, and Katie Webster. Cover versions of his songs have been recorded by (among others) the Kinks, the Flamin' Groovies, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Dave Edmunds, Raful Neal, Anson Funderburgh, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. In the comeback stage"
"Smoky Babe Robert Brown (July 31, 1927 – May 1973), who performed as Smoky Babe, was an American acoustic blues guitarist and singer, whose recording career was restricted to a couple of recording sessions in the early 1960s. He has been variously described as a Louisiana blues, Piedmont blues and blues revival musician. His most noteworthy recordings are ""Going Downtown Boogie"" and ""Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog"". Brown was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He was recorded by Harry Oster of Louisiana State University in 1960 and 1961, and the results were released by the Folk Lyric, Bluesville and Storyville"
"in 1991, singing on Dave Specter's first album, ""Bluebird Blues"". Delmark Records issued Smith's solo debut album, ""Gotcha!"", in 1994, with Steve Freund playing guitar. In his latter years declining health restricted his live appearances. Smith died of pancreatic cancer in Chicago in April 2000, at the age of 71. Barkin' Bill Smith Barkin' Bill Smith (August 18, 1928 – April 24, 2000) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter. He was born in Cleveland, Mississippi, and in his latter years lived in Chicago. Smith was raised in Mississippi and later relocated to East St. Louis,"
"John Lee ""Sonny Boy"" Williamson, Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, and Victoria Spivey. Although he was a prolific singles artist, Tampa Red recorded only two albums, which were released late in his career. Various compilation albums have been released since his death by different record companies, often with significant overlap, but some compilations focus on certain aspects of his style or original record labels. Tampa Red Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge, January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), known as Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. Tampa Red is best known as a blues guitarist who had a distinctive"
"2015. He was 76. Red Lane Red Lane, born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter with surname pronounced ""Dee-LAW-ter"" (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American singer and songwriter. Lane was a self-taught musician and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). His songs were recorded by many prominent country artists, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, B.J. Thomas, George Strait, Roger Miller and Alan Jackson. The most successful songs written or co-written by Lane included, ""'Til I Get It Right"" (recorded by Tammy Wynette, 1973), ""Country Girl"" (Dottie West),"
"version with lyrics was recorded, as ""Skeeg-a-Lee Blues"", by Lovie Austin. Ma Rainey recorded the song the following year, with Louis Armstrong on cornet, and a version was recorded by Frank Hutchison in 1927. Before World War II, it was commonly known as ""Stack O'Lee"". W.C. Handy wrote that this probably was a nickname for a tall person, comparing him to the tall smokestack of the large steamboat ""Robert E. Lee"". By the time W.C. Handy wrote that explanation in the 1920s, ""Stack O' Lee"" was already familiar in United States popular culture, with recordings of the song made by"
"Rosco Gordon Rosco N. Gordon III (April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002) was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known for his hit songs ""Booted"" and ""No More Doggin'"" (1952) and ""Just a Little Bit"" (1960). Gordon was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a pioneer of the Memphis blues style and in the late 1940s and early 1950s was associated with Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland and B.B. King, sometimes referred to as the ""Beale Streeters"". He made a number of his early recordings for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Gordon played piano in a style"
"The Red Rooster, Terra Blues, Ginny’s, and Minton's Playhouse. He performs regularly in New Jersey at Shanghai Jazz. His band performs regularly at the Cotton Club on Blues Fridays and Swing Dance Mondays with his band the King Solomon Hicks Blues Quintet. Hicks is a member of the Harlem Arts Alliance member. He performs and is a supporter of New York City's Jazzmobile, and is a member of The Blues Foundation headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. Hicks opened for Ringo Starr and Jeff Beck at the Holland International Blues Festival in June 2018 in Blues Village Grolloo, the Netherlands. In 2018"