If you find yourself on the wrong side of the fence, look for a driveway into this place..driveway is available except in heavy snow as they do not plow. DO not go into the dealership... If the road isn't plowed you can park at the gas station or Olive Garden. It will be a short walk.
Installment #5 in my Delta Blues Series brings us up to the great Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as “Howlin’ Wolf”. I hesitated to include Howlin' Wolf in this series as he reigned over the Chicago Blues (different than Delta Blues) in the 1950's. However his roots as a singer born and raised in Mississippi lead me to include him here.
He was an influential blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. One critic said “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”.
His 1962 album "Howlin Wolf" is a famous and influential blues album, often referred to as "The Rocking Chair album" and contains way too many hits to list here.
Unlike many other blues musicians, after he left his impoverished childhood to begin a musical career, Howlin' Wolf was always financially successful. Having already achieved a measure of success in Memphis, he was the only one to drive himself up from the Delta to Chicago, which he did, in his own car and with four thousand dollars in his pocket, a rare distinction for a black blues man of the time.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #51 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Howlin’ Wolf died in 1976 at the age of 65. Sam Phillips once remarked of the blues, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This music is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.' "
I placed this cache while it was raining pretty hard, it was quite cloudy but I got 16 feet accuracy, so I think this will be an easy find. Howlin' Wolf was my grandma's favorite blues artist so I placed a really nice "grandma" prize in the cache, please take it if you are a grandma or if you plan to give it to a grandma. There is also a FTF prize.
I was comfortable parking here N44' 26.389 W73"12.669 but you might not be, there is a Gulf Station nearby maybe you can park there. I am not posting the parking coords up top, people can make their own decision based on comfort level. I have been here about 4 times now and have never had an hassles.
As for the picture in my gallery, it was taken by Wolf's great friend, chosen photographer of record and music student, Sandy Guy Schoenfeld Please visit his site to enjoy some very special and rare portraits of Wolf, as well as concert and at-home photos, the very moving story of their special connection and even more. www.howlingwolfphotos.com