1964, The first US Beatles album, Introducing The Beatles, was released on Vee-Jay records. The album cover showed John, Paul and George with their now famous "mop top" haircuts, but Ringo had yet to convert. Vee-Jay would be forced to stop selling the disc by the end of the year because of legal complications, but by then, over 1.3 million copies had been sold. 1964, The … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 10
Howlin' Wolf
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Evil” by Tom Jones
Some folks just get hipper when they get older. Case in point there is me...and then there is Tom Jones, whose new 7” single recorded at Third Man Records with Jack White on guitar and in the production chair, bears some of the most stripped down virile sounds to emanate from the Welshman in some time. The A-side is a rip-roaring Howlin’ Wolf cover that gives the Wolfman a run … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Evil” by Tom Jones
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Moanin’ At Midnight” by Howlin’ Wolf
It doesn't come any more lowdown and spooky than this track by the wolf man of Chess Records. Chester Burnett's stature in American music is as dominant and as imposing as his 6'6'' 300 pound frame was. With a repertoire that includes such blues classics as "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Killing Floor," "Back Door Man," Spoonful" and "300 Pounds Of Joy," he pretty much fed the entire … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Moanin’ At Midnight” by Howlin’ Wolf