Moanin’ at Midnight (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Hoffman, James Segrest
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1910-1976
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Howlin’ Wolf (Chester A. Burnett), Lillie Burnett, Leonard Chess, Hubert Sumlin, Muddy Waters, Eddie Shaw
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Blacks, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Music or musicians, Singing or singers, Guitars or guitar players, Songs or songwriters, Entertaining or entertainers, Popular music
- Locales: United States
Moanin’ at Midnight includes these thoughts by singer and musician Bonnie Raitt:
If I had to pick one person who does everything I loved about the blues, it would be Howlin’ Wolf. It would be the size of his voice, or just the size of him. When you’re a little pre-teenage girl and you imagine what a naked man in full arousal is like, it's Howlin’ Wolf. When I was a kid, I saw a horse in a field with an erection, and I went, “Holy shit!” That's how I feel when I hear Howlin’ Wolf—and when I met him it was the same thing. He was the scariest, most deliciously...
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