Howlin' Wolf first recorded the song at Chess' studio in Chicago on May 25, 1954,[4] with sidemen Hubert Sumlin and Jody Williams on guitars, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon on double-bass, and Earl Phillips on drums.[5] Wolf achieves a coarse, emotional performance with his strained singing, lapsing into falsetto.[6] The song, a twelve-bar blues, is punctuated with a syncopatedbackbeat, brief instrumental improvisations, upper-end piano figures, and intermittent blues harp provided by Wolf.[6] The lyrics caution about the "evil" that takes place in a man's home when he is away, concluding with "you better watch your happy home".[6]
ReferencesEdit
^Muddy Waters' "Evil" is a different song, credited to Morganfield aka Waters (1957 Chess 1680)
^ Segrest, James; Hoffman, Mark (2004). Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf. New York City: Pantheon Books. p. eBook. ISBN0-375-42246-3.
evil, howlin, wolf, song, evil, sometimes, listed, evil, going, chicago, blues, song, written, willie, dixon, howlin, wolf, recorded, song, chicago, chess, records, 1954, included, 1959, compilation, album, moanin, moonlight, when, recorded, howlin, wolf, albu. Evil sometimes listed as Evil Is Going On is a Chicago blues song written by Willie Dixon 1 Howlin Wolf recorded the song in Chicago for Chess Records in 1954 2 It was included on the 1959 compilation album Moanin in the Moonlight When he re recorded it for The Howlin Wolf Album in 1969 Evil became Wolf s last charting single reaching number 43 Billboard R amp B chart 3 Evil Is Goin On Single by Howlin WolfB side Baby How Long Released1954 1954 RecordedMay 25 1954StudioChess ChicagoGenreChicago bluesLength2 55LabelChessSongwriter s Willie DixonProducer s Leonard Chess Phil Chess Willie DixonHowlin Wolf singles chronology Baby How Long 1954 Evil Is Goin On 1954 Forty Four 1954 Howlin Wolf first recorded the song at Chess studio in Chicago on May 25 1954 4 with sidemen Hubert Sumlin and Jody Williams on guitars Otis Spann on piano Willie Dixon on double bass and Earl Phillips on drums 5 Wolf achieves a coarse emotional performance with his strained singing lapsing into falsetto 6 The song a twelve bar blues is punctuated with a syncopated backbeat brief instrumental improvisations upper end piano figures and intermittent blues harp provided by Wolf 6 The lyrics caution about the evil that takes place in a man s home when he is away concluding with you better watch your happy home 6 References Edit Muddy Waters Evil is a different song credited to Morganfield aka Waters 1957 Chess 1680 Herzhaft Gerard 1992 Evil Encyclopedia of the Blues Fayetteville Arkansas University of Arkansas Press p 447 ISBN 1 55728 252 8 Whitburn Joel 1988 Howlin Wolf Top R amp B Singles 1942 1988 Menomonee Falls Wisconsin Record Research p 198 ISBN 0 89820 068 7 Segrest James Hoffman Mark 2004 Moanin at Midnight The Life and Times of Howlin Wolf New York City Pantheon Books p eBook ISBN 0 375 42246 3 Fancourt Les Morris Chris Shurman Dick 1991 Howlin Wolf The Chess Box Box set booklet Howlin Wolf Universal City California MCA Records Chess Records p 28 CHD3 9332 a b c Floyd Samuel A 1995 The Power of Black Music Oxford University Press pp 176 177 ISBN 0 19 508235 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evil Howlin 27 Wolf song amp oldid 1154499422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
