Killing Floor Jimi Hendrix Howlin

The guitar riff from howlin wolf s foil hubert sumlin is instantly familiar and has been endlessly co opted by rock acts who have stolen it for their own blues rock compositions or covered it directly as did jimi hendrix mike bloomfield s electric flag and famously by led zeppelin as the lemon song.

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This is one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues. Best of rock blues guitar. Eric clapton hubert sumlin clarence gatemouth buddy guy santana jeff beck jimi hendrix robert cray robert johnson woody guthrie l. Produced by willie dixon phil chess leonard chess.

It is the best and greatest guitarist in rock. Watch one of very few good quality videos recorded live in monterey 1967. Jimi and his guitar. Great blues music from howlin wolf.

Album chess blues vol 4. According to wikipedia the song s title refers to the active area of a slaughterhouse. Killing floor by albert king. We got up on stage and chas chandler says i ve got this friend who would love to jam with you it was funny in those days anybody could get up with anybody if you were convincing enough that you could play.

Hendrix buoyed by said sincerity took to the stage and grabbed a guitar to cover howlin wolf s killing floor eric clapton told planet rock. Killing floor by jimi hendrix. The song performed by jimi is killing floor. Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists.

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