Still Howlin' Chicago blues legend Howlin' Wolf lives on in new biography.(Time Out!)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: June 4, 2004| Author: Guarino, Mark | Copyright information

Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic

Chester Arthur Burnett would not be forgotten if you met him. His bulk included a 6-foot-3-inch frame, almost 300 pounds and a size 16 shoe.

He struck fear and awe in almost everyone who came across him the first time. But to those who only knew him through his music, he was no less a force to be reckoned with.

As Howlin' Wolf, Burnett sang of evil with a gravelly, dark voice that sounded summoned from...

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