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Lil' Howlin'
Wolf, who performed at the 2000 Delta Blues
Festival, is not one of your "wanna be" performers, emulating a
legend like Howlin' Wolf whom the Lord took from too soon. The
legend was so close to his protege, he called him "son." In
any event, Lil' Howlin' Wolf is a musician in his own right who
actually played and toured with the legendary Howlin' Wolf,
B.B. King, Bobbie Rush and a flock of other blues
stars.
During the festival, Lil' Howlin' Wolf not only performed "Highway 49", a
Howlin' Wolf favorite, on the Main Stage, but
later went over to the Juke Joint Stage to perform with some other
musicians. Yes, I was far away from the main stage, but
this is what it looked like at the beginning of "Highway
49". The crowd was roaring by the end of the
song--people standing and cheering and singing
along.
But I was a lot closer to
the stage when Lil' Howlin' Wolf performed on the Juke Joint Stage
with Jerry
Always be really friendly
to the people standing close to you--you might need them to take
your picture when you meet a celebrity--like I did when I met Lil'
Howlin' Wolf!
Hey, Mom -- I told Lil' Howlin' Wolf
you raised me on the blues, especially Howlin' Wolf albums. He
said "You have a good mama!"
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