Howlin 'Wolf (real name: Chester Burnett) is considered one of the most significant blues artists ever. The also in the literal sense, great singer / guitarist was a major inspiration for bands like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Eric Clapton, who all his catalog browsed. Burnett was born in 1910 in Mississippi and moved, like many other African Americans northward for work. In
… Chicago he worked with songwriter Willie Dixon, and he took on the legendary Chess Records. Partly by his stable personality "Wolf" one of the few blues musicians that did not end penniless. Burnett died in 1976.more