Killing Floor Jimi Hendrix Howlin

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Killing floor jimi hendrix howlin.

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. Originally it was written by legendary blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf and became classic of chicago electric blues. According to wikipedia the song s title refers to the active area of a slaughterhouse. Killing floor by jimi hendrix.

Killing floor is a 1964 song by american blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf. It is the best and greatest guitarist in rock. Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists. Watch one of very few good quality videos recorded live in monterey 1967.

Eric clapton hubert sumlin clarence gatemouth buddy guy santana jeff beck jimi hendrix robert cray robert johnson woody guthrie l. Killing floor by albert king. It has been acknowledged by the blues foundation hall of fame which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians. Killing floor howlin wolf.

Best of rock blues guitar. This is one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues. Great blues music from howlin wolf. 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.

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.