Seems like a good morning for a jolt of pure blues. Here’s Howlin’ Wolf performing “Smokestack Lightning” in 1964.
Ed Kilgore, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a columnist for New York. More by Ed Kilgore
Seems like a good morning for a jolt of pure blues. Here’s Howlin’ Wolf performing “Smokestack Lightning” in 1964.
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Ed Kilgore, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a columnist for New York. More by Ed Kilgore
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