“The Red Rooster” is track nine on disc one. Listen to it first, because it’s the key to this re-issue. On it, Howlin’ Wolf schools Eric Clapton on how to play the blues. As in, “No man, do it this ...

It is an idea that has captivated musicians since the earliest emergence of blues in the mid 1800s. The structure of the blues is largely simple — often three chords, solos in one scale — but ...

It also gave Marc Bolan his electric guitar style when Tyrannosaurus Rex became T-Rex. The songs Sumlin played on became classics and were influential. But they were fun, too, and about more than just ...

New HAVEN >> Eddie Shaw is a living piece of history as the late Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime sax player — and one of the leading voices of Chicago Blues. But his story neither begins nor ends with The ...