We got a real treat on July 5th - a personal tour by the curator of the Howlin' Wolf Blues Museum, and the caretaker of his legend, our friend Richard Ramsey. Here's Richard outside the Museum in West Point.
Richard conversing with Sister Johnson on his most passionate subject: Howlin' Wolf. The Annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Concert will be held in West Point this year on August 31. Unfortunately, we'll miss it, but if we were still in Mississippi, we'd be there for sure.
I can't do justice to the influence that Chester A. Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf had on the blues, jazz, rock, country, and most other genres of modern music. Richard has dedicated a significant portion of his life to promote and preserve the memory of this musical giant. I'll try to get a better description of The Wolf inserted later, but if you're a music lover, Google his name to see what a force he was on all the music of today. Wolf was born just outside West Point in 1910, and played his music up til the time of his death in 1976.
Richard schools Sister Johnson on the memorabilia of Howlin' Wolf that he's collected.
More of the memorabilia and history in the Museum.
The Howlin' Wolf Memorial in West Point.
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