''More Real Folk Blues'' is a compilation album by blues musician

Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. Over a four-decade care ...

, released by Chess Records in 1967. It includes songs that were recorded in Memphis and Chicago between 1953 and 1956.

Reception

In a review for

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, critic

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wrote: "This companion volume to the ''Real Folk Blues'' album was issued in 1967 and couldn't be more dissimilar in content to the first one if you had planned it that way. Whereas the previous volume highlighted middle-period Wolf, this one goes all the way back to his earliest Chess sessions, many of which sound like leftover Memphis side".

Track listing

All compositions are credited to Chester Burnett, also known as Howlin' Wolf. # "Just My Kind" – 2:50 # "I've Got a Woman" – 2:53 # "Work for Your Money" – 2:10 # "I'll Be Around" – 3:11 # "You Can't Be Beat" – 3:06 # "You Gonna Wreck My Life" – 2:34 # "I Love My Baby" – 2:55 # "Neighbors" – 2:43 # "I'm the Wolf" – 2:47 # "Rocking Daddy" – 3:00 # "Who Will Be Next?" – 2:30 # "I Have a Little Girl" – 2:35 *Recorded in Memphis in 1953 (tracks 1-3 & 7) and in Chicago in March 1954 (tracks 6 & 8-10), October 1954 (track 4), March 1955 (tracks 11 & 12) and January 1956 (track 5)

Personnel

– vocals, harmonica *

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(tracks 11 & 12), Hosea Lee Kennard (track 5–7), Otis Spann (tracks 4 & 8–10) – piano *

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(tracks 6 & 8–10), Willie Johnson (tracks 1-3, 5 & 7),

Hubert Sumlin Hubert Charles Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin ...

(tracks 4, 5, 11 & 12),

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(track 4, 11 & 12) – guitar * Willie Dixon – bass (tracks 4–6 & 8-12) *Earl Phillips – drums (tracks 4–6 & 8-12) *Other unidentified musicians

References

{{Authority control Howlin' Wolf albums 1967 albums Chess Records albums Albums produced by Marshall Chess