Howlin' Wolf Program 304 Original Airdate: 11/1/1973 Subject Keywords Afro-American musicians Afro-American singers Blues (Music) Blues musicians Music - Performance Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Wolf, Howlin' (Chester Arthur Burnett) Program Description Program focus on the music of Howlin' Wolf, born Chester Arthur Burnett in 1910, in West Point, Mississippi. A blues musician who did not begin recording until the advent of middle age, Wolf dominated the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s. Program consists chiefly of Say Brother concert footage of Wolf performing in 1973 and includes a number of short excerpts from backstage interviews with Wolf Say Brother captured on film. Concert venue is assumed to be in Chicago. Producer Topper Carew Associate Producer Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-00481 Original recording 1/4" reel-to-reel audiotape -1 (item number not yet assigned) Original recording 1/4" reel-to-reel audiotape -2 (item number not yet assigned) Original recording 1/4" reel-to-reel audiotape -3 (item number not yet assigned) Original recording 1/4" reel-to-reel audiotape -4 (item number not yet assigned) Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-00445 Preservation master D3 cassette (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 16mm film 01016A Viewing copy 16mm film 02695A Viewing copy 3/4" cassette -1 (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 3/4" cassette -2 (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.