If the roots of American blues indeed sprang from the anguish of black poverty, then Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf had a wealth of material from which to write songs. His no-holds-barred life has provided a wealth of material for the biography Moanin' at Midnight. Born in the fertile and racist Mississippi Delta in White Station, Miss., in 1910, Burnett grew up both poor and abused. His mother kicked him out when...
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