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unusual facts about Howlin' Rain


Arik Roper

Roper has since developed a name and devoted following creating record covers and music merchandise for a wide variety of bands including cult underground legends such as Earth, Buzzoven, Sunn O))), Sleep, Howlin' Rain, Grand Magus and High on Fire, as well as more mainstream acts like The Black Crowes.


Brendan Howlin

Howlin reiterated the Government's commitment not to cut public sector pay, "if the Croke Park Agreement works".

Howlin's father was a trade union official who served as secretary of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in Wexford for 40 years.

Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture

The soundtrack features covers of classic songs from Chess Records' singers as performed by the film's stars including Golden Globe nominated actress and 16-time Grammy Award winning singer Beyoncé Knowles (as Etta James), Eamonn Walker (as Howlin' Wolf) and Jeffrey Wright (as Muddy Waters).

Fantasy Glades

Jagwar Ma's debut album cover 'Howlin'' features Jono Ma and his brother in front of the Dragon.

Ian Siegal

Ian Siegal (born Ian Berry, 1971) is a British blues singer and guitarist, whose style reflects the more rootsy side of the genre, drawing on influences such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Son House, Junior Kimbrough and Tom Waits.

L.A. Woman

It allowed Jim Morrison to express his 'old blues man' personality as it gave him the freedom to sing the Blues music that he was influenced by as a child, including musicians such as Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker.

Little Red Rooster

"The Red Rooster" was one in a string of Willie Dixon-penned songs that Howlin' Wolf recorded in the early 1960s that were later popularized by rock artists ("Back Door Man" – The Doors, "Spoonful" – Cream, "Little Red Rooster" – The Rolling Stones, and "I Ain't Superstitious" – The Jeff Beck Group).

The recording session took place at the Chess Studios in Chicago, the same studios where Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, et al. recorded their blues classics (the Rolling Stones instrumental "2120 South Michigan Avenue" was named after the studio's address).

Patrick Honohan

Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Finance Minister Michael Noonan, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore and Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin were reportedly furious with Prof Honohan's failure to close the deal as had been expected.

The Very Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

The album contains many well-known songs by the group, spanning songs mainly from the late 1980s to newly recorded versions (and a few 1970s tracks), such as "Homeless" (composed by Mambazo leader Joseph Shabalala and Paul Simon), "Nomathemba", and many more.

U.S. Route 49

The highway is also the subject of songs by Big Joe Williams and Howlin' Wolf.


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