Smokestack Lightnin'
Smokestack Lightnin' a song by Howlin' Wolf on Foxsoundi
About Smokestack Lightnin'
Based on one riff and no chord changes, Smokestack Lightning has been called "a distillation of the essence of the blues". It was loosely was based on "Crying at Daybreak", another earlier recorded song by Wolf which was based on "Moon Going Down" by Charley Patton. Wolf said the song was inspired by watching trains in the night: "We used to sit out in the country and see the trains go by, watch the sparks come out of the smokestack. That was smokestack lightning." .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Howlin' Wolf
- Album
- Moanin' In The Moonlight · Track 3 of 12 · Longest track on the album
- Released
- March 1, 1958
- Duration
- 3:08
- Ranking
- #1 most played Howlin' Wolf track on Foxsoundi
- On Last.fm
- 376,918 listeners on Last.fm
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From the album: Moanin' In The Moonlight
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Moanin' For My Baby by Howlin' Wolf , -
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