Stage Name Stories: Howlin' Wolf

Born: Chester Arthur Burnett

What's in a Name: Named for the 21st president, enormous young Chester was called "Bull Cow" before he became Howlin' Wolf, which came from a grandfather who liked to scare the boy with tales of wolves who would come after him if he misbehaved.



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