Broadcast: June 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
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This week, the "Juke In The Back" focuses on the great Howlin' Wolf's earliest recordings.
Before he became a huge star on Chess Records in Chicago, Wolf was a local celebrity in Memphis, recording with Sam Phillips (before Phillips started Sun Records).
Matt The Cat spins Wolf's demo acetates and his 1951 recordings, some of which Phillips sold to RPM Records in LA and others he sold to Chess in Chicago.
Howlin' Wolf was a mammoth man in both voice and stature and you'll hear how it all began on the "Juke In The Back."