Howlin’ Wolf’s booming, gravel-filled voice was so powerful and rich in harmonics that early microphone engineers would use his recordings to test dynamic range and distortion thresholds.

Tom Waits’ song “Fannin Street” from the 2006 “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards” follows in the footsteps of Lead Belly’s 1939 song of the same name, about a raucous street in Houston, Texas.

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