Born to sharecroppers on Mississippi, Howlin’ Wolf was illiterate into his 40s, when he earned his GED and took college courses, and in 1972, received an honorary doctor of arts degree from Chicago’s prestigious Columbia College.

Tommy James and the Shondells declined the once in a lifetime chance to play at Woodstock 1969 after their secretary called and said, “There’s this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field.”

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