Though Howlin’ Wolf had a huge hit with his 1956 song “Smokestack Lightnin’”, he said he’d been playing it since the 1930s, when he and Charley Patton (father of the blues) performed in small Mississippi Delta towns.

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Vintage Music Venues, Jazz & Blues Clubs, etc.

The Chesterfield Club – Kansas City, Missouri

The Blue Bird Inn – Detroit, Michigan

Club Paradise – Memphis, Tennessee

Milton’s Tap Room – Kansas City, Missouri

Jay’s Lounge & Cockpit – Cankton, Louisiana

The Scene – New York CIty

Vintage Record Labels

Cobra Records – Chicago, Illinois

Sun Records – Memphis, Tennessee