- Evil (Howlin' Wolf song)
Infobox Single
Name = Evil
Artist =Howlin' Wolf
Released =May 25 ,1954
Format = 7" 45rpm
Recorded = 1954Chicago ,Illinois , U.S.
Genre =Chicago blues
Length = 2:55
Label = Chess (Cat. No. 1575)
Writer =Willie Dixon
Producer = Phil andLeonard Chess and/or Willie Dixon
Last single =
This single =
Next single = "Evil" (sometimes referred to as "Evil (Is Going On)") is aChicago blues standard written byWillie Dixon forHowlin' Wolf , first released onChess Records onMay 25 ,1954 .Herzhaft, Gérard (1997). "Encyclopedia of the Blues".University of Arkansas Press . p. 268. ISBN 1557284520] The song was also a hit forMuddy Waters , released in June 1977 on Chess records.The single features the
sidemen Hubert Sumlin and Jody Williams (guitar ),Otis Spann (piano ),Willie Dixon (double-bass ), and Earl Phillips (drum s). Wolf achieves a coarse, emotional performance with his strained singing, lapsing intofalsetto .Floyd, Samuel A. (1995). "The Power of Black Music".Oxford University Press . pp. 176-177. ISBN 0195082354] The song, atwelve-bar blues , is punctuated with asyncopated backbeat , brief instrumental improvisations, upper-end piano figures, and intermittentblues harp provided by Wolf. The music heightens the meaning of the lyrics, that of the "evil" that takes place in a man's home when he is away: "you better watch your happy home", Wolf warns.The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including:
Canned Heat ,Captain Beefheart ,Derek and the Dominos ,Gary Moore , Cactus,The Faces ,Monster Magnet , andSteve Miller . Koko Taylor's version of the song appeared in the 1987 film "Adventures in Babysitting ".References
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