Some artists announce themselves. Howlin’ Wolf sounded like something already in motion, low and distant at first, until you realized it was thunder walking on two legs. Born Chester Burnett near West Point, Miss., he started in the hill country, but the story bends west. At thirteen, he ran from an abusive home, crossing into the Delta to reunite with a father who had already moved on after the family split. It was less a relocation than an esc…
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