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Howlin Wolf 2 Handbills Chicago Blues Cellar Club 1970 ?
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Two original concert handbills for blues legend Howlin' Wolf, Corky Siegal with Jim Schwall, Ides Of March, Fevertree, Flock, Soup and.or Crow performing at the Cellar Club almost certainly Chicago probably in Spring 1970 per universal calendar dating for Saturday April 4th on reddish handbill and dates on blue handbill assuming Saturday concerts.Several excellent/older blues musician concert/festival posters listed soon including John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Berkeley Blues, autographed BB King or Bo Diddley, or Dr. John , New Orleans, etc.
Both in OK good condition for their age --- reddish one has middle vertical/horizontal quarters fold and some
and some other general wear/handling
-- blue handbill in better condition except for stain upper left area and some other general wear/handling -- please see pictures for condition and ask questions in advance if helpful. Any small light round shadow in middle right area is just camera lens shadow not on handbill. Will be mailed well packed with insurance.
Wikipedia:"
Chester Arthur Burnett
(June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known professionally as
Howlin' Wolf
, was a
Chicago blues
singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. Originally from
Mississippi
, he moved to Chicago in adulthood and became successful, forming a professional rivalry with fellow bluesman
Muddy Waters
. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists."
The musician and critic
Cub Koda
noted, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits."
Producer
Sam Phillips
recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.
'
" Several of his songs, including "
Smokestack Lightnin'
"
, "
Killing Floor
" and "
Spoonful
", have become blues and
blues rock
standards. In 2011,
Rolling Stone
magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the "
100 Greatest Artists of All Time
""
The Cellar
was a short-lived
music venue
in
Arlington Heights, Illinois
outside of
Chicago
that provided live early rock music in the mid-1960s to young people in the Chicago area. Founded in 1964 by Paul Sampson, a local
record store
owner who later became a music
promoter
and
manager
, The Cellar primarily featured early
rock and roll
acts, although some
Chicago blues
bands also performed there. The Cellar closed in 1970.
The Cellar was first located in the basement (thus the name) of the old St. Peter's Lutheran Church at 116 W. Eastman St. It later moved to the empty Bill Cook Buick at 835 W. Davis, across the tracks from the old Arlington High School. The unused
warehouse
was located along the
Chicago and Northwestern
railroad tracks (
42.087271°N 87.991744°W
).
The Cellar became a popular venue, providing teenagers from the region with a place to congregate, listen to British-tinged Chicago
blues rock
, and to
dance
.
It also hosted talented
psychedelic rock
regional
house bands
, such as the
Shadows of Knight
(who recorded their
Raw 'n' Alive at the Cellar, Chicago 1966!
album there),
The Ides of March
,
The Buckinghams
,
The Mauds
,
H.P. Lovecraft
,
Saturday's Children,
Ted Nugent
with
The Amboy Dukes
, The Huns,
The Flock
, The Raevns,
The Other Half
, and
The Little Boy Blues
.
Despite the fact that it was a modest warehouse in a northwestern
suburb
of Chicago, The Cellar attracted national and international
rock
bands, such as
The Who
,
[8]
[9]
The Cream
,
The Byrds
,
Buffalo Springfield
,
The Spencer Davis Group
,
[13]
Three Dog Night
,
The Steve Miller Band
,
and the
MC5
.
The Cellar provided Chicago-area
garage rock
bands with a stage and a teen audience eager to hear their loud rock music. Once on the stage, these groups gained regional and, in some cases (such as the Shadows of Knight), national followings. Furthermore, it provided these local groups with the extraordinary opportunity to open for the major acts who also played there, such as H.P. Lovecraft opening for The Who on June 15, 1967."
More Cellar Club venue history from the web: "
The Shadows
(of Knight)
started when they were all high schoolers—teenagers playing parties and teen clubs. Eventually, they became the house band at an Arlington Heights hot spot called the Cellar—a club that couldn’t seem to hold onto one address. It was started by Paul Sampson, a guy who worked at the post office and ran a local record store. Realizing that teen clubs were good business in the
’
60s, he rented the VFW hall to host Saturday night shows. When the VFW kicked them out, the Cellar popped up at country clubs, former grocery stores, and finally, the basement of a shuttered school. Cellar shows sold out frequently, and kids from Chicago and surrounding suburbs would travel there to see nationally touring acts."