Hello, I'm Gael Nobles. Today's topic is Walter wolf Man Washington. Walter wolf Man Washington was a singer and guitarist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. While his roots were in blues music, he blended funk an R n B to create his own unique sound. He passed away at the age of seventy nine. Washington had a band call the road Masters. He had a soulful voice. His trademark was a wolf howl sound. Why was he called the wolf Man? It is said that he earned that nickname challenging other guitarists.
When you listen to Washington, you can hear the funk in his music. Check out his nineteen eight album Out of the Dark, his nineteen ninety eight album Funk Is in the House, his two thousand eighteen album My Future Is My Past, and It's two thousand and eight album Doing the Funky Thing. Washington appears in performance footage in the two thousand and five documentary film Make It Funky, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm
and blues, rock and roll, fucking jazz. In the film, he performs bare footing with the house band When I listened to Walter wolf Man Washington, I hear the funk blues and some jazz. You're listening to podcasting blues. I'm your host, Get All No Book. Today's topic, Walter group Man Washington that
