The Essential Memphis Library: Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Moanin’ at Midnight’/‘How Many More Years’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 10, 2020 9:23 AM CT | Published: June 10, 2020 4:00 AM CT

Memphis was a way station for the Wolf on a journey from the Delta to Chicago, but he was in Memphis long enough to cut a two-sided single as monumental as anything created in one of America’s signature music cities. 

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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollintine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.


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