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Cream frequently played "Spoonful" in concert, and the song evolved beyond the blues-rock form of the 1966 recording into a vehicle for extended improvised soloing influenced by the San Francisco music scene of the late 1960s. One such rendering, lasting nearly seventeen minutes, is included on their
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record chart. To fit the 6:30 album track on a 45 rpm record, side one fades out at the beginning of the instrumental break (at 2:25) and side two begins just before the third verse (lasting 2:28). The unedited studio version made its US album debut on the
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described Cream's rendition as "where the swirling instrumental interplay, echo, fuzz tones, and overwhelming volume constitute true psychedelic music, and also points strongly toward the guitar worship of heavy metal."
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describes it as "brutal, powerful Wolf bellowing in his raspy style. There are few recordings that equal the powerful force of 'Spoonful,' or, for that matter, any other Wolf/Dixon Chess side."
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contributed the second guitar on "Spoonful", but both Sumlin and Robinson insist it was Robinson. In 1962, the song was included on Wolf's second compilation album for Chess,
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had a pop and R&B record chart hit with their duet cover of "Spoonful" in 1961, and it was popularized in the late 1960s by the British rock group
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has stated that Dixon presented 'Spoonful' to him, but the song didn't suit Rush's tastes and so it ended up with Wolf, and soon thereafter with
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released the song in the US later in 1967 as a two-sided single (with some pressings misspelled as "Spoonfull"), but it failed to reach the
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singles chart. However, Wolf’s original "was the one that inspired so many blues and rock bands in the years to come".
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listed Howlin' Wolf's "Spoonful" as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". It is ranked number 154 on
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The lyrics relate men's sometimes violent search to satisfy their cravings, with "a spoonful" used mostly as a
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Hall of Fame "Classics of Blues Recordings" category. In a statement by the foundation, it was noted that "
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magazine's 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", up from number 221 on its 2004 list.
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In 1968, Wolf reluctantly re-recorded "Spoonful", along with several of his blues classics in
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This makes the total running time of both sides 4:53, while the album version is 6:30.
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Dixon's "Spoonful" is loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues", a song recorded in 1929 by
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LaRose, Joseph A (2006). "Spoonful (A Spoonful Blues)". In Komara, Edward (ed.).
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The British rock group Cream recorded "Spoonful" for their 1966 UK debut album,
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for pleasures, which have been interpreted as sex, love, and drugs:
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on drums, and Dixon on double-bass. It has been suggested that
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The Howlin' Wolf Story – The Secret History of Rock & Roll
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Index

Spoonful (disambiguation)

Single
Howlin' Wolf
B-side
Studio
Genre
Blues
Label
Chess
Songwriter(s)
Willie Dixon
Producer(s)
Leonard Chess
Phil Chess
Howlin' Wolf
Back Door Man
blues
Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf
Etta James
Harvey Fuqua
Cream
Charley Patton
Papa Charlie Jackson
Cocaine Blues
Luke Jordan
metaphor
Wang Dang Doodle
Back Door Man

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