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Smokestack Lightnin'

Composer: Chester Burnette / Traditional

Grateful Dead

info History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice), Grateful Dead, 1973
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001
info History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice), Grateful Dead, 2003 (extra version on expanded CD release)
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 30, Grateful Dead, 2003
info Three From The Vault, Grateful Dead, 2007

The Dead

info Holmdel, NJ - June 24, The Dead, 2003
info Somerset,WI - August 3, The Dead, 2003
info Morrison, CO - June 20, 2004, The Dead, 2004
info Camden, NJ - August 7, 2004, The Dead, 2004

Others

no info Single (Chess 1618), Howlin' Wolf, 1956
no info Moanin' in the Moonlight, Howlin' Wolf, 1958
no info Argo - The Blues, Volume 1 - Various Artists (Howlin' Wolf), 1963
no info Burning Hell, John Lee Hooker, 1964
no info For Your Love, Yardbirds, 1965
no info Animalism, The Animals, 1966
no info I Can Tell, John Hammond, 1967
no info Howlin' Wolf Album, Howlin' Wolf, 1969
no info Pop Origins, Various Artists (Howlin' Wolf), 1969
info Of The Wall, Smokestack Lightning, 1970
no info Chester Burnette A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf, Howlin' Wolf, 1972
no info The Yardbirds Featuring Eric Clapton, Yardbirds, 1975
no info Shapes of Things: A Collection Of Classic Yardbirds Recordings 1964-66, Yardbirds, 1978
no info Five Live Yardbirds, Yardbirds, 1979
no info The R and B Years, Mafred Mann, 1982
no info Greatest Hits Vol 1 1964-1966, Yardbirds, 1986
no info Ultramega OK, Soundgarden, 1989
no info Chess Box, Muddy Waters, 1990
no info The Chess Box, Various Artists (Howlin' Wolf), 1991
no info Complete Recordings 1951-1969, Howlin' Wolf, 1993
no info Charly Blues Masterworks (Box Set), Various Artists (Howlin' Wolf), 1994
no info Best Of The Yardbirds, The Yardbirds, 1994
no info Shake 'Em On Down - The Real Country Blues, Various Artists (Clarence Edwards), 199?
info Unreleased Quicksilver: Lost Gold and Silver, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 2000

Notes

First recorded by Howlin' Wolf in January 1956 at the Chess Studios in Chicago. Released as a single in 1956 with You Can't Be Beat on the B-side.