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Tracklist

01. Runnin' With The Wolf (3:19)
02. Killin' Floor (3:45)
03. The Red Rooster (5:19)
04. Howlin' For My Baby (3:31)
05. Spoonful (3:11)
06. Ooh Baby Hold Me (4:32)
07. Riding In The Moonlight (3:38)
08. Who's Been Talking (3:26)
09. Back Door Man (4:18)
10. Worried All The Time (4:25)
11. Smokestack Lightning (3:39)
12. Do The Do (3:16)
13. I'm Leavin' You (3:17)
14. Tell Me What I've Done (4:13)
15. Wang Dang Doodle (3:36)

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The nominal frontman of the Austin, Texas-based swamp rock unit Omar & the Howlers -- singer/guitarist Omar Dykes -- was born in McComb, Mississippi in 1950 (not coincidentally also the birthplace of Bo Diddley, whose signature beat informed much of Dykes' music). Weaned on his mother's eclectic collection of country, rock & roll and soul records, he began venturing into area juke joints during his early teen years, and after picking up guitar, he returned to these same clubs to launch his performing career. After graduating high school, Dykes wandered about Mississippi for a few years before finally relocating to Austin in 1976; there he was befriended by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a short time later set about forming the Howlers, who made their debut in 1980 with Big Leg Beat. After 1984's I Told You So, the group signed to Columbia for 1987's Hard Times in the Land of Plenty. Although their major-label tenure was short-lived, Omar & the Howlers remained an Austin fixture throughout the years to come, also attracting a large European cult audience. In 2007 Dykes teamed up with Jimmie Vaughan for an album of Jimmy Reed covers, recorded for the Ruf label, On the Jimmy Reed Highway. Big Town Playboy, Dykes' first solo album, was released two years later also on Ruf. Another tribute session was issued in 2013, this time as a solo artist, Runnin' with the Wolf, featuring the music of Howlin' Wolf.
Omar Dykes, of Omar & the Howlers, pays tribute to blues icon Howlin' Wolf on Runnin' with the Wolf. All of the tracks on this disc were written by either Wolf or Willie Dixon except for the Omar original "Runnin' with the Wolf." Dykes stays close to the original versions of these songs, which most listeners have heard in some form or other: "The Red Rooster," "Back Door Man," "Smokestack Lightning," "Wang Dang Doodle," and "Killin' Floor." That doesn't mean these are straight covers. The passion in the performances is undeniable, but so is the fun these musicians are obviously having. Dykes has the perfect voice for this project and is complemented by Derek O'Brien on guitar, Ronnie James on bass, Ted Roddy on harp, and Wes Starr on drums along with Mark Kazanoff and Les Izmore on saxophones, Nick Connolly on organ, and Mike Buck on percussion.

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