Born in Mississipi, Chicago bluesman Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) would have turned 100 today (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976). His version of Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” blues poured cocaine, love and murder into one mean, raw line: “But one spoon of little .45 save you from another man.” Ok, cross out ‘love’.
Happy Birthday, big man!
It could be a spoonful of diamonds
Could be a spoonful of gold
Just a little spoon of your precious love
Satisfy my soul
Men lied about a little —
Some of them cried about a little —
Some of them died about a little sp—
Everything fightin’ about a spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that sp—
It could be a spoonful of coffee
Could be a spoonful of tea
But a little spoon of your precious love
Good enough for me
Men lied about that —
Some of them cried about that —
Some of them died about that —
But everything fightin’ about a spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that —
It could be a spoonful of water
Saved me from the desert sand
But one spoon of them .45
Save you from another man
Men lied about that —
Some of them cried about that —
Some of them died about that —
Everybody fightin’ about a spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that —
song of the week 
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coooooooooooooooooool.
May i have this dance?
Left by chris on June 12th, 2010
when you ain’t got no money you got the blues!
Left by joan on June 12th, 2010
Gosh, I’d forgotten this song. Takes me back to Cream and Wheels of Fire – great to learn more of its origins
Left by Vicki on June 17th, 2010
Dear Vicki,
My brother had all the Cream albums. I once made an awful fool of myself when I lent them to a girlfriend whose brother was a few years older… and one day he got on our school bus for some reason and was very impressive, and I said to him “Do you like my Cream?” … and the whole schoolbus errupted in laughter.
I can still feel my cheeks burning.
Left by Anne on June 17th, 2010
Catherine Russell has a great version of Spoonful on her just released third cd – Inside This Heart of Mine.
Left by Elgin Koan on June 20th, 2010