Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang
Eddie Shaw (Stringtown, Mississippi, March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was… Read Full Bio ↴Eddie Shaw (Stringtown, Mississippi, March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. In 1972 he joined Howlin' Wolf, leading his band, the Wolf Gang, and writing half the songs on "The Back Door Wolf" (1973). After the singer's death in 1976 he took over the band and its residency at the 1815 Club, renamed Eddie's Place. Shaw led the band on Living Chicago Blues Vol. 1 and Have Blues – Will Travel (1980) and recorded albums with different backing for Isabel Records, Rooster Blues, and Wolf Records. Shaw and Lafayette “Shorty” Gilbert, who was Howlin’ Wolf’s last bass player, have remained with the band all these years. The modern-day Wolfgang also features Shaw’s son, Eddie “Vaan” Shaw, a disciple of the late Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin and a formidable presence in his own right, on guitar.
In his teenage years, Shaw played tenor saxophone with local blues musicians, such as Little Milton and Willie Love. At the age of 14, he played in a jam session in Greenville, Mississippi, with Ike Turner's band. At a gig in Itta Bena, Mississippi, when the then 20-year-old Shaw performed, Muddy Waters invited him to join his Chicago-based band. In Waters's band, Shaw divided the tenor saxophone position with A.C. Reed.
Shaw's own recording career started in the late 1970s, with an appearance on the Alligator Records anthology Living Chicago Blues (1978) and his own LPs for Evidence and Rooster Blues, and more recent discs for Rooster Blues (In the Land of the Crossroads) and Wolf (Home Alone).
Shaw's many contributions to the blues included arranging tracks for The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (which featured Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, Ringo Starr and others) and performing with blues notables, including Hound Dog Taylor, Freddie King, Otis Rush and Magic Sam (on his Black Magic album).
In 2013 and 2014, Shaw won the Blues Music Award in the category Instrumentalist – Horn.
May 3 is Eddie Shaw Day in Chicago, by proclamation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Shaw died in 2018, aged 80.
One of his sons, Eddie "Vaan" Shaw Jr. (born November 6, 1955), joined the Wolf Gang and played on some of his father's recordings. A disciple of Wolf's protégé Hubert Sumlin, he has recorded two albums of his own – Morning Rain and The Trail of Tears.
Another son, Stan Shaw (born 1952), is a character actor based in Hollywood, California.
Discography
1982: Movin' and Groovin' Man (Evidence)
1986: King of the Road (Rooster Blues)
1992: In the Land of the Crossroads (Rooster Blues)
1995: Home Alone (Wolf)
1996: The Blues Is Nothing but Good News! (Wolf)
1997: Can't Stop Now (Delmark)
1999: Too Many Highways, recorded 1996 (Wolf)
2005: Give Me Time (Wolf)
2012: Still Riding High, Eddie Shaw and the 757 Allstars
In his teenage years, Shaw played tenor saxophone with local blues musicians, such as Little Milton and Willie Love. At the age of 14, he played in a jam session in Greenville, Mississippi, with Ike Turner's band. At a gig in Itta Bena, Mississippi, when the then 20-year-old Shaw performed, Muddy Waters invited him to join his Chicago-based band. In Waters's band, Shaw divided the tenor saxophone position with A.C. Reed.
Shaw's own recording career started in the late 1970s, with an appearance on the Alligator Records anthology Living Chicago Blues (1978) and his own LPs for Evidence and Rooster Blues, and more recent discs for Rooster Blues (In the Land of the Crossroads) and Wolf (Home Alone).
Shaw's many contributions to the blues included arranging tracks for The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (which featured Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, Ringo Starr and others) and performing with blues notables, including Hound Dog Taylor, Freddie King, Otis Rush and Magic Sam (on his Black Magic album).
In 2013 and 2014, Shaw won the Blues Music Award in the category Instrumentalist – Horn.
May 3 is Eddie Shaw Day in Chicago, by proclamation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Shaw died in 2018, aged 80.
One of his sons, Eddie "Vaan" Shaw Jr. (born November 6, 1955), joined the Wolf Gang and played on some of his father's recordings. A disciple of Wolf's protégé Hubert Sumlin, he has recorded two albums of his own – Morning Rain and The Trail of Tears.
Another son, Stan Shaw (born 1952), is a character actor based in Hollywood, California.
Discography
1982: Movin' and Groovin' Man (Evidence)
1986: King of the Road (Rooster Blues)
1992: In the Land of the Crossroads (Rooster Blues)
1995: Home Alone (Wolf)
1996: The Blues Is Nothing but Good News! (Wolf)
1997: Can't Stop Now (Delmark)
1999: Too Many Highways, recorded 1996 (Wolf)
2005: Give Me Time (Wolf)
2012: Still Riding High, Eddie Shaw and the 757 Allstars
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Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang Lyrics
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Back to Back When the whole world is sleeping I still lie up in…
Dancing with the Devil If you're the chosen one How does it feel to be…
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Midnight Dancers Here we go again, on the cobble streets of Paris We'll…
Planets The lights are frozen, see them spinning 'round my head Plan…
Something Unusual When the time moves faster than a bullet from a…
Stay and Defend Everybody always seems to talk about The light of the hills…
Suego Faults You went so long to find, to find your body…
The King and All of His Men Well, you can fight it but you know that you…
Where Are You Now I tried to move I could not see Yeah, you have…