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Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Spiritual Vibrations

May 1, 2013 by: Robert Fontenot

The funky blues guitarist they call the Wolfman only let opportunity pass him by once. One night in the early ’60s, Joe Tex, soul master and fixture of R&B scenes across the South, walked into a tiny club in Thibodeaux called the Sugar Bowl and found the teenage Walter Washington onstage with his group. So impressed was Tex, still a few years aw...

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Cover StoryFunkJazz FestJazz Fest 2013Joe KrownJohnny "Guitar" WatsonR&BRussell BatisteSnooks EaglinWalter "Wolfman" WashingtonWalter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters

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