His Best - Howlin’ Wolf

Compilation by Howlin’ Wolf

Released 8 April 1997

Abb Locke
tenor saxophone [9]
Abraham “Little Smokey” Smothers
guitar [9]
Alfred Elkins
double bass [8]
Andrew McMahon
bass [20]
Andrew Palmer
electric bass guitar [20]
Andy McKaie
compiler, producer
Arnold Rogers
tenor saxophone [20]
Buddy Guy
bass guitar [18-19], guitar [17], guitar family [20]
Donald Hankins
baritone saxophone [17-20], bass saxophone [18, 20]
Earl Phillips
drums (drum set) [3-8]
Erick Labson
mastering
Fred Below
drums (drum set) [10-12]
Freddie King
guitar [10]
Henry Gray
piano [15-16]
Hosea Lee Kennard
piano [5-9]
Howlin’ Wolf
guitar [14-15], harmonica [1-11, 15-16, 18-20], lead vocals [2-18, 20], vocal [1, 3, 10, 15, 18-20]
Hubert Sumlin
guitar [3-5, 7-20], guitar family [20]
Ike Turner
piano [2]
J.T. Brown
tenor saxophone [17-19]
Jimmy Rogers
guitar [15-16]
Jody Williams
guitar [3-4, 8]
Lafayette Leake
piano [17-20]
Little Johnny Jones
piano [13-14]
Mike Fink
design/illustration
Otis Spann
piano [3-4, 10-12]
Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers
guitar [6]
S.P. Leary
drums (drum set) [9]
Sam Lay
drums (drum set) [13-20]
Vartan
art direction
Willie Dixon
double bass [3-5, 10-16, 20], spoken vocals [16]
Willie Johnson
guitar [1-2, 5-7]
Willie Steele
drums (drum set) [1-2]
[unknown]
electric bass guitar [14]