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Hello, I'm Gael Nobles. Today's
topic is Walter wolf Man Washington. Walter

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wolf Man Washington was a singer and
guitarist based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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While his roots were in blues music, he blended funk an R n B

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to create his own unique sound.
He passed away at the age of seventy

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nine. Washington had a band call
the road Masters. He had a soulful

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voice. His trademark was a wolf
howl sound. Why was he called the

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wolf Man? It is said that
he earned that nickname challenging other guitarists.

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When you listen to Washington, you
can hear the funk in his music.

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Check out his nineteen eight album Out
of the Dark, his nineteen ninety eight

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album Funk Is in the House,
his two thousand eighteen album My Future Is

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My Past, and It's two thousand
and eight album Doing the Funky Thing.

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Washington appears in performance footage in the
two thousand and five documentary film Make It

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Funky, which presents a history of
New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm

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and blues, rock and roll,
fucking jazz. In the film, he

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performs bare footing with the house band
When I listened to Walter wolf Man Washington,

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I hear the funk blues and some
jazz. You're listening to podcasting blues.

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I'm your host, Get All No
Book. Today's topic, Walter group

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Man Washington that