“The Red Rooster” is track nine on disc one. Listen to it first, because it’s the key to this re-issue. On it, Howlin’ Wolf schools Eric Clapton on how to play the blues. As in, “No man, do it this ...

It also gave Marc Bolan his electric guitar style when Tyrannosaurus Rex became T-Rex. The songs Sumlin played on became classics and were influential. But they were fun, too, and about more than just ...