Flyer/Handbill: Howlin Wolf Dave Workman's BluesBand ConcertHandbill AgoraVenue ColumbusOhio1971

An original concert handbill for blues legend Howlin' (Howling) Wolf and Dave Workman's Blues Band performing at the Agora venue in Columbus, Ohio on October 7th, 1971 - sponsored by the National Blues Federation - only one I've ever seen or doing web research just fyi...

OSU newspaper concert history article by Lou Schuster from the web: https:/octarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=OCT19711027-01.2.9&e=-en-20-1-txt-txIN-

Agora Cleveland, etc. history from the web: "Henry "Hank" LoConti, started the Agora in 1966 and it operated primarily as a dance club for a number of years. The organization grew and evolved over the 1970s and 1980s to focus more on concerts and it became a prominent player in the world of professional music, booking acts that revitalized the rock'n'roll genre and created the core for progressive rock. In 2023, The Agora continued to put on concerts that highlight new musical trends, young and upcoming touring acts, and local bands. Between 1970 and 1971, LoConti left to open the Columbus Agora, but would return to run the flagship Cleveland Agora after Columbus' initial setup."

Concert history from the web: " By 1971, Wille Pooch was regularly performing with the Dave Workman Blues Band at the Agora’s Thursday Blues Nights. “Vocalist Willie Pooch sounds like a composite of B. B. King, James Brown and Little Junior Parker,” the Dispatch noted at the time. “Willie pours heart, soul and tonsils into each number.” In October ‘71, they’d open for Howlin’ Wolf on one of the Thursday nights to glowing reviews.

Several excellent/older blues musician concert/festival posters listed now/soon including John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Berkeley Blues, autographed BB King or Bo Diddley, or Dr. John , New Orleans, etc.

In excellent condition for its age - please see pictures for condition and ask questions in advance if helpful. Any small light round shadow in middle right area is just camera lens shadow not on handbill. Will be mailed well packed with insurance.

Wikipedia:"Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known professionally as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. Originally from Mississippi, he moved to Chicago in adulthood and became successful, forming a professional rivalry with fellow bluesman Muddy Waters. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists."

The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." Producer Sam Phillips recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies. '" Several of his songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin' ", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues rock standards. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time""

The Cellar was a short-lived music venue in Arlington Heights, Illinois outside of Chicago that provided live early rock music in the mid-1960s to young people in the Chicago area. Founded in 1964 by Paul Sampson, a local record store owner who later became a music promoter and manager, The Cellar primarily featured early rock and roll acts, although some Chicago blues bands also performed there. The Cellar closed in 1970.

The Cellar was first located in the basement (thus the name) of the old St. Peter's Lutheran Church at 116 W. Eastman St. It later moved to the empty Bill Cook Buick at 835 W. Davis, across the tracks from the old Arlington High School. The unused warehouse was located along the Chicago and Northwestern railroad tracks ( 42.087271°N 87.991744°W).

The Cellar became a popular venue, providing teenagers from the region with a place to congregate, listen to British-tinged Chicago blues rock, and to dance. It also hosted talented psychedelic rock regional house bands, such as the Shadows of Knight (who recorded their Raw 'n' Alive at the Cellar, Chicago 1966! album there), The Ides of March, The Buckinghams, The Mauds, H.P. Lovecraft, Saturday's Children, Ted Nugent with The Amboy Dukes, The Huns, The Flock, The Raevns, The Other Half, and The Little Boy Blues.

Despite the fact that it was a modest warehouse in a northwestern suburb of Chicago, The Cellar attracted national and international rock bands, such as The Who,[8][9] The Cream,The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Spencer Davis Group,[13] Three Dog Night, The Steve Miller Band, and the MC5.

The Cellar provided Chicago-area garage rock bands with a stage and a teen audience eager to hear their loud rock music. Once on the stage, these groups gained regional and, in some cases (such as the Shadows of Knight), national followings. Furthermore, it provided these local groups with the extraordinary opportunity to open for the major acts who also played there, such as H.P. Lovecraft opening for The Who on June 15, 1967."

More Cellar Club venue history from the web: " The Shadows (of Knight) started when they were all high schoolers—teenagers playing parties and teen clubs. Eventually, they became the house band at an Arlington Heights hot spot called the Cellar—a club that couldn’t seem to hold onto one address. It was started by Paul Sampson, a guy who worked at the post office and ran a local record store. Realizing that teen clubs were good business in the ’60s, he rented the VFW hall to host Saturday night shows. When the VFW kicked them out, the Cellar popped up at country clubs, former grocery stores, and finally, the basement of a shuttered school. Cellar shows sold out frequently, and kids from Chicago and surrounding suburbs would travel there to see nationally touring acts."