crawdaddy! blues '66

before there were battalions of (now superannuated) whiteguys with greased-back hair and little soul patches, ex-sci fi fanziner turned rock journo pioneer paul williams interviewed eric burdon and howlin' wolf in one issue, john lee hooker and the paul butterfield blues band in the next of his embryonic rag that bore the name of the dump in richmond, surrey where the rolling stones got their start. ace quote (from butterfield drummer billy davenport): "i wasn't worried about the sound. i was worried about who was going to pay me."