7/23/2023 0 Comments Howling wolf farms![]() After a while, Laurie Powers walks on stage to help, hyping the audiences on the difference of "Women's blues: softer, more emotional, and a little curvier." Then she sits down at the piano and illustrates her point. The second is supposed to start at 11:00 p.m., but it's now pushing 9:15 and Leroy is narrating Howlin' Wolf's life story, interspersing it with some of the Wolf's old tunes. There will be two shows at the Great Southern. Outside it's a rainy night in Gainesville, or as one of the Wolf's old cohorts, Robert Johnson, once sang, "It's bound to be raining out my door." "Let's go track The Wolf down," one suggests. The people from Sisa are really getting nervous. The crowd heckles Leroy as he tries to develop a rapport, then they calm down and get into his acoustic folk blues. Randy introduces Leroy because it's the quickest way to get off stage. "They think you're stalling," someone else offers. "Mixed drinks," someone hypothesizes backstage. Barnum and tries to crack a few jokes that get greeted with jeers and catcalls from the decidedly hostile audience. ![]() Randy advances to the microphone with the swaggering stage presence of P.T. The group shoves Randy Preisner, decked out nattily in black tie and lace shirt, on to the stage with strict orders not to return until he introduces Leroy Prophet, the opening act.
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