Howlin' Wolf & Eric Clapton ~ ''Goin' Down Slow''&''I Want To Have A Word With You''1970

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From the album ''The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions'' 1971 (1970)
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@painlessremovals4447 5 жыл бұрын

In 1969 I went to see Wolf at the Roundhouse in Dagenham Essex. The support band played & then there was a long delay setting up Howling Wolfs equipment. I was down at the front of the stage & had a harp in my pocket. In frustration I blew a few blue notes & then Wolf strode out on stage. "Come out the boy playing the harp!" he demanded in that incredible gravelly voice. Everyone was pointing at me. Next thing I knew he reached down & dragged me up on stage with him. "What harmonica do you have there son?" he asked me. "It's a C Mr Wolf," I replied. He turned round to the band. "Blues in G!" he told them. He sang a couple of verses then turned to me. "Now blow your harmonica son!" I couldn't believe it - I was onstage playing with Howling Wolf! What a memory!

@markwilensky5547 5 жыл бұрын

Whenever I have those kind of experiences, I tend to be extremely high...always asking, What's real?

@painlessremovals4447 5 жыл бұрын

@@markwilensky5547 Everything outside is unreal, illusion. It's constantly changing as we change. Inside of us is a constant unchanging reality. In order to experience it we have to take our attention from our thoughts & find the stillness in our hearts. That's where all the doubts & questions disappear. We get glimpses of it now & then. When we are "in the moment." It's a familiar feeling. One we can hardly believe we've forgotten - but caught up the world of the mind & our day to day lives - we've lost touch with it. We've become robots. We are not who we think we are. We are something far more incredible than we can imagine. Beings of Love & Light. Inside of us is a higher consciousness & awareness that can't be put into words. That's who we really are. The rest is just a movie...

@jamessilver6429 4 жыл бұрын

@@markwilensky5547 berashis bra elokim es hashamayim v es ha aretz

@colindutnall360 3 жыл бұрын

think it must be the same tour. I saw him play the 100 club in oxford street London, amasing gig

@philodrummond4164 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I got chills just reading that. You definitely never would forget that!

@user-nj9bw8dv7o 10 ай бұрын

What a treasure, "Howlin Wolf" was!!! I hope Eric Clapton truly understood what privilege it was for him, to play with "The Great Wolf". I am very grateful to hear this. Thank you for downloading it.❤👍🙏

@Ramblin-Man 6 ай бұрын

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met him at Chess Records in Chicago around the same time (or 1969?) and almost wet themselves because of his imposing figure (weighing some 275 pounds/125 kilos, standing tall at 6'3"/1.91)...

@sigridbrandom3135 2 ай бұрын

I am sure he did for sure. Respect was there in the room with them two. 😄😎😃🎸🎤🎹

@Louis-zc7im 4 жыл бұрын

Wolf's voice goes right through your soul..

@roberthorton6619 4 жыл бұрын

And he grows on you if u don't hear him in a while

@FlexibleArt321 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does •́ ‿ ,•̀

@stevetrivago Жыл бұрын

Goosebumps… I don’t even know why I fell in love with the blues… Jeesh! It was long before I messed up my life too..

@scottmatheson2390 3 жыл бұрын

Wolf's voice is so strong and soulful and full of conviction on this recording it's almost scary. He just grabs you and won't let go

@monkeysackskin 3 жыл бұрын

Howlin Wolf after selling all those albums he died penniless Eric Clapton paid for his funeral simply out of pure respect for the legendary blues musician

@williameason5795 3 жыл бұрын

How. ? .Could this. Be? Cheated out of his Rightfully earnings ? Somebody please check into this ! His heirs should have something. ! William Randolph Eason

@bluesrockguitar93 3 жыл бұрын

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@leslieivey9781 3 жыл бұрын

Soul to soul. Music in the raw. Awesome

@bertbroeder1832 3 жыл бұрын

Wiki say the opposite! So, please let us know! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howlin%27_Wolf

@jeffhill1708 3 жыл бұрын

He had more than money could ever buy

@herry8488 2 жыл бұрын

This is some delicious long harp playin'. The kind I love. Should be more of it. Hands up everyone who agrees or what👌👌👌👌👌👌

@burningrabbitacres8330 4 ай бұрын

🤘🌞✌❤🔥🐇🧘

@goldcoastslim2117 5 жыл бұрын

i also met hubert sumlin in chicago at the cavern club on halsted. when i sat down, i asked the bartender to play some howlin wolf. all of a sudden, the bartender started lAUGHING AND ALMOST DROPPED MY DRINK. HE SAID TO ME - DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR SITTING NEXT TO ? i said no, he said well your sitting next to hubert sumlin! from howlin wolf. i looked over and he waived and smiled. i said your beers are on me. was very nice person, we laughed and talked about the good old days, i think that was back in 1997....

@WilliamMilne772 6 жыл бұрын

HOWLIN' WOLF -- ONE OF THE GREATS, no problem! And Clapton ain't bad either

@countryboy6767 4 жыл бұрын

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@veteranaffiliate 3 жыл бұрын

Clapton goin' to town on that 6 string tho..

@jungleninja8415 3 жыл бұрын

@@veteranaffiliate yeah really impressed i thought clapton didnt have itt but he got it this tune spot on raw shit

@franklinneal5268 3 жыл бұрын

@@countryboy6767 ý

@RobHollanderMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Harp player is right up there.

@gauradas108 8 жыл бұрын

I met Hubert Sumlin in Chicago in 1975, at Eddie Shaw's club, and askd him about some things h was dong on the guitar. he was the nicest blues musician I ever met. He had no false go or pretentious opinion about himself. H was more than happy to show me what he was doing on the guitar. Very friendly and kind person who was not on an ego trip. He was the right hand man of Howlin Wolf.

@alexfuller8943 6 жыл бұрын

hi you 7u

@lennyluzitano8920 5 жыл бұрын

Dam Gaura Das...u got it goin on cool god bless u

@DavidMFChapman 5 жыл бұрын

I was honoured to meet him and shake his hand on a blues cruise in New York in the 1990s.

@enduringnomad8385 5 жыл бұрын

Hubert Sumlin!!!!!

@carlsmith1263 5 жыл бұрын

Yea man I dig, that the way it supposed to be, all musicians did that. Borrowed and gave props 2 the originals

@adikickass84 6 жыл бұрын

His voice just got better with age. Fucking legend :)

@ireneruthfox 7 жыл бұрын

Teacher & student create pure Blues joy. Clapton's solo here is a hidden gem. ( Classic Strat tone. )

@bluesrockguitar93 3 жыл бұрын

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@keithgrimes9622 3 жыл бұрын

The tone he's getting here is very much like what Hubert Sumlin was doing on tracks like the original "300 lbs. of Joy." I think that was a conscious decision on Eric's part. He plays a classic Hubert lick in his solo, which must have made Hubert, who was in the control room, feel pretty good. I think Eric felt that they should have just gone ahead and let Hubert play instead of him, but the whole record was planned around the fact that there were going to be big stars on it.

@BOBXFILES2374a 3 жыл бұрын

"Thanks from the band and myself, and we hope we passed the audition..." J. Lennon

@megadave1197 3 жыл бұрын

No one sings or plays this better than Po

@andymojo6874 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry but the great Hubert Sumlin should not be described as a "rhythm guitar" player. He was a true original and a legend in his own right - my favourite Blues guitarist and inspiration!

@carlsmith1263 5 жыл бұрын

Check out R L Burnside

@wildeman1253 4 жыл бұрын

Any guitar player worth a shit would gladly be wolf's rhythm guitar player. Wtf is a rhythm guitar player anyway? One that don't suck?

@SuperBluesman56 3 жыл бұрын

@@carlsmith1263 how you can compare R.L. Burnside with Hubert Slumin, a very different stuff! mate!!!

@carlsmith1263 3 жыл бұрын

Gtfoh matey. English tards dont know the blues.

@swit4850 3 жыл бұрын

a freakin GREED! he was a GREAT slinger. Rhythm quitariarist? whomover said that had what little brain he or she had had their heads up their ass

@mylesmcpherson8380 3 жыл бұрын

Howlin' Wolf's voice was just made for Blues! Eric Clapton playing great guitar!!! 2 Blues Legends complimenting each other!!! Awesome!!! Great song!!!!!

@gluce 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest blues albums ever recorded!

@HaniJIsmail Жыл бұрын

I agree. The sound and the playing is exactly what i'm always looking for in the blues.

@whatsthefrequencyanon9678 3 жыл бұрын

Muddy's adage holds true: " The Blues had a Baby and they named it Rock and Roll" Clapton initially was reluctant to be branded in the Rock genre. He studied under the great Bluesmasters and was a prince, if not the king of blue-eyed Blues.🎸💙

@riffdigger2133 5 жыл бұрын

At 0:41 we see the Wolf’s tombstone. Eric Clapton paid for it, as mentioned in the closing credits of Cadillac Records, a great movie about Leonard Chess, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf as well as guitarist Hubert Sumlin. Clapton made sure the Wolf would have a proper burial and tombstone. Sitting On Top of the World.

@clarencewertziii4268 4 жыл бұрын

He Eric also came down to Austin Texas on the 4th year after Steve Ray vaunn died .he jammed at Stevie's statue with a friend .Eric is a true person who has a great heart

@violet2048 4 жыл бұрын

That was a real fine thing, Mr. Clapton did for a true presence in music history.

@joethomas724 4 жыл бұрын

He owned his truck it didn't own him

@Monkry68 3 жыл бұрын

Clapton made sure Skip James got royalties for "I'm so glad" unlike some other big names who didn't give credit to any of the original writers. www.funeralwise.com/digital-dying/man-saves-graves-john-fogerty-bonnie-raitt-former-vintage-guitar-dealer-named-skip-henderson-helped-preserve-mississippis-blues/

@rednblkchevelle 3 жыл бұрын

Clapton feels guilty ...fuck him!!! Yep i said it...look it up..racist to his heart..but wanna play the Blues...i have 0 respect for him!!!!

@grumpywine 7 жыл бұрын

I don't recognize or even understand most of the so called "modern blues" that's played today. But this is earthy and real. Mr. Burnett - Sir..... with great respect, you are one of my heroes. You can play this at my funeral.

@daviddavidson8050 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning and I strongly urge you to check out a young man by the name of Christone Kingfish Ingram. You'll be in way better understanding by and by with Kingfish Ingram!

@carlsmith1263 5 жыл бұрын

Chris is great so is Eric Gales. But there still a lot of bluesmen out here as well who carry it on

@MasterMeijer 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to recommend kingfish and gales, I'm happy to see I'm not the only one aware of fresh blues

@DucksDeLucks 4 жыл бұрын

Kingfish is no Howling Wolf The world has changed. You can't recreate Chicago blues or Delta blues. There will never be another Robert Johnson. Clapton himself was doing a lot of stuff that Wolf would never do.

@chriscampbell9191 3 жыл бұрын

Blues today tends to follow a stylized version of the B.B. King model (not that there's anything bad about that), and that organic, raw guttiness seems to be missing in a lot of it. It's like they're afraid to really slam on a single riff, and get the point across. Too often they don't sound like they really mean it -- at least not like the Chicago blues guys, and the Delta blues guys did.

@hellmi8386 5 жыл бұрын

Tribute!to the all greatest blues legend.rip howlin wolf.

@waltermull9598 4 жыл бұрын

No one should ever say a negative think about this great artice on his worst day he was better than most and about his personal life that's no ones business but his.

@sooz9433 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone can have the Blues but only a few can truly Sing the Blues. Howling Wolf was a magical Force that will forever charm and enchant anyone who hears him... he was born Blue. I just keep comin back to listen to him again and again and again... 🎼🖤

@user-ig2os7nu5n 10 ай бұрын

Wolf was a great bluesman

@williammitchell1804 Жыл бұрын

Blues is a testament of life. Howling Wolf wrote some of the books. These two songs are a lesson from the great master. Never be in a hurry when saying something important.

@roseblake5803 4 жыл бұрын

That’s Ringo on drums and Klaus Voormann on bass. Ringo sure has a lot of friends. No wonder he’s so respected in the music world.

@jamessilver6429 4 жыл бұрын

this is sorta plastic ono band with wolf instead of john and yoko

@larrypaddie9122 2 жыл бұрын

HOWLIN WOLF 🦊COULD REALLY HOWL...HIS VOICE BROUGHT THE BLUES OUT OF HIM❤❤❤WHAT A GREAT MAN...HAVE NO MERCY ON MY SOUL, 👏? Daddy Paddie

@michaelthompson3381 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't we have drumming like this nowadays.

@whodhavethoughtit3784 3 жыл бұрын

Nowadays most musicians want to show how much and how fast and how many paradiddles and eighth notes and sixteenth notes they can put in a phrase, as opposed to feeling the heartbeat or expressing what they feel... They just want to be heard, and it is so sad...

@beatleszilla 2 жыл бұрын

That’s Ringo for yah!!

@michaels8297 2 жыл бұрын

Cuts deep

@garygilliam6587 2 жыл бұрын

Two Blues giants together. My soul can barely be kept in check and what a band.

@Ho-MacHeatingandCoolingIncIndp 3 жыл бұрын

I'm blown away to know the Ringo Starr was the drummer!!!(thank you for posting this gem!!)

@HOWYOUDOIN884 5 жыл бұрын

HOWLIN WOLF: 1910-1976

@lewiseaustin 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant love these jams when Howlin Wolf toured with the Stones the white audience would get a taste of what was to come Thank you.

@crisesomega694 2 жыл бұрын

The soul of the music is singing throughout this brothas voice ✊

@paulnebenzahl702 5 жыл бұрын

The Wolf, Clapton and The Beatles. Quite a recording.

@bobgarr6246 3 жыл бұрын

What a monumental moment for Clapton, to play with one of his legendary heros. I'm quitesure they were impressed with this "english white boys " guitar playing. I'm just grateful they put it all down on tape for us all to hear.

@danaandrusik963 Жыл бұрын

Can only say WOW! Artistry and emotion!

@broq9194 4 жыл бұрын

I was listening to the harmonica the whole time. About the best damn harp I ever heard in my life.

@saragreenberg8885 4 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, it isn't Wolf; it's Jeff Carp. (

@broq9194 4 жыл бұрын

@@saragreenberg8885 That is interesting, thank you

@herry8488 2 жыл бұрын

Yo B Roq. You should check out Charlie Musselwhite's harp on Eric Bibb's Six O'clock Blues. I guarantee you'll love it.

@broq9194 2 жыл бұрын

@@herry8488 I certainly will sir. Appreciated

@herry8488 2 жыл бұрын

Yo B Roq. Me again. Just remembered two other great pieces of harp are Missionary Man by the Eurythmics and Suicide Blonde by INXS. You probably know them. If so I'll just give you a worthwhile reminder. PS only trouble with these I've mentioned, is they ain't nowhere near long enough. You agree?

@georgetrotter1742 2 жыл бұрын

Sing 🎤 sing Wolf 🐺 that sounds great 😊 sing 🎤

@victorialee5547 8 жыл бұрын

Real Blues. I have most of your music you are one of the best love you Wolf from Victoria

@williamarrington1315 5 жыл бұрын

Hooodo man

@marygoff3102 3 жыл бұрын

Just love Howlin’ Wolf as Eric does as well! I love them both! The blues drip from his soul! He’s a happy man

@larrylinn8589 2 жыл бұрын

The father and one of his sons!

@jamesmartin7595 3 жыл бұрын

Oh lord have mercy.

@T.C.myownB. Ай бұрын

Much better boy.. :) sounds like he’s giving lessons ❤

@bobaldo2339 6 жыл бұрын

Lots of great images of Wolf on this video - many I have never seen before.

@aprils6589 3 жыл бұрын

Howlin' and Buddy Guy are two of the sexiest blues singers.

@vintagecoinop 8 жыл бұрын

Clapton and the Wolf nothing better then this .... NOTHING

@kosherkid8203 8 жыл бұрын

prefer hubert w wolf

@albertomartinez2479 7 жыл бұрын

'H'

@bobaldo2339 6 жыл бұрын

Right, Orange Knight. Much better. I'd take Hubert Sumlin's playing over Eric Clapton's any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

@PonziZombieKiller 6 жыл бұрын

Buddy Guy

@kellywinkleblack-shea5549 6 жыл бұрын

Damn right

@mirandamiranda2545 6 жыл бұрын

Wolf so good!👍👏👏

@divingduck1970 4 жыл бұрын

I'm one of the few that really likes the London Wolf Sessions. It gets a bad rap for some reason, but I think it turned out great, not exploitive at all. It grooves. Nice collection of pictures.

@javiceres 4 жыл бұрын

I love it

@christophernation4793 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. One of the very greatest of the original bluesmen backed by a tight band of top British rockers.

@dangainey1528 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone who doesn’t like this album is a blithering idiot who doesn’t appreciate the blues.

@MrJimmyoc00 4 жыл бұрын

Love that album!! Learned to play guitar listening to it. ❤🎶🎶

@liberty4allplease 3 жыл бұрын

I got the vinal when it came out almost 50 years ago. Excellent throughout, like Muddy Waters and Butterfield, Fathers and Sons.

@mikemayco7888 4 жыл бұрын

All you young drummers out there it's all about the groove.

@beatleszilla 3 жыл бұрын

Drummers of my generation get lost up in the fills and soloing of drummers like Neil Pearl, yet here’s Ringo laying down a tight groove and totally making the song.

@philanajones2483 Жыл бұрын

Wolf was not a handsome man, but i tell you the truth, his music does something for me... smiling 😊

@joeschmoe1193 8 жыл бұрын

Did you know Clapton could have a greatest hits album for all the session work he did over the years.

@zuzu12032010 8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Schmoe he's played with EVERYone..... I mean... Howlin' Wolf, Aretha Franklin, Phil Collins, The Beatles, Gerry Rafferty, Rolling Stones......

@jibzy73 7 жыл бұрын

Wish there was one...

@crookedriver2079 7 жыл бұрын

"Did you know Clapton could have a greatest hits album for all the session work he did over the years." So ???? AND ??? what is your point? What does this have to do with this particular video??

@jibzy73 7 жыл бұрын

Joe's got a point - Clapton's done a lot of session work, probably some the world hasn't seen. I guess we're big fans of the man, so we'd love to hear some of that stuff.

@ProletarianTakeover 6 жыл бұрын

cool it John baby

@robertbrundige5648 3 жыл бұрын

A true maestro of Delta/Chicago Blues music! Who’s gonna fill those big shoes now? Thanks so much!

@coravisser727 8 жыл бұрын

This is real fantastic how beautifull is this super.

@mannybegood 8 жыл бұрын

"Goin' Down Slow" (Howlin' Wolf - vocal; Jeffrey Carp - harmonica; Eric Clapton - lead guitar; Klaus Voormann - bass; Ringo Starr - drums) "I Want to Have A Word With You" (Wolf - vocal; Hubert Sumlin - rhythm guitar; Clapton - lead guitar; Voormann - bass; Starr - drums) Great post! Thanks!

@trombonisteau 6 жыл бұрын

who's playing piano?

@robinwilson1433 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information!

@pawelpap9 5 жыл бұрын

trombonisteau What piano?

@angussampson8435 5 жыл бұрын

charlie watts drums, surely?

@roseblake5803 4 жыл бұрын

angus sampson : No , that’s Ringo on drums not Charlie.

@salihcelikkol7 7 жыл бұрын

Supernature of blues.

@ericgayton6607 4 жыл бұрын

Salute to the Wolf Man and E.C. Band Sad America didn't acknowledge the talent she had.

@TheGreatToucan 4 жыл бұрын

You don't know too much about the Wolf. His band all had medical insurance coverage, and he paid them well.

@user-mw4hj7zy8c Ай бұрын

Great voice ❤

@chaminda69 2 жыл бұрын

wow - crazy. just out of this world.

@robertbarber339 5 жыл бұрын

What a band melting the snow outside

@betherealdeal 4 жыл бұрын

Man No one and I mean no one jams like this no more. Feel it?

@philipclaasen1957 5 жыл бұрын

What can I say! Masters at work with outstanding visuals bringing back an almost forgotten era of great music!!!!!!!!!!!

@rogermharris4268 5 жыл бұрын

My Favourite all time Bluesman ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@zac2780 2 жыл бұрын

Man I had no fuckin idea muddy played with Clapton, paid for Dad to see Clapton with me about 20 years back one hell of a night and only now I understand and appreciate the greatness I saw that night

@philipclaasen1957 5 жыл бұрын

I have no words - a BIG BANG VOICE. WOW!!

@elikipreos9007 2 жыл бұрын

another Kingpins of the Blues

@johnatanquinderamos9397 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful music and beautiful photos.

@TheADEROSE 5 жыл бұрын

Yes sir. The blues , straight up.

@ericawit519 4 жыл бұрын

lost for words,,,,, Awesome

@kurtadams3021 6 жыл бұрын

LEGEND

@annsann756 4 жыл бұрын

All my life is all about the blues!

@kurtzembower9297 Жыл бұрын

Best African blues player and singer of all time I love the wolf RIP my friend.

@alexsetterington3142 Ай бұрын

Pretty sure he is American

@mariesims6508 4 жыл бұрын

This One Of My Favorite Song By Wolf And Mother Love This Song Also

@donnkizz 6 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful

@Diomedes1962 7 жыл бұрын

Superb.

@sergiourdanetabluesman 2 жыл бұрын

The heaven in earth was Chicago musical escene in the decades of 50's and 60's

@salihcelikkol7 8 жыл бұрын

İn one word: wonderfull. I was striked when ı listened this song. Amazing.

@mrflanagan8654 5 жыл бұрын

It's simple. Blues & guitar.

@killerqueen6446 8 жыл бұрын

Just outstanding 8-))

@porkfrog2785 3 жыл бұрын

my fav version of 'Goin' Down Slow', an underrated flat-out great song

@karmenjazbec7743 3 жыл бұрын

YEAH BOYS YOU ARE THE BEST I AM JUST SMOKING AND LISTENING TO YOU

@johnatanquinderamos9397 6 жыл бұрын

The best of blues.

@kimberlyennis-loggins145 3 жыл бұрын

My Oh My A Godly Gifted Man!

@bugeanuflorin1531 6 жыл бұрын

Fabulous and Fantastic MUSIC CRAZY song my friend

@geerowr.6666 5 жыл бұрын

The song is how we talk down south. Raw emotions

@coravisser727 8 жыл бұрын

Incredible good respect for you and your amazing music,Howlin we really loved you ,all your fans.

@michaelowen4582 Жыл бұрын

The courage to signify gives the Blues it's power.

@tpatton6773 3 жыл бұрын

Classic blues, that have been before all started to realize, how AWESOME, then SOME started to listen............

@bholaoates1542 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks to you for this video, which is worth spending an hour examining the great pictures alone -- which is just what I did. I'd never seen most of these pics. What a treasure trove!

@RG-if4on 8 ай бұрын

Love this song.

@1952FMS 3 жыл бұрын

Wolf. Is one of the greats as for Eric he paid dues for people we probably will never hear of. Clapton is still a GOD imo.

@kkapur426 2 жыл бұрын

Its so good that it hurts !!!

@unetfg 3 жыл бұрын

Eric is and forever will be my bluesman

@graham6681 22 күн бұрын

GOD

@georgetebbens3524 Жыл бұрын

Photo of Harry Nilson at 8:31. I did a line with him in his hotel room at the Whitehall here in Chicago in 1981 when I was 18 years old. I swear, Harry vacuumed up lines from a foot away. Very impressive. John Lennon had just been assassinated outside his NYC Dakota residence in December of 1980. Harry and John were notorious for their partying exploits together. Harry was in Chicago to promote anti-handgun legislation. My cousin, a photographer, knew Harry and was invited to take a few photos in Harry's hotel room. I remember Harry ordering a series of vodka Martinis from room service and doing an enormous quantity of blow. He offered me a line. The rest, as they say, is history.