OBIT New Orleans music legend ‘Wolfman’ Washington dead at 79
about 3 years in The Mercury
Walter Washington and his band, the Roadmasters, mixed blues, R&B, funk and soul, punctuating songs with his trademark howl, the newspaper reported. In director Michael Murphy's 2005 New Orleans music documentary "Make It Funky!," Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards bows down to Washington in tribute to his guitar style and tone, the newspaper reported.