Howlin' Rain: Magnificent Fiend
Don Waller, Birdman Records, Spring 2008
MAGNIFICENT FIEND is the second album from Howlin' Rain and the first to be issued under a joint agreement between multi-platinum record producer Rick Rubin's American label and San Francisco-based indie Birdman Records. Here's the back story.
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