Best Rock 'n' Roll Nicknames

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.
Cannonball was an acronym for cannibal because of Julian's appetite.
 
"Mama" Cass, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Donald "Duck" Dunn, "Joliet" Jake E. Blues, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Tom "Bones" Malone
 
Hmm... Since quite a few of the persons/acts/names mentioned thus far @ this thread are not per se Rock & Roll acts, I suppose then it's high time to add to this thread the greatest & most aptly descriptive stage name ever conceived & used by a working musician:

Howlin' Wolf

And that he certainly was.
 
Hmm... Since quite a few of the persons/acts/names mentioned thus far @ this thread are not per se Rock & Roll acts, I suppose then it's high time to add to this thread the greatest & most aptly descriptive stage name ever conceived & used by a working musician:

Howlin' Wolf

And that he certainly was.

I didn't flesh out the concept of this thread when it started very well. Should have at least included Rock, Pop, Rhythm & Blues
 
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