The Back Door Wolf | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | August 14 & 17, 1973 | |||
Studio | Chess Recording, Chicago | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 39:06 | |||
Label | Chess | |||
Producer | Ralph Bass | |||
Howlin' Wolf chronology | ||||
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The Back Door Wolf is the final studio album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1973.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In a retrospective AllMusic review, critic Cub Koda wrote: "This, Wolf's last hurrah, is his final studio album. Cut with his regular working band, the Wolf Gang, everything here works well ... Not the place to start a Wolf collection by any means, but a great place to end up".[1]
Track listing
All compositions credited to Chester Burnett except where noted
- "Moving" – 2:44
- "Coon on the Moon" (Eddie Shaw) – 3:44
- "Speak Now Woman" (James Oden) – 4:50
- "Trying to Forget You" (Shaw) – 3:33
- "Stop Using Me" – 2:52
- "Leave Here Walking" (Shaw) – 2:30
- "The Back Door Wolf" (Shaw, Ralph Bass) – 4:02
- "You Turn Slick on Me" (Emery Williams Jr.) – 4:50
- "The Watergate Blues" (Shaw) – 3:10
- "Can't Stay Here" (Andrew McMahon) – 2:31
Additional track on CD reissue
- "Speak Now Woman" [Alternate take] (Oden) – 4:20[1]
Personnel
- Howlin' Wolf – vocals, harmonica
- Eddie Shaw – tenor saxophone (track 7)
- Detroit Junior – piano, harpsichord
- Hubert Sumlin, Willie Williams – guitar
- Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, James Green – bass
- S. P. Leary – drums[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Koda, Cub. Howlin' Wolf: The Back Door Wolf – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ Howlin' Wolf Sessionography, Depanorama.net, accessed September 19, 2019
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ "The Back Door Wolf - Howlin' Wolf | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
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