The Back Door Wolf
| 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][unreliable source?][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
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".[3]
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
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
References
- ^ Both Sides Now: GRT Consolidated Chess/Cadet Album Discography (1971-1975) accessed September 20, 2019
- ^ Howlin' Wolf Sessionography accessed September 19, 2019
- ^ a b Koda, Cub. Howlin' Wolf: The Back Door Wolf – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2019.