Howlin Wolf Message to the Young Label: Chess, Released March 16 1971 Format:[email protected]
Funky blues work from Howlin Wolf – his key entry into the funked-up genre that Chess Records was cutting at the end of the 60s with other blues artists like Etta James, Bo Diddley, and Muddy Waters! As on records with those artists, Wolf's older modes are updated here for a hipper, younger audience – backed up with a bouncing batch of electrified backings arranged by Sonny Thompson, and conducted by Thompson and Cash McCall, the latter of whom is most likely playing a bit of guitar here. Tracks are a bit longer than usual, and filled with plenty of heavy guitar bits next to the vocals – and titles include "I Smell A Rat", "Miss James", "If I Were A Bird", "She's Lookin Good", "Turn Me On", and "Message To The Young".
Tracklist 1 If I Were A Bird
2 I Smell A Rat
3 Miss James 4 Message to the Young 5 She's Lookin' Good 6 Just As Long
7 Romance Without Finance
8 Turn Me On
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