''Message to the Young'' is the eighth album by blues musician

Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. Over a four-decade care ...

released by Chess Records in 1971.

Reception

Cash McCall ''Cash McCall'' is a 1960 American romantic drama film in Technicolor from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by Joseph Pevney, and starring James Garner and Natalie Wood. The film's screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Marion H ...

stated "I did an album on Howlin’ Wolf that didn't work out too well, I didn't know the man couldn't read and that was ''Message To The Young''. I produced that and Wolf didn't have any respect for me, as I was so young".

Track listing

All compositions by Sarah Lewis and Sonny Thompson except where noted # "If I Were a Bird" ( Morris Dollison) – 4:34 # "I Smell a Rat" – 2:15 # "Miss James" – 3:27 # "Message to the Young" (Thompson,

Ralph Bass Ralph Basso Jr. (May 1, 1911 – March 5, 1997), known as Ralph Bass,The birth surname of Ralph Bass's paternal grandfather, who was born in Italy, was DuBasso. was an American rhythm-and-blues record producer and talent scout for several indepen ...

) – 5:50 # "She's Looking Good" (Roger Collins) – 2:40 # "Just As Long" – 3:42 # "Romance Without Finance" – 3:22 # "Turn Me On" – 4:32

Personnel

– vocals, harmonica *

Sonny Thompson Sonny Thompson (probably August 23, 1916 – August 11, 1989), born Alfonso Thompson or Hezzie Tompson, was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B bandleader and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Biography There is some uncertainty over Thomps ...

– piano, arranger, conductor *John Jeremiah – organ *Bryce Roberson, Jon Stocklin – guitar *Bob Crowder – bass *Tyrone Smith – drums *

– arranger, conductor *Unidentified horn section and vocalists

References

{{Authority control 1971 albums Howlin' Wolf albums Chess Records albums