The Back Door Wolf is the final studio album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1973.Howlin' Wolf Sessionography, Depanorama.net, accessed September 19, 2019
Reception
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".
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
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