Howlin' Wolf - Message To The Young / This was the 8th album by blues master Howlin' Wolf released by Chess Records in 1971. Often considered an attempt at offering the masses a psychedelic record, it's sound ranges from acid-rock, to blues, to funk, and back again. The title song is Wolf's attempt at reaching the youth of the era in a beautiful spoken word ballad which can easily be summed up in two words: Be Yourself. Arranged and conducted by Cash McCall, this album presents Wolf in the company of legendary pianist Sonny Thompson. If I Were a Bird, I Smell a Rat, Miss James, Message to the Young, She's Lookin' Good, Just As Long, Romance Without Finance, Turn Me on
