Muddy Waters
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It's 3.30 in the AM here in Amsterdam.Im stoned and listening to Muddy Waters live. With Pine Top on piano. And Johnny Winter also does a solo somewhere on this album.Lets appreciate this guy.Whats you favorite Muddy track/album?I'll go with Long Distance Call with Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar. "Yeah, I feel like going down to florida, where the sunshine damn you every day"
we dont do enough blues here on the strut.Lets talk some skip james, lightning hopkins, brownie mcgee and shit... Its the blues that got me into jazz... so appriciate batches..
we dont do enough blues here on the strut.Lets talk some skip james, lightning hopkins, brownie mcgee and shit... Its the blues that got me into jazz... so appriciate batches..
Comments
- Hard Again[/b], Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live[/b], and King Bee[/b] (Muddy went out like a champ - those later elpees on the Blue Sky album hold up remarkably well. I hadn't heard them on the radio in a long time - at least not on blues shows - when Robert Gordon's Muddy bio came out a few years ago and made me go back and rediscover them; surprisingly fine)
- McKinley Morganfield A/K/A Muddy Waters[/b]
(the classic early stuff from before the white folks discovered him...the recordings that made his name in the 50's and early 60's...his music has been repackaged and reissued several times since, but this two-record set from the early 70's got it right...how can you improve on "Mannish Boy" or "I Just Want To Make Love To You" or "The Same Thing"?)
- "Going Home"[/b]
(mid-sixties single featuring a female chorus, an organ, and gospel chord changes - actually not that bad)
- "Can't Get No Grindin'"[/b]
(early-seventies single featuring what sounds like a harpsichord - actually not that bad)
- "My Dog Can't Bark"[/b]
- "Messin' With The Man"[/b]
(Muddy answers Junior Wells'"Messin' With The Kid")
Uh-uh, buddy - Muddy clearly sings "...where the sun shine DAMN NEAR every day!!!"
Such a great record and dope insert of Muddy getting his Conk on.
I do love early sides as well, but Electric Mud has always been one of my favorite records.
I like the other LP on Cadet Concept, "After the Rain," a little
better. "Electric Mud" always sounded a little bit too much like a
train wreck to me - I mean, I do like it, don't get me wrong - but
"After the Rain" uses the same players with a little more restraint,
and comes off IMO as a much better Muddy-plays-with-the-acid-rockers
album. Personally I think the Howlin' Wolf LP on CC beats 'em both...
Great lp, his last lp on Chess.
IMO as a much better Muddy-plays-with-the-acid-rockers album.
Best of Muddy Waters has his first 12 Chicago sides and is essential. (or you could get the AKA lp that Pickwick mentioned.)
Field recordings from Mississippi with a young Muddy on acoustic guitar.
I Can't Be Satisfied is the cut.
never seen this before, are you saying this has the same vibe as Electric Mud & After The Rain?
Bass, Guitar ??? Fred Carter
Drums, Bass ??? Levon Helm
Guitar ??? Bob Margolin
Harmonica ??? Paul Butterfield
Organ, Accordion, Saxophone ??? Garth Hudson
Piano ??? Pinetop Perkins*
Producer ??? Henry Glover
Saxophone ??? Howard Johnson (3)
Vocals, Guitar ??? Muddy Waters
Helm and Hudson are from The Band. Bob Margolin and Pinetop Perkins are from Muddy's band. Fred Carter is country guitarist who worked with Dale Hawkins, then in Nashville before becoming part of the Woodstock scene. Howard Johnson was the go to horn player for lots of rock bands. Paul Butterfield is Paul Butterfield.
The sessions have a laid back lets jam vibe. But the songs are shortish and concise. Most important, Muddy is very much in charge. Bonus trivia, there are 2 Louis Jordan standards.