Muddy Waters - Live In Europe

Album: Live In Europe
Size: 180,8 MB
Time: 78:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. Baby Please Don't Go (2:50)
2. Soon Forgotten (4:54)
3. Corrina, Corrina (3:39)
4. After Hours (5:44)
5. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (3:04)
6. Junior's Shuffle (4:43)
7. Howlin' Wolf (6:26)
8. Floyd's Guitar Blues (7:48)
9. Blow Wind Blow (3:52)
10. Caldonia (5:59)
11. Screamin' And Cryin' (5:16)
12. Got My Mojo Working (3:01)
13. Garbage Man (5:51)
14. J.P.'s Boogie (3:30)
15. Goin' Down Slow (7:20)
16. What's The Matter With The Mill (4:54)

Recorded live on October 22, 1976 at the International Folk Music Festival & Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw, Poland, this set featuring Muddy Waters and his band, which featured Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Jerry Portnoy, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, and Willie Smith at the time, has been released several times under different titles and with different cover art, including as "Screamin' and Cryin': Live in Warsaw 1976" (2005) and as "Blow Blues Blow" (2009). Whatever the title, it's a crisp, blistering set of vintage Chicago blues. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Muddy Waters - Unk In Funk

Album: Unk In Funk
Size: 79,2 MB
Time: 34:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1974/2006
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Art: LP and CD art

1. Rollin' And Tumblin' (7:30)
2. Just To Be With You (3:57)
3. Electric Man (3:10)
4. Trouble No More (2:40)
5. 'Unk' In Funk (3:23)
6. Drive My Blues Away (2:49)
7. Katie (3:06)
8. Waterboy Waterboy (4:01)
9. Everything Gonna Be Alright (3:35)

The nine sides on Unk in Funk (1974) are among the last newly recorded material that Muddy Waters (vocals/guitar) would issue during his nearly 30 year association with Chess Records. Backing up the Chicago blues icon is a band he'd carry with him for the remainder of his performing career, including Pinetop Perkins (piano), Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson (guitar), Bob Margolin (guitar), Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (bass), and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums). They run through a better than average selection of Waters' classics with newer compositions more or less tossed in, presumably to keep the track list fresh.

Although Waters certainly has nothing to prove, he attacks his old catalog with the drive and command of a man putting it all on the line. That same spirit of quality and authenticity shapes his umpteenth overhaul of "Rollin' and Tumblin'," as Waters' guitar - the only time he plays on the whole platter - rekindles his singular sounding fretwork. Demonstrating why they were suitable rhythmic foils for Waters, Jones and Smith's gritty timekeeping perfectly holds down the slinky methodical groove churning beneath the update of "Just Had to Be with You." This allows the artist a chance to let loose with some inspired vocal improvisations.

The bouncy frolic of "Trouble No More" and the vintage Chicago R&B vibe of "Drive My Blues Away" offer the most authentic presentation of Waters then and now. While the newer songs, "Katie" and "Waterboy, Waterboy," reveal that the ol' mule still has a bit of kick in him yet. "Electric Man" is one of two cuts by Amelia Cooper (Waters' granddaughter) and Terry Abrahamson, typifying the style of self-aggrandizing lyrical plodding over generic blues changes that had marred several of the blues legends' later efforts.

All is not lost, however, thanks to some playful interaction between Waters and harp blower Carey Bell Harrington. Cooper and Abrahamson's other contribution - "Unk in Funk" - shares its credit along with talent agent Ted Kurland. Again, while the sentiment is well-intended, the playing is marginalized with little to no substantive territory gained. /Lindsay Planer, AllMusic

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Muddy Waters - Mojo: The Live Collection

Size: 173.1 MB
Time: 74:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Rollin' And Tumblin' ( 4:10)
02. Walkin' Blues ( 3:49)
03. Hoochie Coochie Man ( 2:56)
04. Can't Get No Grindin' ( 4:51)
05. Howlin' Wolf ( 7:45)
06. Dust My Broom ( 5:07)
07. Goin' Down Slow ( 7:04)
08. Walking Thru The Park ( 4:35)
09. Just To Be With You ( 5:03)
10. She's Nineteen Years Old (10:10)
11. Crawlin' King Snake ( 3:34)
12. Honey Bee ( 4:50)
13. Mannish Boy ( 5:29)
14. Got My Mojo Working 1&2 ( 5:08)

This album is subtitled "The Live Collection", and while that may sound a little ominous, "Mojo" is certainly not a second-rate collection of hap-hazardly chosen live performances. On the contrary, these are some of the very best live recordings of Muddy Waters ever available.

Superbly remastered, "Mojo" features excellent sound, capturing Muddy Waters in Washington and Oregon in 1971, and in Switzerland in 1976, a total of 74 minutes of music.
The core of the Muddy Waters Band is in place on both the '71 and the '76 recordings, veteran blues drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and pianist Joe "Pinetop" Perkins, and harp duties are more than ably handled by George "Harmonica" Smith and Jerry Portnoy respectively. Muddy himself is in excellent form, and the track list is superb...tough, swinging renditions of Muddy Waters' best-known songs, and numerous lesser-known but equally fabulous ones as well.
"Mojo" opens with a terrific, muscular rendition of "Rollin' And Tumblin'", after which it goes from highlight to highlight: "Got My Mojo Working", a lean, mean rendition of "Walkin' Blues", a slow, soulful "Howlin' Wolf", and an interesting, minor-note flavoured "Mannish Boy", which owes a lot to the huge pocket of the drummer who makes the five-minute, one-chord song into the powerhouse that it is.

The great Willie "Big Eyes" Smith lays down a deep groove with his energetic, versatile playing, and the interaction between the rhythm section and Pinetop Perkins is worth noticing as well; Perkins contributes mightily to the magnificent swinging feel of songs like "Crawlin' King Snake", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Walkin' Thru The Park", and "Rollin' And Tumblin'", and his solo on "Can't Get No Grindin' (what's the matter with the mill)" completely takes over the track, even though it gets stiff competition from Jerry Portnoy's harp solo and a fiery guitar solo by Bob Margolin. And Luther Johnson shines on a rough, tough rendition of "Dust My Broom", doing the lead vocals while Muddy Waters plays the howling slide guitar.

The sound, the material, and the musicianship make this one of the finest live blues albums I have ever heard, and a worthy companion to the classic "Muddy Waters At Newport".
A must-have! ~Docendo Discimus

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Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters: The Montreux Years (Live)

Size: 174.5 MB
Time: 75:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (3:44)
02. Mannish Boy (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1974) (5:23)
03. Long Distance Call (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1972) (6:52)
04. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1972) (4:16)
05. County Jail (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1972) (6:17)
06. Got My Mojo Working (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (2:43)
07. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (3:25)
08. I'm Ready (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1974) (3:48)
09. Still A Fool (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (4:26)
10. Trouble No More (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (2:26)
11. Rosalie ( (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1972) (4:43)
12. Rock Me Baby (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1972) (5:07)
13. Same Thing (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1974) (6:47)
14. Howlin' Wolf (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (6:52)
15. Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1977) (4:21)
16. Electric Man (Live Montreux Jazz Festival 1974) (3:43)

The magnificent and incomparable Muddy Waters performed 3 legendary concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival throughout the 1970s. Each of these historic concerts were recorded. Muddy Waters name is synonymous with the authenticity, excellence and individuality of the festival and this collection is a celebration of his unique talent.

The Montreux Years collection will bring together for the first time, some of the finest moments from Muddy Waters’ celebrated performances alongside rare material, unheard since the original recording.

Expertly curated by the Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG, restored and remastered in superlative HD audio; The Montreux Years is released on superior audiophile heavy weight vinyl, MQA quality CD and in HD digital.

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Muddy Waters - Gonna Get High: Live Chicago '80

Album: Gonna Get High: Live Chicago '80
Size: 88,8 MB
Time: 38:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Front

1. I Wonder Why (2:51)
2. Introduction To Champagne & Reefer (2:11)
3. Champagne & Reefer (4:59)
4. Baby Please Don't Go (3:40)
5. They Call Me Muddy Waters (8:59)
6. Hoochie Coochie Man (3:31)
7. I Got My Mojo Workin' (3:16)
8. Mannish Boy (7:39)
9. Billy Taylor Comments (1:24)

Haven't found any info on these recordings. And since I guess we're all familiar with this artist - let the music do the talking!

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Muddy Waters - Live In Los Angeles 1954

Source: Vinyl
Size: 96.5 MB
Time: 18:21
File: FLAC
Released: 2021
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Baby Please Don't Go (2:35)
02. Hoochie Coochie Man (2:50)
03. I Just Want To Make Love To You (5:06)
04. I'm Ready (2:48)
05. Interview And Band Intros (1:33)
06. Oh Yeah (3:26)

Personnel:
Jimmy Rogers: Guitar
Littel George: Harmonica
Otis Spann: Piano
Elgin Evans: Drums

As a YOUNGSTER growing up in the excitement of 1960's Hollywood, I had the good fortune to meet the giant of the blues that was MUDDY WATERS. It was at the world-famous RCA Victor studio on Sunset Boulevard in 1966, when MUDDY and his band participated in the recording sessions for what would become the, "Full Spoon Of Seedy Blues" album, by hot GNP Crescendo act The Seeds. Muddy was charming, friendly and charismatic, and now as I look back, I recognize that all of my heroes as musicians - Led Zeppelin, The Stones, AC/DC, The Yardbirds, John Mayall, Canned Heat, Ten Years After - were influenced by this genial father of the Chicago Blues. The big rock groups became superstars using many of his ideas!

I also didn't realize at the time that my father, the legendary Los Angeles disc jockey and entrepreneur Gene Norman, had previously presented Muddy in concert in the 1950's. My dad had a habit of professionally taping many of the great and groundbreaking events that he held at the Shrine, the Crescendo and other venues from the late 1940's on, and I am proud to present you one of those historic recordings here. I think you will agree it captures Muddy and his great band at the peak of their powers, and the superb sound quality and lively performance gives us that wonderful "you are there" experience.

As Gary Suarez wrote, "Rock (and sex), is nothing without the blues." This tape waited patiently in my dad's garage until Malcolm Cecil and I found it in the 1990's. My colleague Alec Palao subsequently came across it, and has now refurbished it for this exciting 10-inch package. Enjoy! ~NEIL NORMAN 2021

Thanks to Nappywrags

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Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, James Cotton - Boston Music Hall, February 26th, 1977 (2 CD)

Album: Boston Music Hall, February 26th, 1977
Size: 124,9 + 96,1 MB
Time: 54:05 + 41:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock 'N' Roll (3:32)
2. Deep Down In Florida (7:00)
3. Hideaway (8:24)
4. Blues With A Feeling (9:33)
5. Sweet Home Chicago (5:48)
6. Rocket 88 (2:36)
7. Help Me (9:49)
8. How Long? (7:19)

CD 2:
1. Instrumental (12:18)
2. Mama Talk To Your Daughter (10:14)
3. Mannish Boy (5:42)
4. WBCN DJ Interview w. Pinetop Perkins (1:51)
5. You Don't Have To Go (3:44)
6. Got My Mojo Working (3:09)
7. WBCN DJ Interview w. Waters, Cotton & Winter (4:34)

This great value double CD is an in-concert recording made by Johnny Winter for the Boston radio station WBCN, and recorded at the Boston Music Hall, in Boston, Massachusetts, on 26th February 1977. By 1975, Winter had grown tired of working in the rock and roll mainstream and returned to his first musical love the Blues. Teaming up with Muddy Waters he released the album Hard Again in January 1977 with this concert following shortly after. It is a wonderful, vivid, febrile encapsulation of a bluesman enjoying his renewed career. With harmonica hero James Cotton on board, along with the bedrock of Waters' regular touring band, you get value-addedness to gems such as the Little Walter classic "Help Me", which swings like a demon.

There's a brisk romp through Freddie King's "Hideaway", before Winter takes the microphone on "Blues With A Feeling", burnishing the sound with his inimitable lead guitar sizzle. "Mannish Boy" is a gutsy delight with Waters' laconic vocal topping off the hearty bluesy crunch in magisterial style. Closing with a delightful "I Got My Mojo Working", this performance offers yet more proof that, even in his latter years, Muddy Waters was not content to freewheel through his stage performances. Credit Must also go to Johnny Winter and James Cotton too, as well as to Waters' trusty road band members, who all play their part in providing a supremely accomplished launch pad from which Waters can do his inimitable thing.

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Muddy Waters - Early Morning Blues: The 1947-1955 Aristocrat & Chess Sides

Size: 396 MB
Time: 158:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Early Morning Blues (3:08)
02. She Moves Me (2:57)
03. All Night Long (2:53)
04. Country Boy (3:11)
05. Please Have Mercy (3:12)
06. Looking For My Baby (2:43)
07. Standing Around Crying (3:22)
08. Gone To Main Street (2:27)
09. She's All Right (2:30)
10. Sad Sad Day (3:43)
11. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man (3:03)
12. Turn The Lamp Down Low (2:41)
13. Mad Love (3:04)
14. Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
15. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (2:52)
16. She's So Pretty (2:11)
17. Just Make Love To Me (2:54)
18. Oh! Yeah (2:58)
19. I'm Ready (3:04)
20. I Don't Know Why (2:53)
21. Lovin' Man (2:27)
22. I'm A Natural Born Lover (2:51)
23. I Wanted To Be Loved (2:45)
24. My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble (3:12)
25. Mannish Boy (2:55)
26. Young Fashioned Ways (3:01)
27. Trouble No More (2:40)

CD 2:
01. Gypsy Woman (2:34)
02. Little Anna Mae (2:32)
03. I Can't Be Satisfied (2:42)
04. I Feel Like Going Home (3:10)
05. Train Fare Home (2:47)
06. Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (2:33)
07. You're Gonna' Miss Me (2:37)
08. Mean Red Spider (2:15)
09. Streamline Woman (3:16)
10. Muddy Jumps One (2:28)
11. Little Geneva (2:47)
12. Canary Bird (2:44)
13. Screaming And Crying (3:07)
14. Where's My Woman Been (3:04)
15. Rollin' And Tumblin' (3:01)
16. Rollin' And Tumblin' Pt.2 (2:32)
17. Rollin' Stone (3:07)
18. Walkin' Blues (2:57)
19. You're Gonna Need My Help (3:07)
20. Sad Letter Blues (3:01)
21. Louisiana Blues (2:54)
22. Evans Shuffle (2:10)
23. Long Distance Call (2:40)
24. Too Young To Know (3:13)
25. Appealing Blues (2:49)
26. Honey Bee (3:22)
27. My Fault (2:41)
28. Still A Fool (3:16)

Digitally re-mastered two CD collection. Above all others, it was the great Muddy Waters who linked the country blues of his native Mississippi Delta with the urban blues that were born in Chicago. Waters bought his first electric guitar in 1944 and revolutionized the idiom with the recordings he began making in 1947. The Muddy Waters Blues Band bore all the earmarks - in terms of size , volume and attitude - of the great Rock 'N' Roll groups that would follow in it's wake. This quintessential collector's edition contains 55 re-mastered studio tracks, including all of the fabulous early singles - both A- & B-sides (except for "Sugar Sweet") - Muddy Waters made (accompanied by such masters as Little Walter, Junior Wells, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, and Otis Spann) for the Aristocrat and Chess Records labels, between 1947 and 1955. Waters' early repertoire, much of which is presented on this indispensable double-set, marks one of the most important building blocks of the Chicago Electric Blues style.

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Muddy Waters - Blues & Rhythm Series 5109: The Chronological Muddy Waters 1950-1952

Size: 329 MB
Time: 73:22
File: FLAC
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

01. You're Gonna Need My Help I Said (3:08)
02. Sad Letter Blues (3:02)
03. Early Morning Blues (Before Daybreak) (3:08)
04. Appealing Blues (Hello Little Girl) (2:49)
05. Louisiana Blues (2:55)
06. Evans Shuffle (Ebony Boogie) (2:13)
07. Long Distance Call (2:42)
08. Too Young To Know (3:14)
09. Honey Bee (3:23)
10. Howlin' Wolf (2:44)
11. Country Boy (All Night Long) (3:13)
12. She Moves Me (2:58)
13. My Fault (2:43)
14. Still A Fool (3:19)
15. They Call Me Muddy Waters (3:24)
16. All Night Long (2:54)
17. All Night Long (Faster Version) (3:20)
18. Stuff You Gotta Watch (Gal You Gotta Watch) (2:50)
19. Lonesome Day (3:31)
20. Please Have Mercy (3:13)
21. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man (3:05)
22. Standing Around Crying (3:21)
23. Gone To Main Street (2:30)
24. Iodine In My Coffee (3:31)

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude".

Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, emulating the local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson. He was recorded in Mississippi by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress in 1941. In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician. In 1946, he recorded his first records for Columbia Records and then for Aristocrat Records, a newly formed label run by the brothers Leonard and Phil Chess.

In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his band—Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and Otis Spann on piano—recorded several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon. These songs included "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "I'm Ready". In 1958, he traveled to England, laying the foundations of the resurgence of interest in the blues there. His performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album, At Newport 1960.

Muddy Waters' music has influenced various American music genres, including rock and roll and rock music. ~Wikipedia

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Muddy Waters - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5029: The Chronological Muddy Waters 1948-1950

Size: 173 MB
Time: 69:43
File: FLAC
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

01. Good Lookin' Woman (2:43)
02. Mean Disposition (2:36)
03. I Can't Be Satisfied (2:45)
04. I Feel Like Goin' Home (3:10)
05. Train Fare Home (Train Fair Blues) (2:49)
06. Down South Blues (2:55)
07. Kind Hearted Woman (2:39)
08. Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues) (2:36)
09. You're Gonna Miss Me (2:36)
10. Mean Red Spider (2:17)
11. Standin' Here Tremblin' (2:27)
12. Streamlined Woman (3:12)
13. Hard Days (2:35)
14. Muddy Jumps One (2:26)
15. Little Geneva (2:50)
16. Canary Bird (2:47)
17. Burying Ground (2:36)
18. You're Gonna Need My Help (3:02)
19. Screaming And Crying (3:07)
20. Where's My Woman Been (3:09)
21. Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:37)
22. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) (3:01)
23. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 2) (2:34)
24. Rollin' Stone (3:08)
25. Walkin' Blues (2:54)

Muddy Waters made his first records down home in rural Mississippi in 1941, came up to Chicago in 1943, and began working for the Aristocrat label in 1947. This exciting chronological compilation presents everything he recorded from April of 1948 up through February 1950, when Aristocrat was renamed Chess Records. The Classics Blues & Rhythm Series enables listeners to study Muddy's artistic progress step by step, literally following a trail of old records from the plantation to the crowded, noisy clubs of the big city (see Classics 5008, Muddy Waters 1941-1947). On the first two tracks, Muddy receives excellent support from ace pianist Sunnyland Slim, alto saxophonist Alex Atkins, and string bassist Big Crawford. The next six sides are guitar and bass duets, including the number 11 Billboard R&B hit "I Feel Like Goin' Home" backed with "I Can't Be Satisfied." Muddy's passionate hollering turns each of these records into a mind-altering listening experience. He gnaws at the words, squeezing his guitar and rubbing its neck until it whines and moans. "Sittin' Here and Drinkin'" and "Standin' Here Tremblin'" are unfiltered reports describing emotions that most humans could understand and relate to. "Muddy Jumps One" is a grand example of this man's early rockin' blues style, kicking hard with Crawford's slapped bass and rhythm guitar support from "Baby Face" Leroy Foster. "Last Time I Fool Around with You," one of the few records Muddy would make in the year 1949, has a boogie-woogie piano line by one Johnny Jones and percussion accompaniment by Leroy Foster. The two-part "Rollin' and Tumblin'" rocks like a freight train going 60. Muddy's first Chess recording was a powerful solo performance entitled "Rollin' Stone." Issued as Chess 1426 with "Walkin' Blues" on the flip side, this apparent return to his earlier style actually signaled the beginning of Muddy Waters' artistic maturity, an uncanny blend of furrowed fields, tobacco barns, crowded clubs, and big-city streets. ~arwulf arwulf

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Muddy Waters - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5008: The Chronological Muddy Waters 1941-1947

Size: 122 MB
Time: 65:38
File: FLAC
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

01. Country Blues (3:27)
02. I Be's Troubled (3:04)
03. Burr Clover Farm Blues (2:55)
04. Ramblin' Kid Blues (3:18)
05. Rosalie (3:01)
06. Joe Turner Blues (2:46)
07. Pearlie May Blues (3:22)
08. Take A Walk With Me (2:57)
09. Burr Clover Farm Blues (3:13)
10. I Be Bound To Write To You (3:19)
11. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (3:18)
12. You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days (2:07)
13. Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You (2:09)
14. Country Blues (3:32)
15. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (3:41)
16. 32-20 Blues (3:23)
17. Mean Red Spider (2:24)
18. Jitterbug Blues (2:53)
19. Hard Day Blues (2:47)
20. Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
21. Gypsy Woman (2:34)
22. Little Anna Mae (2:32)

While the Chess/MCA reissue of The Complete Plantation Recordings of Muddy Waters focuses upon the 1941 and 1942 sessions, including alternate takes and spoken interviews, the Classics Blues & Rhythm Series presents only the master takes and follows McKinley Morganfield to Chicago where he made four sides in 1946 and teamed up with Sunnyland Slim in 1947. Muddy's first three records are amazing. His way of pulling the guitar strings and singing out of his heart is hypnotic, particularly on the straightforward "I Be's Troubled." In the company of guitarist Percy Thomas, mandolin man Louis Ford, and violinist Son Simms, Muddy shares vocals with everyone except the fiddler. This band, probably because of the mandolin, feels at times almost like the grandchild of the Memphis Jug Band. At the same session McKinley Morganfield cut four sides backed only by two other guitars. His recording itinerary as listed in the enclosed discography has him recording in both Stovall and Clarksdale, MS, over the span of several days. The Clarksdale material focuses once again on the man's sound when unaccompanied by anyone else. Muddy touches upon turf similar to that of Blind Gary Davis with "You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days" and "Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You." Some of this feels like Ritual, the human function described by Anthony Braxton as "the highest function." The effect of these chronologically arranged recordings is that of a steady progression, beginning literally on the plantation and ending up in the big city where the music grew stronger, got tougher, and became something downright formidable. Akin to the undiluted blues of Tampa Red and Maceo Merriweather, Muddy's 1946 recordings have a potency all their own. By the time he made those two sides for Aladdin in 1947 with the great pianist Sunnyland Slim, bassist Ernest "Big" Crawford, and a drummer whose name has since been forgotten, Muddy Waters was in business. This CD chronicles the beginning of Muddy's recording career. You need it. ~arwulf arwulf

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Otis Spann - In Session: Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1960

Size: 179,1+164,6 MB
Time: 76:08+70:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Blow Wind, Blow (Feat. Muddy Waters) (3:12)
02. Mad Love (Feat. Muddy Waters) (3:05)
03. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Feat. Muddy Waters) (2:52)
04. She's So Pretty (Feat. Muddy Waters) (2:18)
05. Rockin' Daddy (3:04)
06. 'Bout The Break Of Day (Feat. Junior Wells) (3:16)
07. Lawdy! Lawdy! (Feat. Junior Wells) (2:41)
08. So, All Alone (Feat. Junior Wells) (3:21)
09. I Got To Find My Baby (Feat. Little Walter) (2:50)
10. Baby How Long? (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (2:55)
11. Evil Is Goin' On (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (2:56)
12. You'd Better Watch Yourself (Feat. Little Walter) (3:05)
13. I'll Be Around (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (3:15)
14. It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
15. Five Spot (2:44)
16. I'm A Man (Feat. Bo Diddley) (3:02)
17. Bo Diddley (Feat. Bo Diddley) (2:46)
18. Don't Start Me Talkin' (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:36)
19. All My Love In Vain (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:51)
20. You Can't Catch Me (Feat. Chuck Berry) (2:45)
21. No Money Down (Feat. Chuck Berry) (2:59)
22. Let Me Explain (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:55)
23. Your Imagination (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (3:01)
24. I'm Leaving You (2:41)
25. I'm In Love With You Baby (2:38)
26. Cops And Robbers (Feat. Bo Diddley) (3:24)

CD 2:
01. Boogie Woogie (2:36)
02. Slow Blues (2:41)
03. Jump Blues (2:54)
04. It's My Own Fault (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (3:53)
05. Maudie (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (3:35)
06. I Wanna Walk (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (4:27)
07. I Wish You Were Here (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (5:37)
08. Great Northern Stomp (4:18)
09. Otis In The Dark (4:38)
10. Worried Life Blues (4:22)
11. Country Boy (4:28)
12. The Hard Way (5:06)
13. Beat-Up Team (6:04)
14. Take A Little Walk With Me (3:29)
15. I Got Rambling On My Mind (4:07)
16. Little Boy Blue (3:44)
17. My Daily Wish (4:26)

Joining Eddie Taylor and Jody Williams in Jasmine's popular 'In Session' series comes this excellent 43 track 2CD set of Otis Spann's sessions that he cut in Chicago between 1953 and 1956 along with live performances at Newport and his legendary first LP release. 'Otis Spann is the Blues'.

This wonderful set kicks off with Muddy Waters and of course includes two of his greatest hits 'Mad Love' and 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and then Otis' takes us through a plethora of fine bluesmen: Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry and John Lee Hooker.

In the pantheon of great Chicago blues pianists, Otis Spann stands head and shoulders above most of the competition and this CD is another must have in Jasmine's ever growing blues series.

In Session

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Muddy Waters - Muddy 'Mississippi' Waters Live

Year: 1979/2020
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:38
Size: 91,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Mannish Boy (4:22)
2. She's Nineteen Years Old (5:20)
3. Nine Below Zero (5:22)
4. Streamline Woman (4:42)
5. Howling Wolf (5:55)
6. Baby Please Don't Go (4:07)
7. Deep Down In Florida (9:47)

Accompanied by Johnny Winter and his band, Muddy Waters turns in an enthusiastic performance on Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live. The set list contains most of his biggest hits, and the sound quality and performances are mostly energetic. Still, there's something faintly repetitive about this record. For one thing, there's only one song here, "Deep Down in Florida," that comes from any of Waters' recent albums. All of the others are old standards, which makes this album rather superfluous, since there are equally forceful performances of these cuts elsewhere. It doesn't help any that "Deep Down in Florida" isn't an especially noteworthy song, sounding more like a rewrite of Waters' older, better cuts.

Without much in the way of new material, or anything especially notable about the performances, it sometimes comes off as little more than a set of Muddy Waters' greatest hits, with applause as the sole new ingredient. The addition of Johnny Winter is surprisingly unexceptional as well, since Winter fades into the background as much as any other bandmember. None of it is unlistenable, but it's hardly indispensable. Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live is a nice addition to the Muddy Waters catalog, but it's not nearly as essential as his earlier work. /Victor W. Valdivia, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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VA - Club Beat: Stirring Up Some Blues (The Original Sound Of UK Club Land)

Size: 147,3 MB
Time: 62:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock
Art: Front

01 Al Simmons, Slim Green & The Cats From Fresno - Old Folks Boogie (3:00)
02 Smokey Smothers - I Ain't Gonna Be No Monkey Man No More (2:25)
03 Skip Robinson & His Imperials - I Just Can't Wait (2:09)
04 Schoolboy Cleve - She's Gone (2:14)
05 Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love (2:40)
06 The Nightriders - Lookin' For My Baby (2:03)
07 Howlin' Wolf - Poor Boy (2:34)
08 Harmonica Slim - Mary Helen (2:00)
09 Jimmy Nolen - You've Been Goofing (2:41)
10 Dossie Terry - I Got A Watch Dog (2:33)
11 Jimmy Rogers - I Can't Believe (2:46)
12 Little Mac - Times Are Getting Tougher (2:24)
13 Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby (2:39)
14 Little Jimmy Ray - You Need To Fall In Love (2:33)
15 Sonny Boy Williams - Alice Mae Blues (2:28)
16 Muddy Waters - Trouble No More (2:41)
17 Magic Sam - Look Whatcha Done (2:08)
18 Little Esther - If It's News To You (2:39)
19 Willie Mae Thornton - Just Like A Dog (Barking Up The Wrong Tree) (2:47)
20 Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:37)
21 Little Walter - Oh Baby (2:46)
22 Mercy Baby - Pleadin' (2:15)
23 Dennis Roberts - Come On (2:19)
24 Bob Reed & His Band - I'm Leaving You (2:36)
25 Little Joe Hinton - My Love Is Real (2:26)

WELCOME to the latest instalment of our "Adventures in UK Club Land" exploring the "Club Beat" - the roots of R&B, Ska, Gospel, Jazz, Soul, Mod and, in this chapter, BLUES. THE BLUES evolved in the late eighteen hundreds from a melting pot of homespun black music performed to small audiences across the American South. It wasn't until the 1920s, after the migration to cities such as Chicago that the genre was christened the Blues, a term initiated by the record industry, designed to appeal to a black audience. The blues continues to evolve today and, like it's original counterparts, gospel, jazz and R&B, it plays a leading role in popular music, the roots of which can be heard in our unique 25-track compilation.

Club Beat: Stirring Up Some Blues

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Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton - Live In NY '77

Size: 150,7+159,7 MB
Time: 65:01+68:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Hideaway (Live) ( 7:21)
02. I'm Ready (Live) ( 3:17)
03. Love Her With A Feeling (Live) ( 8:30)
04. Mama Talk To Your Daughter (Live) ( 4:49)
05. Rocket 88 (Live) ( 2:28)
06. How Long Can A Fool Go Wrong (Live) ( 9:04)
07. Walking By Myself (Live) ( 4:44)
08. Instrumental (Live) (11:34)
09. Anna Lee Band Introductions (Live) (13:09)

CD 2:
01. Second Set Muddy Waters Intro (Live) (3:14)
02. Kansas City (Live) (9:19)
03. Caldonia (Live) (6:33)
04. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live) (3:09)
05. Howlin' Wolf (Live) (7:23)
06. Walking Through The Park (Live) (4:41)
07. The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock 'n' Roll (Live) (6:00)
08. Mannish Boy (Live) (8:14)
09. Got My Mojo Working (Live) (5:46)
10. Black Cat Bone Dust My Broom (Live) (6:08)
11. Dealin' With The Devil (Live) (8:15)

Personnel:
Muddy Waters - Vocals, Guitar
Johnny Winter - Vocals, Guitar
James Cotton - Vocals, Harmonica
Bob Margolin - Guitar
Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins - Vocals, Piano
Charles Calmese - Bass
Willie Big Eyes Smith - Drums
Edgar Winter - Piano, Vocals

Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter and James Cotton, live at the Palladium, New York on March 4th 1977. Steve Paul of Blue Sky Records, appeared as a savior to both Johnny Winter and blues giant Muddy Waters, at a time when both musicians were facing hard times. The result of his investment soon paid off, with the Hard Again tour combining the respected powerhouse of Waters and Winter joined by James Cotton, culminating in a further four albums being produced. Although this particular collaboration was short-lived, it has provided blues fans a rare opportunity to indulge in the work of two hugely important musical figures whose respect for each other is evidently unflinching. Two live albums, Muddy Mississippi Waters Live and the more recent Breakin It Up, Breakin It Down have allowed a glimpse of the concerts from 1977-1978. Keyhole proudly presents the entire King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast of Waters, Winter and Cotton, live from New York s Palladium on March 4th 1977, fully remastered.

Live In NY '77

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Muddy Waters - Live '76 At Paul's Mall, Boston

Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:26
Size: 158,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. DJ Introduction (0:18)
2. Band Warm Up, Pt. 1 (4:54)
3. Band Warm Up, Pt. 2 (8:11)
4. Band Warm Up, Pt. 3 (3:25)
5. Boston 'Muddy Waters Day' (3:55)
6. Caldonia (5:30)
7. Kansas City (8:37)
8. I'm Your Hoochle Coochie Man (2:51)
9. Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) (4:20)
10. Baby Please Don't Go (4:04)
11. Long Distance Call (7:29)
12. Mannish Boy (5:18)
13. Got My Mojo Working (3:11)
14. You Don't Have To Go (3:41)
15. Show End & Station ID (2:34)

Muddy arrived in Boston on 15th June 1976, on his 60th birthday when was met with open arms by city mayor Kevin White. The mayor would proudly proclaim during Waters’ appearance at Paul’s Mall that night, that from this day forth, the 15th June shall now be known as Muddy Water’s Day.

Waters has his invaluable band behind him here with Pinetop Perkins, ‘Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin, Calvin ‘Fuzz’ Jones , Luther ‘Guitar Jr’ Johnson, Jerry Portnoy and Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith. A staggering combination of fluency and bite takes on numerous chunks of Waters’ iconic songbook. Waters’ legacy is almost unmatched, not only in terms music, but also the fabric of a whole generation and the culture it came to define.

Echoes proudly presents the entire original WBCN-FM broadcast of Muddy Waters and his band live from Paul’s Mall, Boston MA on 15th June 1976 (Muddy Waters Day). Professionally re-mastered original broadcast with background liners and rare archival photos.

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Muddy Waters & Friends - Goin' Way Back (Remastered)

Size: 103,8 MB
Time: 44:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997/2019
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. Gypsy Woman (Remastered) (3:46)
02. Little Anna Mae (Remastered) (4:19)
03. My Home Is On The Delta (Remastered) (4:31)
04. Take A Little Walk (Remastered) (4:51)
05. Mean Disposition (Remastered) (5:49)
06. Laverne (Remastered) (2:47)
07. Leavin' In The Mornin' (Remastered) (3:34)
08. Got A Sweet Little Girl (Remastered) (3:36)
09. Bad Lovin' Trouble (Remastered) (3:41)
10. Nothin' Bother Me (Remastered) (4:06)
11. Crazy 'Bout You Baby (Remastered) (3:15)

Personnel:
Muddy Waters - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Otis Spann - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Sam Langhorn - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
George "Mojo" Buford as "John 'Mojo' Buford - Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
Luther "Georgia Boy-Snake" Johnson - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

The acoustic-only mode of GOIN' WAY BACK recalls Muddy's similarly constructed FOLKSINGER album. GOIN' WAY BACK doesn't have FOLKSINGER's deep-seated ominousness, but the intimacy and warmth are comparable to that legendary recording. This album was recorded in a single afternoon during a 1967 Canadian tour. In between shows, Muddy and his band gathered in a living room, armed only with acoustic guitars, for a spirited walk through their collective blues memory. An interesting side-note is that legendary pianist Otis Spann is confined exclusively to guitar here, as are the other members of Muddy's group. As always, Muddy's voice is both authoritative and relaxed, and its depth and warmth find a unique resonance in this acoustic company. Hailing from a time when Muddy was prevailed upon to enter into incongruous musical realms in the name of crossover success, GOIN' WAY BACK is a unique, appealing snapshot of the acoustic Delta roots that the Chicago blues godfather never abandoned.

Goin' Way Back

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VA - Confessin' The Blues

Size: 151,5+168,8 MB
Time: 63:52+71:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:10)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster (5:05)
03 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen (3:07)
04 Little Walter - I Hate To See You Go (2:15)
05 Chuck Berry - Little Queenie (2:43)
06 Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover (3:08)
07 Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down (2:55)
08 Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (3:03)
09 Magic Sam - All Your Love (3:52)
10 Sonny Boy Williamson - Dust My Broom (2:44)
11 Little Walter - Just Your Fool (2:22)
12 Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (2:21)
13 Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway (3:03)
14 Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Blues (2:31)
15 Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move (3:21)
16 Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City (2:41)
17 Big Maceo Merriweather - Worried Life Blues (2:53)
18 Little Johnny Taylor - Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Pt. 1) (3:17)
19 Howlin' Wolf - Commit A Crime (1991 Chess Box Version) (3:04)
20 Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:07)
21 Jay McShann - Confessin' The Blues (With Walter Brown) (2:58)

CD 2:
01 Howlin' Wolf - Just Like I Treat You ( 2:57)
02 Little Walter - I Got To Go ( 2:42)
03 Chuck Berry - Carol ( 2:51)
04 Bo Diddley - Mona ( 2:23)
05 Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You ( 2:51)
06 Elmore James & The Broom Dusters - Blues Before Sunrise ( 2:45)
07 Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy ( 3:00)
08 Boy Blue - Boogie Children ( 2:56)
09 Jimmy Reed - Little Rain ( 3:09)
10 Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues ( 2:17)
11 Reverend Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son (10:01)
12 Lightnin' Slim - Hoodoo Blues ( 4:05)
13 Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night ( 3:08)
14 Bo Diddley - Crawdad ( 2:24)
15 Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q ( 2:13)
16 Amos Milburn - Down The Road Apiece ( 2:58)
17 Howlin' Wolf - Little Baby ( 2:46)
18 Little Walter - Blue And Lonesome ( 2:54)
19 B.B. King - Rock Me Baby ( 3:02)
20 Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got The Blues ( 4:31)
21 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy ( 5:21)

The Rolling Stones have curated a new compilation, Confessin’ the Blues, that will feature songs from blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.

Confessin’ the Blues fittingly opens with Waters’ “Rollin’ Stone” and features other classics like Berry’s “Little Queenie,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Litle Red Rooster” and Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover.” The collection will also boast tracks from Elmore James, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, B.B. King and Buddy Guy.

Confessin' The Blues

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Luther 'Snake Boy' Johnson With Muddy Waters Blues Band - Chicken Shack (Vinyl)

Source: Vinyl
Size: 72,1 MB
Time: 30:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1974
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Mini Dress (2:27)
02. Remember Me (5:43)
03. Snake (2:39)
04. Comin' Home Baby (2:38)
05. Blues For Hippies (2:33)
06. Chicken Shack (2:58)
07. Love 'N Trouble (3:16)
08. I'm So Glad (3:11)
09. Love Without Jealousy (2:16)
10. Evil (2:35)

Personnel:
Guitar – Luther Johnson, Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorne
Piano – Otis Spann
Harmonica – George "Mojo" Buford
Drums – Francis Clay

The confusing plethora of artists working under the name of Luther (nickname here) Johnson can leave even those with a decent knowledge of blues in a major state of confusion. But in this biographical entry, we concern ourselves with the life and times of Luther "Georgia Boy/Snake Boy" Johnson who, to make matters even more confusing, also worked and recorded under the names Little Luther and Luther King. (It turns out his real name wasn't even Luther, but Lucius.) Upon his military discharge, he picked guitar as a member of the Milwaukee Supreme Angels gospel group, working the local church circuit. But the blues bug hit and he soon had his own little blues trio together, eventually settling in Chicago by the early '60s. He played for a while with Elmore James and was a regular fixture in the Muddy Waters band by the mid-'60s. He recorded as Little Luther for Chess in the mid-'60s ("The Twirl") and by 1970 was relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, working as a solo artist. The next five years found him working steadily on the college and blues festival circuit before cancer overtook him on March 18, 1976, at a mere 41 years of age. ~ by Cub Koda

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Muddy Waters - Live In Boston: The WBCN Broadcast

Size: 107,7 MB
Time: 46:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Caledonia (Live) (5:31)
02. Kansas City (Live) (8:38)
03. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Live) (2:51)
04. Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) (Live) (4:20)
05. Baby Please Don't Go (Live) (4:04)
06. Long Distance Call (Live) (7:30)
07. Mannish Boy (Live) (5:21)
08. Got My Mojo Working (Live) (3:05)
09. You Don’t Have To Go (Live) (4:57)

Muddy Waters, live from Paul’s Mall, Boston on Muddy Waters Day 15th June 1976.

Muddy arrived in Boston on 15th June 1976, on his 60th birthday when was met with open arms by city mayor Kevin White. The mayor would proudly proclaim during Waters’ appearance at Paul’s Mall that night, that from this day forth, the 15th June shall now be known as Muddy Water’s Day.
Waters has his invaluable band behind him here with Pinetop Perkins, ‘Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin, Calvin ‘Fuzz’ Jones , Luther ‘Guitar Jr’ Johnson, Jerry Portnoy and Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith. A staggering combination of fluency and bite takes on numerous chunks of Waters’ iconic songbook. Waters’ legacy is almost unmatched, not only in terms music, but also the fabric of a whole generation and the culture it came to define.

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