Muddy Waters

Saw Shine A Light this weekend. Pretty good show, and definitely worth the extra couple dollars to see it at the IMAX. This was my favorite song by far:

The celebrated "British Blues Revival" of the mid to late sixties spelled hard times for true blues Titans. We were all convinced that "the blues" was extended guitar solos and neon clothing. Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and others nurtured up and comers in the music, the structure of the blues, but really.....these kids didn't know from The Blues. Oh, they knew the records, they knew the songs, but they didn't know the blues. They'd sing of The Crossroads, They'd sing of... MORE

The audio track was recorded in Chicago in 1949 and features Johnny Jones on piano, Tampa Red on guitar, Leroy Foster on drums and, of course, Muddy on guitar and vocals. It's my favorite track so far on the 4-CD Proper box set King Of the Chicago Blues. The video is Muddy live, late in life (1976) singing Mannish Boy (AKA I'm A Man) onstage with Robbie Robertson on guitar and Paul Butterfield on harp. What a voice! It's immediately followed by Eric Clapton doing Furthe... MORE

The last two months have been dark in more ways than one. Dudley's death added an under- (and sometimes over-)current of sadness to every day and lonely night. I was better during the week, working away from home but couldn't help breaking down every weekend when home. I resisted getting another bulldog until "it was time", though my wife wanted to try to end the mourning immediately. It's time! Meet baby Mojo, an 8-pound male English Bulldog puppy who flew in from Fay... MORE

Those of us in sales, can attest...when we have a great day - you feel like this. But even if you're not feelin' it tonight, enjoy the smoove sounds of this incredible line-up: Muddy Waters Otis Spann on Keys Willie Dixon on Stand Up Bass Sonny Boy Williamson on the Harmonica Matt Murphy on the Guitar This represents the absolute pinnacle of the Chicago Blues...

Got turned onto this one by the same guy who hooked me up with the Eddie Fisher album I mentioned a couple of weeks ago... One of Muddy's two late-60s electric records on Cadet, backed by session men Charles Stepney, Phil Upchurch, Louis Satterfield, and Morris Jennings. Muddy Waters through a fuzztone - absolutely incredible. Muddy Waters Ramblin Mind from After the Rain

It always raises a smile to think that so much psychedelic music was just blues played at jet-age volume with lashings of feedback and distortion. What a great idea! All those guys had already been playing the tunes for ages in their “folk years”, before The Beatles and The Stones made them realise it always sounds better on a louder guitar, but they had ample opportunities during the psychedelic years to drink from the source. During the heyday of the Fillmore, Avalon and... MORE

This is a classic recording of the great blues man’s “Hoochie Coochie Man” off a cool album, The Lost Tapes. If you’re not familiar with Muddy Waters and and blues, this is a great one to get started. And if you are, you may not have heard this recording before. Dig it.

He put the big beat to the blues

reading the post about Bo Diddley Reminded me of this.Zepplin,Cream,and Hendrix,all mashed up and hired to back Muddy Waters = Genius. At last! got one to load

I don't know how he couldn't pull her; he's the coolest cat that walked this earth

I've notice afew postings over the last week or so, with a blue kinda theme. I thought I'd start off with a nice blue pic, and a cool Muddy tag.

Who loves BLUE(s)? Lets me see/hear what ya got..........