Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live

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This is the sho' nuff' blues baby, it's the bluesman Muddy Waters, his amplified bottleneck guitar is howling and his bold rhythmic voice is shouting the harsh realities of life and love from the Mississippi Delta and the cold urban experiences of Chicago. Pat your foot, shake your booty or just get down and do the boogie because Waters and his cohorts are laying down the natural born Mississippi blues in the tradition of his mentors Robert Johnson and Son House. Members of this live performance include guitarist Johnny Winter, the great James Cotton on harmonica, pianist Pine Top Perkins, bassist Calvin Jones and drummer Willie Big Eyes Smith among others.

The interaction between the band is virtually telepathic. These noted songs such as Mannish Boy, She's Nineteen Years Old, Nine Below Zero and Streamline Woman have become Waters' standards and serve as a measuring rod by which all others have been and continue to be measured. It was live performances like this that solidified Waters as one of the unparalleled musicians of modern blues and set the stage for such off-shoots as rock-and-roll and the great British invasion. This set demonstrates how Waters broadened the traditional base of his music to incorporate new instrumental sounds and textures.

-Ron Scott

Contents

Mannish Boy; She's Nineteen Years Old; Nine Below Zero; Streamline Woman; Howling Wolf; Baby Please Don't Go; Deep Down In Florida.

Muddy Waters, Guitar/Vocals.