Muddy Waters Live '76 (CD, Echoes, ?) ***
Muddy Waters Hard Again (CD, CBS Records, 1977) ****
Muddy Waters I'm Ready (CD, CBS Records, 1978) ****
Places I remember: HMV (East Croydon); The Warehouse
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Going Down To Mainstreet (TMWWA)
Gear costume: The Blues Had A Baby And They Called It Rock And Roll (Hard Again), 33 Years (I'm Ready)
Active compensatory factors: The Woodstock Album is Muddy's final album for Chess and he ends things on a high thanks to Levon Helm and cronies, including Garth Hudson and Paul Butterfield on some blistering harmonica.
Where do they all belong? And that's it for Muddy on CD. Your best bet if new to Muddy remains a Chess compilation.
Genre: Blues
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Going Down To Mainstreet (TMWWA)
Gear costume: The Blues Had A Baby And They Called It Rock And Roll (Hard Again), 33 Years (I'm Ready)
In between that and the late career albums with Johnny Winter, comes Live in '76 - a raw set of songs broadcast on the radio from Pall's Mall in Boston.
Of the trio of Johnny Winter curated albums I have the first two essential albums (must get King Bee sometime). The band is HOT and Muddy has full command of his extraordinary powers.
Where do they all belong? And that's it for Muddy on CD. Your best bet if new to Muddy remains a Chess compilation.
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