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Muddy Water Live (At Mr. Kelly's) shows precisely how fortuitous Muddy Waters' history with Chess Records was. With the notable exception of Bo Diddley's Beach Party, the company tended to record its top artists in concert very late or, more often, not at all. Howlin' Wolf got one concert album so late in his career that he was merely a shadow of the legend he'd established for himself, and the label's resident blues harp virtuosi Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II were never captured in concert. Waters was luckier. This album, recorded during two June 1971 gigs at one of Chicago's top clubs, was the third full-length concert release of his career; and he had a decade of life and music still in front of him and remained very much the embodiment of his own legend. The core of the band that would work with him for the rest of the '70s was already with him, and the man himself was in excellent form -- in voice and on slide guitar -- aided by Sammy Lawhorn and Pee Wee Madison. There might not be the same sense here of a career-second-wind-in-progress that there was with his later live album for Johnny Winter's Blue Sky label -- the performance is powerful and confident, more than bold and celebratory -- but on "Strange Woman," "Blow Wind Blow," and "Country Boy," for example, the effect of hearing a master of the blues virtuoso band in action is overpowering. His takes on Williamson's "Nine Below Zero," T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday Blues," John Lee Hooker's "Boom, Boom," and Jimmy Reed's "You Don't Have to Go," all reconfigured in Muddy's own style, are also worth hearing. There might have been more flash on the later Winter-produced sides, but this LP is not to be ignored, and not just by Chess completists -- it's a hell of a lot more essential than Electric Mud, and heralds the superb Indian summer of Waters' history at Chess, during which he recorded Can't Get No Grindin' and The Woodstock Album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - E. MCDANIELS, Lyricist - E. MCDANIELS, Composer - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. London, Composer - M. London, Lyricist - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Charles Calmese, Bass - Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson, Guitar - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - S. B. Williamson, Composer - S. B. Williamson, Lyricist - Johnny Winter, Producer - Johnny Winter, Guitar
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Charles Calmese, Bass - Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson, Guitar - McKinley Morganfield, Composer - McKinley Morganfield, Lyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Johnny Winter, Producer - Johnny Winter, Guitar
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Joseph Williams, Composer - Joseph Williams, Lyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Charles Calmese, Bass - Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson, Guitar - McKinley Morganfield, Composer - McKinley Morganfield, Lyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Johnny Winter, Producer - Johnny Winter, Guitar
(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
B. Feyne, Composer - B. Feyne, Lyricist - Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - R. Bruce, Composer - R. Bruce, Lyricist - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - A. Walker, Composer - A. Walker, Lyricist - A. Parrish, Composer - A. Parrish, Lyricist - Aaron Walker, Lyricist - Aaron Walker, Composer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Willie Dixon, Composer - Willie Dixon, Lyricist - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - M. Morganfield, Composer - M. Morganfield, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
M. Stoller, Composer - M. Stoller, Lyricist - Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - J. Leiber, Composer - J. Leiber, Lyricist - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, Composer - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, Lyricist - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Willie Dixon, Composer - Willie Dixon, Lyricist - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Walter Jacobs, Composer - Walter Jacobs, Lyricist - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Johnny Winter, Producer - Calvin Jones, Bass - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Guitar - Pinetop Perkins, Piano - Preston Foster, Composer - Preston Foster, Lyricist - Bob Margolin, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Vocal - Muddy Waters, Guitar - Muddy Waters, Performer - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Drums - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Albumbeschreibung
Muddy Water Live (At Mr. Kelly's) shows precisely how fortuitous Muddy Waters' history with Chess Records was. With the notable exception of Bo Diddley's Beach Party, the company tended to record its top artists in concert very late or, more often, not at all. Howlin' Wolf got one concert album so late in his career that he was merely a shadow of the legend he'd established for himself, and the label's resident blues harp virtuosi Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II were never captured in concert. Waters was luckier. This album, recorded during two June 1971 gigs at one of Chicago's top clubs, was the third full-length concert release of his career; and he had a decade of life and music still in front of him and remained very much the embodiment of his own legend. The core of the band that would work with him for the rest of the '70s was already with him, and the man himself was in excellent form -- in voice and on slide guitar -- aided by Sammy Lawhorn and Pee Wee Madison. There might not be the same sense here of a career-second-wind-in-progress that there was with his later live album for Johnny Winter's Blue Sky label -- the performance is powerful and confident, more than bold and celebratory -- but on "Strange Woman," "Blow Wind Blow," and "Country Boy," for example, the effect of hearing a master of the blues virtuoso band in action is overpowering. His takes on Williamson's "Nine Below Zero," T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday Blues," John Lee Hooker's "Boom, Boom," and Jimmy Reed's "You Don't Have to Go," all reconfigured in Muddy's own style, are also worth hearing. There might have been more flash on the later Winter-produced sides, but this LP is not to be ignored, and not just by Chess completists -- it's a hell of a lot more essential than Electric Mud, and heralds the superb Indian summer of Waters' history at Chess, during which he recorded Can't Get No Grindin' and The Woodstock Album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:40:27
- Main artists: Muddy Waters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2003 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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