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Once Chess discovered a white folk-blues audience ripe and ready to hear the real thing, they released a series of albums under the Real Folk Blues banner. This is one of the best entries in the series, a mixed bag of early Chess sides from 1949-1954, some of it hearkening back to Muddy's first recordings for Aristocrat with only Big Crawford on strings in support, with some wonderful full band sides rounding out the package to give everyone the big picture. A couple of highlights to pay special attention to are the cha cha/shuffle strut of the band charging through "Walkin' Through the Park" and the "I'm a Man"-derived nastiness of "Mannish Boy."
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Muddy Waters, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Rogers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin R. London, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Francis Clay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Muddy Waters, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bernard Roth, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Muddy Waters, MainArtist - Walter Horton, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Francis Clay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Muddy Waters, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Cotton, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Luther Tucker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Pat Hare, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Stephenson, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Francis Clay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 Geffen Records
Ian Green, Producer - Robert Leroy Johnson, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Muddy Waters, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1950 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Muddy Waters, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1949 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Muddy Waters, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - S.P. Leary, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - James "Pee Wee" Madison, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Muddy Waters, MainArtist - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Sunnyland Slim, FeaturedArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1947 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Muddy Waters, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Ernest "Big" Crawford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bernard Roth, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Muddy Waters, MainArtist - Little Walter, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Rogers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Pat Hare, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Clay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Muddy Waters, MainArtist - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1949 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Muddy Waters, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer - S.P. Leary, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - James "Pee Wee" Madison, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records
Album review
Once Chess discovered a white folk-blues audience ripe and ready to hear the real thing, they released a series of albums under the Real Folk Blues banner. This is one of the best entries in the series, a mixed bag of early Chess sides from 1949-1954, some of it hearkening back to Muddy's first recordings for Aristocrat with only Big Crawford on strings in support, with some wonderful full band sides rounding out the package to give everyone the big picture. A couple of highlights to pay special attention to are the cha cha/shuffle strut of the band charging through "Walkin' Through the Park" and the "I'm a Man"-derived nastiness of "Mannish Boy."
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:44
- Main artists: Muddy Waters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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