Blues for Aficionados

Muddy Waters

FOLK SINGER

James Cotton(harmonica), Otis Spann(piano), Willie Dixon(bass), Buddy Guy(guitar)
MCA Chess    1963-64  /  1999

The title is a misnomer if ever there was one.  As the notes point out, this was an attempt to cash in on the 'Folk Music' craze of the times.  The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary type music. 
This CD is really just Muddy playing the Blues.

My Home Is In The Delta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_TJoSf6_z0

My Captain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UpL_ewXIhw

My John The Conqueror Root
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLVo8zkBy1w

Good Morning Little School Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOCgOX2dtPQ

You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjowO17SyA

Cheers

Muddy Waters: His Best, 1947 to 1955

THE CHESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION

MCA  Chess    1997

Excellent Booklet with a historical bent.  "When Muddy Waters began his recording career for the Aristocrat Records Label in 1947, the world was enjoying a post-war buzz of activity.  India gained Independence, Maria Callas debuted, Dead sea Scrolls discovered, Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Al Capone and Henry Ford died."

A lifetime ago.

Sugar Sweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrx5YdFsQ8

Young Fashioned Ways
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQBEsSas-w0

I Feel Like Going Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M0kkmCbdQY

Hoochie Coochie Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSnxwnPkgas

She Moves Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX5TX7Y1jCY

Cheers

Muddy Waters: His Best, 1956 to 1964

THE CHESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION

MCA Chess   1997

Notes:  "Muddy Waters might have been the most magnificent of all the Bluesmen to come out of Mississippi...Muddy became a father figure to generations of musicians, black and white.  Muddy became an institution.  Back in Indianola, we knew that he'd gone to Chicago, where he established a whole school that he'd rule for five decades.  Some went to the South Side before Muddy and some went after...but no one had Muddy's authority.  He was the boss of Chicago and the reason some call Chicago the sure-enough home of the Blues." --  B.B. King


All Aboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0snu8RLorQ

Forty Days And Forty Nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SiqyQbtEIk

The Same Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ancHn85FGrQ

I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2PUAa0MKc

Got My Mojo Working
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frs6IRCmJeY

Cheers

Muddy Waters

ONE MORE MILE: Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1

Chess   1994    2CD Set

Notes:  "It's long been thought that all the existing Muddy Waters Chess studio recordings had already been issued; those that were still missing were presumed to be lost forever. Therefore, this surprise-package set of rarities and recent discoveries will delight even long-time Muddy Waters collectors and fans.
     The first thirty tracks on this set closely parallel the growth and development of Muddy's career at Chess Records.  From the earliest tracks, which feature just a single guitar and bass, the growth of his musical development moves steadily along.  Band members come and go, with the resulting changes in the group's sound, and we can actually hear the refining process at work."

Hard Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-mzePSs-s

Burying Ground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMGlWJ-tSA

Crawlin' Kingsnake (Alternate Take)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4M6wcyJ58

Rollin' Stone (Alternate Take)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBhTC0y9EVA

Trouble In Mind (Hornless Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMbi3AYhlY

Hoochie Coochie Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb23nVUgBFk

And 35 more!!

Cheers

Muddy Waters

THE CHESS BOX

MCA Chess    1989    3CD Set

Notes: "72 classic performances by perhaps the greatest Bluesman ever, Muddy Waters.  Covering a quarter century on Chess Records, the recordings are sequenced as recorded and are digitally remastered from the original masters or original Chess 78 r.p.m. singles.  Twenty-Four of the tracks are rare, including 10 previously unreleased.  Included is a 32-page booklet, featuring two sets of liner notes (one focusing on Muddy's life, the other on his music), song-by-song credits, a complete album by album Chess discography, historic photos and related memorabilia."

Package and booklet are the size of a LP set.  They don't make them like this anymore.  Great photos and info.

Disc one:  1947 to 1954

Gypsy Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX1t5rzN5A&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Rollin' And Tumblin' (Pt. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLy2zPZV0s0&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Honey Bee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf5XkGko9k&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Walkin' Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHurLHs2g8&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Cheers