Blues for Aficionados

Muddy Waters

BLUES SKY

Muddy waters(vocal/guitar), Johnny Winter(guitar/screaming), James Cotton(harp), Pinetop Perkins(piano), Bob Margolin(guitar), Charles Calmese(bass), Willie "Big Eyes" Smith(drums)
Epic / Sony    1992

Excellent Booklet!  

Jealous Hearted Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE3tjmJuQwk

Who do You Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpgI6pvASI

Mamie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4C2-JqUYZ8

Too young to know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E-Y3378riI

Cheers

Muddy Waters

THE COMPLETE PLANTATION RECORDINGS

MCA Chess    1993

Excellent Booklet accounting the history of the Library of Congress Field Recordings.  A Long way from the electric Muddy of Chicago.

Country Blues (No. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRAXrVt3Ass

Joe Turner                        Louis Ford(vocal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRz55odXdo0

Pearlie May Blues          Percy Thomas(vocal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI-25wN64s

You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (No. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx5jjqAbwc

Ramblin' Kid Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4r9lyfMQfg

Cheers

Muddy Waters

35 years later.

Muddy Waters / Clark Terry: Stormy Monday Blues (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4YB_6P4qk

Cheers

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