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Muddy Waters: Hard Again

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On January 10, 1977, “Blue Sky” label released “Hard Again”, the twelfth Muddy Waters studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Johnny Winter.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters– vocals, guitar
  • Bob Margolin– guitar
  • Johnny Winter– guitar, miscellaneous screaming
  • Pinetop Perkins– piano
  • James Cotton– harmonica
  • Charles Calmese – bass
  • Willie “Big Eyes” Smith– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters), except where noted.

  1. Mannish Boy – McKinley Morganfield, Ellas McDaniel, Mel London
  2. Bus Driver – McKinley Morganfield, Terry Abrahamson
  3. I Want to Be Loved – Willie Dixon
  4. Jealous Hearted Man
  5. I Can’t Be Satisfied
  6. The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock And Roll, Pt. 2 – McKinley Morganfield, Brownie McGhee
  7. Deep Down in Florida
  8. Crosseyed Cat
  9. Little Girl

Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man

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On January 7, 1954, Muddy Waters recorded “Hoochie Coochie Man”, a blues standard written by Willie Dixon. The song originally titled “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” became one of Muddy Waters most popular songs and one of the best known blues standards of all time.  In 2004, the song was selected for preservation by the US “Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry”. The song was released in 1954 by “Chess” label as a Ten-inch 78 rpm & seven-inch 45 rpm records (She’s So Pretty as B-side) and was produced by Leonard Chess.

The Allman Brothers Band: Same

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On November 4, 1969, “Atco Records” label released the debut, self-titled  Allman Brothers Band  album. It was recorded August 3–12, 1969, at the “Atlantic Studios”, in New York, and was produced by Adrian Barber.

Personnel:

  • Gregg Allman – vocal, organ
  • Duane Allman – guitars
  • Dickey Bets – guitars
  • Berry Oakley – bass, backing vocals
  • Jai Johanny Johanson – drums, percussion
  • Robert Kingsbury – design
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gregg Allman, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Want You No More – Spencer Davis, Edward Hardin
  2. It’s Not My Cross to Bear
  3. Black Hearted Woman
  4. Trouble No More – McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)
  5. Every Hungry Woman
  6. Dreams
  7. Whipping Post

Johnny Winter: Nothin’ But The Blues

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On August 30, 1977, “Blue Sky” label released “Nothin’ But the Blues”, the eight Johnny Winter studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “The Schoolhouse” and was produced by Johnny Winter.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Winter – vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, bass
  • Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Margolin – guitar
  • Pinetop Perkins – piano
  • James Cotton- harmonica
  • Charles Calmese – bass
  • Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – drums

All tracks by Johnny Winter, except where noted.

  1. Tired of Tryin’
  2. TV Mama
  3. Sweet Love and Evil Women
  4. Everybody’s Blues
  5. Drinkin’ Blues
  6. Mad Blues
  7. It was Rainin
  8. Bladie Mae
  9. Walkin’ Thru the Park – Muddy Waters

The Butterfield Blues Band: East West

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On August 30, 1966, “Elektra” released “East West”, the second Butterfield Blues Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1966, at the “Chess Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Mark Abramson and Paul Rothchild.

Personnel:

  • Paul Butterfield— vocals, harmonica
  • Mike Bloomfield— electric guitar
  • Elvin Bishop— lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Mark Naftalin— piano, organ
  • Jerome Arnold— bass
  • Billy Davenport— drums

Track listing:

  1. Walking Blues – Robert Johnson
  2. Get Out of my Life Woman – Allen Toussaint
  3. I Got a Mind to Give up Living – traditional
  4. All These Blues – traditional
  5. Work Song – Nat Adderley
  6. Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
  7. Two Trains Running – Muddy Waters
  8. Never Say No – traditional
  9. East – West – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Graventies

Johnny Winter

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On July 16, 2014, John Dawson Winter III aka Johnny Winter, died aged 60.  He was musician (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), singer, and producer, best known for his unique guitar style and explosive live performances. Winter  was producer of three Muddy Waters “Grammy Award” winning albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the “Blues Foundation Hall of Fame” and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.

Muddy Waters

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On April 30, 1983, McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters died aged 70. He was musician (guitar), singer and somgwriter, named the “Father of modern Chicago Blues”. Waters wrote few classic standards including “I just want to make love to you”, “I’m your Hoochie Coochie Man”, “Got my Mojo working” and had a major influence on many artists including Cream, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin. The Rolling Stones named themselves after Waters’ 1950 song “Rollin’ Stone”.

Buddy Miles

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On February 28, 2008, George Allen Miles aka Buddy Miles died aged 60.  He was musician (drums, percussion), singer, songwriter and producer, worked with Jimmy Hendrix, The Delfonics, The Ink Spots, Wilson Pickett, Electric Flag, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Muddy Waters and Barry White.

Willie Dixon

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On January 29, 1992, William James “Willie” Dixon died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, “Grammy Award” winner ,next to Muddy Waters recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post-World War II sound of the Chicago blues. His songs were recorded by countless number of musicians such as Bob Dylan, Cream, Jeff Beck, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. Some of his best known songs are “Hoochie Coochie Man”, “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, “Little Red Rooster”, “My Babe”, “Spoonful”, and “You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover”.