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(MIG) 27 tracks - Recorded live at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany December 10,... more

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Muddy Waters: Live At Rockpalast (2-CD/DVD)

(MIG) 27 tracks - Recorded live at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany December 10, 1978 together with Pinetop Perkins, Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Calvin Jones, Bob Margolin, Luther 'Guitar Jr,' Johnson and Jerry Portnoy plus a concert by the Muddy Waters Tribute Band, recorded libe at the 'Loreley' open air festival, June, 23rd, 1996 - codefree DVD

Muddy Waters - Live At Rockpalast

Muddy Waters had a great ear for talent and accordingly the formation accompanying him on this DVD was one of the very best: The pianist Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, bass player Calvin Jones, the two guitarists Luther"GuitarJr."Johnson and Bob Margolin and harmonica player Jerry Portnoy. At Westfalenhalle Dortmund on December 10, 1978 for the Rockpalast recording Muddy Waters still was at the height of his creative power, his mighty vocals and his splendid charisma on stage fascinated the audience.

Muddy's guitar playing on the Fender Telecaster especially comes into full effect with his typical slow blues solos - and seldom had Muddy such a hot sound as in this tv recording of the WDR. The song selection of the evening consisted of several f his biggest hits, but also less performed titles.

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Interpret: Muddy Waters
Album titlle: Live At Rockpalast (2-CD/DVD)
Genre Blues
Label MADE IN GERMANY
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0885513907820
weight in Kg 0.3

Muddy Waters - Live At Rockpalast (2-CD/DVD) CD 1
01	Intro	Muddy Waters
02	I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man	Muddy Waters
03	Soon Forgotten	Muddy Waters
04	Baby Please Son't Go	Muddy Waters
05	They Call MeMuddy Waters	Muddy Waters
06	Walkin' Thru The Park	Muddy Waters
07	Country Boy (All Night Long)	Muddy Waters
08	Kansas City	Muddy Waters
09	Caledonia	Muddy Waters
10	Everything's Gonna Be Alright	Muddy Waters
11	Mannish Boy	Muddy Waters
12	Got My Mojo Working	Muddy Waters
13	Sweet Home Chicago	Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters - Live At Rockpalast (2-CD/DVD) CD 2
01	Clouds In my Heart	Muddy Waters
02	Walkin' Thru The Park	Muddy Waters
03	You Can't Lose What You Ain't Had	Muddy Waters
04	You Don't Have To Go	Muddy Waters
05	Honey Bee	Muddy Waters
06	Everything's Gonna Be Alright	Muddy Waters
07	Laundromat Blues	Muddy Waters
08	I'm Ready	Muddy Waters
09	If The Washing Don't get You, The Rising Will	Muddy Waters
10	Hard Hard Way	Muddy Waters
11	I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man	Muddy Waters
12	Gone To Main Street (feat. Levon Helm)	Muddy Waters
13	Got My Mojo Working	Muddy Waters
14	Mannish Boy	Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters Although Chess claimed that Muddy Waters was responsible for penning the... more

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Although Chess claimed that Muddy Waters was responsible for penning the rousing Got My Mojo Working on this single, it emanated from outside the confines of Arc Music, Chess’ publishing arm.

"We went on tour with a lady named Ann Cole. She's the one that originally did 'Mojo,’" says his then-road harpist, James Cotton. "Muddy said, 'That's my kind of stuff there, talkin' about the mojo and all that kind of thing. I need to learn that song so I can do it.' He said, 'Learn the words to it for me.' So I learned the words, and I learned to play it. I taught him the words when I knew everything. They recorded it, him and Walter. It did pretty good.

When Muddy got back to Chicago, he made the song his own on either December 1, 1956 or January 16, 1957. As Cotton noted, Little Walter was still his main harp man in the studio; other participants were his essential 88s ace Otis Spann, guitarist Jimmy Rogers, bassist Willie Dixon, and new drummer Francis Clay. But this rendition wouldn’t be the one everyone so widely copied; that version was done live at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival with James on harp (Chess issued Waters’ set on LP). "I put the arrangement on there," says Cotton. "Now it's a classic."

In between the two Mojos, Waters made his maiden voyage to England in 1958, bringing along his electric guitar. British fans accustomed to Big Bill Broonzy’s acoustic blues weren’t quite ready for the aural assault. "I went over there, and they went stone nuts. ‘Where’s he comin’ from with all this noise?’" said Muddy, who tried to comply on his next visit. "I go back a couple of years later and didn’t bring it, and then they’re cryin’, ‘Where’s your electric guitar?’"

Always loyal to Chess, the ‘60s weren’t overly kind to Muddy from a recording standpoint. The nadir was his pseudo-psychedelic 1968 travesty ‘Electric Mud.’ Muddy freely ripped the album later on. "I really went with the company with that part," he said. "I hope they never play it." During the mid-‘70s, Waters underwent a studio renaissance on a new label, Blue Sky. Producer Johnny Winter strove to restore Muddy’s original sound on his acclaimed 1977 LP ‘Hard Again.’ "He was one of the young white kids who was really deep into it," said Muddy.

The King of Chicago Blues died of cancer April 30, 1983 at age 70. It’s a sure bet no one will ever take his place. "Maybe somebody else would have come up and went another way," Waters mused. "I came up at the right time and the right season, and I should say, I just taken it over. I just taken Chicago completely over!"

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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