Muddy Waters - The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981

Title: The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981 Artist: Muddy Waters Release Date: 5/5/2009 Label: Raven Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 612657029626 Genre: Blues Styles: Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Confident, Earthy, Exuberant, Passionate, Plaintive, Raucous, Rollicking, Rousing, Boisterous, Cathartic, Earnest, Energetic, Exciting, Greasy, Gritty, Rowdy, Amiable/Good-Natured, Fiery, Freewheeling, Melancholy, Organic, Playful, Autumnal, Brooding, Party/Celebratory, Quirky, Visceral, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Mannish Boy
2. I'm Ready
3. Rock Me
4. I Want to Be Loved
5. 33 Years
6. The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll
7. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
8. Crosseyed Cat
9. Who Do You Trust
10. Good Morning Little School Girl
11. Copper Brown
12. I Can't Be Satisfied
13. I'm a King Bee
14. Mean Old Frisco Blues
15. Champagne & Reefer
16. (My Eyes) Keep Me in Trouble
17. Baby Please Don't Go
18. Trouble No More
19. Walking Thru the Park

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Raven 296

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Muddy Waters left Chess only when the label folded upon its sale in the mid-'70s, but by that point he was in need of the kind of career revival that only comes with a new label and new set of collaborators. That's precisely what Muddy received in 1976, when he signed with Blue Sky Records and teamed up with the hotshot blues-rock guitarist Johnny Winter, who produced Waters' acclaimed 1977 comeback, Hard Again, and its sequels, 1978's I'm Ready and 1981's King Bee, along with supporting Muddy for the 1979 concert set Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live. All four albums are cherry-picked for Raven's 2009 compilation The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981, which also adds a cut from the 2003 deluxe edition of Live and Muddy's duet "Walking Thru the Park" from Winter's 1977 album, Nothin' But the Blues. Although Hard Again is indisputably the best album of the batch, vibrating with Muddy's renewed vigor, the other records maintained a fairly consistent high level of quality, with many of the best moments featured here among these 19 tracks. Winter placed Waters in a setting that recalled the loose, gritty intimacy of Chess but crackled with the electric energy and dirty rhythms of his disciples, something that revitalized Muddy and still gives these recordings a kick that resonates decades later. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bob Margolin Guitar, Bass Calvin "Fuzz" Jones Bass Charles Calmese Bass Ian McFarlane Release Preparation James Cotton Harp Jerry Portnoy Harp Jimmy Rogers Guitar Joe Willie Perkins Piano Johnny Winter Guitar, Audio Production, Vocals, Producer Kevin Mueller Concept, Release Preparation Muddy Waters Vocals, Guitar Peter Shillito Compilation, Release Preparation, Compilation Producer, Concept Terry Reilly Liner Notes Walter Horton Harp Warren Barnett Mastering Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Drums Willie Smith Drums