Muddy Waters - The Blues: Rolling Stone: 1941-1950

Title: The Blues: Rolling Stone: 1941-1950 Artist: Muddy Waters Release Date: 7/30/2002 Label: Fremeaux & Associes Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 3448960926621 Genre: Blues Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Blues Revival, Slide Guitar 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: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Country Blues
2. I Be's Troubled
3. Ramblin' Kid Blues
4. Jitterbug Blues
5. Gipsy Woman
6. Little Anna Mae
7. Good Looking Woman
8. Mean Disposition
9. I Can't Be Satisfied
10. I Feel Like Going Home
11. Train Fare Home
12. Down South Blues
13. Kind Hearted Woman
14. Sittin' Here and Drinkin'
15. You're Gonna Miss Me
16. Mean Red Spider
17. Standing Here Trembling
18. Streamline Woman

1. Muddy Jumps One
2. Hard Days
3. Little Geneva
4. Canary Bird
5. Burying Ground
6. Screamin' and Cryin'
7. Where's My Woman Been?
8. Last Time I Fool Around with You
9. Rollin' and Tumblin'
10. Rolling Stone
11. Rollin' and Tumblin' #2
12. Walking Blues
13. You're Gonna Need My Help I Said
14. Sad Letter Blues
15. Early Morning Blues
16. Appealing Blues
17. Louisiana Blues
18. Evans' Shuffle

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Fremeaux & Associes 266

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There are countless Muddy Waters compilations on the market, but what makes this two-disc package so interesting is that it traces the transformation of Waters from a tractor operator on Stovall's Plantation in Mississippi to his incarnation as the king of chicago blues. Opening with a pair of acoustic field recordings, "Country Blues" and the poignant "I Be's Troubled," that Waters recorded under his real name of McKinley Morganfield for Alan Lomax in 1941, this valuable set then moves on to include his fiery early Chicago recordings for the Chess imprint Aristocrat, sides that came a scant six years after the Lomax sessions and show both the similarities and differences between the old and new approaches to the blues that Waters came to symbolize. No song better illustrates all of this than 1948's "I Can't Be Satisfied," a ragged, kinetic blast of electric blues that is none other than "I Be's Troubled" with a fresh coat of modernist paint. It rocks and roars as hard as anything Waters ever cut, but still retains the strutting poignancy of the original acoustic version from 1941. With other key early Chicago tracks like "Rollin' and Tumblin'" on board, this collection captures Waters in his most innovative and exciting phase. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Atkins Sax (Tenor) Claude Colombini Concept Elgin Evans Bateria Ernest "Big" Crawford Bass, Surdo, Bateria Gerard Herzhaft Liner Notes, Text, Discography, Musical Direction, Collection Homer Harris Guitar James Clark Piano Jimmy Rogers Guitar John Lee Hooker Vocals, Guitar Johnny Jones & the King Casuals Piano Judge Riley Bateria Laure Wright English Translations, Adaptation Leroy Foster Bateria, Guitar, Vocals Little Walter Vocals, Harmonica Louis Ford Mandolin Muddy Waters Vocals, Guitar Patrick Frémeaux Concept Percy Thomas Guitar Son Simms Violin Sunnyland Slim Piano Tampa Red Guitar Willie Dixon Bass