Muddy Waters - They Call Me Muddy Waters [Music Avenue]

Title: They Call Me Muddy Waters [Music Avenue] Artist: Muddy Waters Release Date: 7/11/2006 Label: Music Avenue Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 5413992501243 Genre: Blues Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago 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: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Gypsy Woman
2. I Can't Be Satisfied
3. I Feel Like Going Home
4. Screamin' and Cryin'
5. Rollin' and Tumblin'
6. Rollin' Stone
7. You're Gonna Need My Help I Said
8. Early Morning Blues
9. Louisiana Blues
10. Long Distance Call
11. Honey Bee
12. Howlin' Wolf
13. She Moves Me
14. Still a Fool
15. They Call Me Muddy Waters
16. All Night Long
17. Stuff You Gotta Watch
18. Iodine in My Coffee
19. Baby Please Don't Go
20. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
21. I Just Wanna Make Love to You
22. I'm Ready
23. Mannish Boy
24. Sugar Sweet
25. Trouble No More

1. Baby Please Don't Go [Live]
2. Soon Forgotten [Live]
3. Corrina, Corrina [Live]
4. After Hours [Live]
5. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Live]
6. Junior's Shuffle [Live]
7. Howlin' Wolf [Live]
8. Floyd's Guitar Blues [Live]
9. Blow Wind Blow [Live]
10. Caldonia [Live]
11. Screamin' and Cryin' [Live]
12. Got My Mojo Working [Live]
13. Garbage Man [Live]
14. J.P.'s Boogie [Live]
15. Goin' Down Slow [Live]
16. What's the Matter with the Mill [Live]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Music Avenue 250124

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Usually, compilations like this, budget items with cheesy artwork and few notes, are a real drag to listen to. Not so this Music Avenue issue of Chess material by Muddy Waters, They Call Me Muddy Waters. Spanning two discs, there are no less than 41 cuts. Disc one features 25 studio cuts from the early to late 1950s and early '60s. Among them are stellar performances of "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (in a session produced by the tune's author Willie Dixon), "Rollin' and Tumblin'," "Rollin' Stone," "Howlin' Wolf," and many more. The live session comes from a number of live sources, but while sound quality may very a bit -- generally it is quite good -- the performances are top-notch with crack bands and full of sparking energy. The best cuts are "Got My Mojo Workin'," a sallow, burning "Screamin' and Cryin'," and a smoking read of "Caldonia." For anyone interested in Waters' music -- and not his story -- and on a budget, this collection would be a decent place to start. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alfie Falckenbach Art Direction, Essay Didier Scohier Layout Design, Design Leonard Chess Original Recording Producer Phil Chess Original Recording Producer Willie Dixon Original Recording Producer