At Newport 1960

Foundational blues. If these guys were playing Old Duke I might even be tempted to stop there for a pint (or two!)

It was alright. It is just not the kind of music that get me going. Not something I would want to actively listen to on a regular basis.

I liked it better than I thought i was going to. seems like something that would be pleasant to here at a coffee shop or on vinyl but not something i would seek out

It's a nice bluesy record. Nothing super great but a nice listen

I just wish I was there live. Brilliant

This is a great blues album. As many have pointed out, we probably wouldn't have the "white boy blues" that came later without albums like this, and personally, I don't mind the white boy blues. Anyone who wants to play the blues should be able to. Everyone pulls inspiration from the music they've heard, and trashing someone simply for doing that is stupid. There are certainly some shit white boys playing the blues, but criticize them for being a shitty person, not because of the music they choose to play.

Hard to argue that Muddy isn't 5 stars. Mississippi blues at it's finest. I think this is the weaker of the two albums I've heard on this list, but it's still a damn fine listen.

Second Muddy album this week, and I probably prefer this one though both are great. It’s such exciting vibrant music.

Super stank face album. Keys on this were genuinely so cool. I enjoyed the listen a whole lot especially I Got My Brand On You and Goodby Newport Blues. Im not super well versed in blues this just sounds cool and every song was interesting and fun

He shredded a bit, got his swag back, wailed mournfully, so on and so forth. Amazing live album, especially because it isn't three hours long Highlights: "I Got My Brand On You", "Tiger In Your Tank", "Goodbye Newport Blues"

Blues. Det har der ikke været så meget af. Ok liveplade.

Very short, very repetitive

Great Blues album, probably one of my favorites I’ve heard from the genre, just not something I’d typically choose to listen to.

Very good. Minimal fart sounds in this record

Solid live blues album! "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" "Baby, Please Don't Go" and "I Feel So Good" were the standouts here for me!

No. 435/1001 I Got My Brand On You 3/5 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 3/5 Baby, Please Don't Go 3/5 Soon Forgotten 3/5 Tiger In Your Tank 3/5 I Feel So Good 3/5 I've Got My Mojo Working 3/5 Got My Mojo Working 2/5 Goodbye Newport Blues 3/5 Average: 2,89 A bit repetitive.

Good blues

В 1960, наверное, это был крутейший альбом. К 3026 он очень плохо состарился

It's fine.

I like blues-influenced music. Nice to listen to one of the original post-war blues artists who were the main inspiration for bands like the Rolling Stones. Historically very important, but I don't know enough of the Muddy Waters discography if this is the best choice, but I liked it. But must also say I will probably not put this up regularly, but good to have heard it a few times to understand this little piece of music history. "Baby, Please Don't Go" is a song I recognized from the great version by Them featuring a young Van Morrison.

Nice blues album if you're into that.

The thing that will always frustrate me with blues is how similar it all sounds. This is clearly great music by incredible musicians but it ends up being some predictable and generically ‘bluesy’. The piano is killer, but when I listen to other artists like Nina Simone and Cream it makes me think how varied and exciting blues can be. Eh

Yep this is electric blues. I think the important thing is to remember that this was 1960 and the criticism I have is just that I've heard this kind of music constantly forever. That wouldn't really have been the case when this was recorded and maybe that's a testament to electric blues. It influenced so much of what makes American music today from then to today. I guess that's two extra stars than I would give outside of my listening experience. Knowing where each song is going to go musically kind of makes it a dull listening experience for me. I'm not really an electric blues aficionado but I really feal something when I hear R.L. Burnside or Howlin' Wolf that I don't feel here. I don't have a vocabulary or rationale I'm just stating it.

Holy shit man this is so awesome.

Through a modern lense, blues is really difficult to make interesting. The 12 bar formula is so run to the ground it is hard to find something new inside it. Still, when going back to it's roots, you can find these albums that tell you precisely why it had the popularity that it once had. The band plays tight, the audience is in fire and the whole recording has this echo of good times gone by. Blues is still boring though

Creo que no hay mucho más que comentar que: Es un disco de blues 2,75/5.

Muddy Waters aces it and conveys the blues perfectly. Great sound, great vibe, great to listen to. This makes me feel like I've had hard times and can nod along

I'm more of a delta blues fan and Muddy Waters had not hit me in the past. This album has a raw vibe I can appreciate. A dot that can connect me to the Chicago Blues sound and the influence it had on so many rock bands in the future.

There were a couple of fun songs in this. Tiger in your tank...loved the lyrics to this, such a funny, almost surreal song. Got my mojo working (part 1 and 2) were also dancey, feet stomping tunes. Generally though, I can't really say this album is for me. The slower songs (most of the songs on the album) were quite forgettable. This isn't an album I'd feel inclined to listen to again. Given its influence, the strong vocals and obvious talent of Muddy Waters, it probably deserves at least 3 stars.

4.5 definitely listen again

Repetitive and more blues than I need for a single sitting but would be good in smaller doses.

Call me uncultured, it does sound good, but so repetitive I can appreciate the culture and influence

First live album I wasn't really feeling too interested in. A bit too boring but I do like the style of music. Just felt underwhelmed throughout the record

Listened before?: nope I Got My Brand on You - 3/5 I'm Your Hoochie Koochie Man - 1/5 Baby, Please Don't Go - 3/5 Soon Forgotten - 2/5 Tiger in Your Tank - 3/5 I Feel So Good - 3/5 Got My Mojo Working - 3/5 Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 - 3/5 Goodbye Newport Blues - 2/5 Average score: 2.5/5 ⭐️⭐️ no disrespect to the artist, but i just really don't care much for blues records. i feel like once i've heard one, i've heard em all in a way

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Buen disco de blues, clásico con mucho ritmo, disco recomendado

Excellent for what it is, but I'm not sure I need a whole album of it.

I feel the same about this album as I did on my previous listen. By nature, Blues music is very repetitive and centred around similar structures and playing styles, so when you've heard 3-4 tracks, you've heard them all! The first 2 tracks as well as 'I Feel So Good' are very entertaining and much more engaging than weaker tracks like 'Soon Forgotten' and the last 2 track. Also - did we really need 'Got My Mojo Working' twice!?

O álbum me agradou muito, em geral dou uma nota 9,5/10. A voz de Muddy Waters é muito marcante e gostosa de ouvir. Eu recomendaria este álbum para várias pessoas. Músicas favoritas: "I've got my mojo working" e "Baby, please don't go".

Not his best stuff, but never a bad time listening to Muddy Waters.

Hard not to tap your Hard not to tap your toes to, and Mr. Muddy Waters clearly puts an enormous amount of himself into the performance. I was feeling exhaustion-sympathy just listening to him. That said, the 'LIVE' part of the album weakens it a bit, and there wasn't really any standout hits except that two-parter towards the end. I'm a big fan of his blues work but this is the weaker parts of his discography IMHO. Sucks too as the list definitely needs more representation of this era and this style. Fav tracks: Got My Mojo Workingtoes to.

I’m a sucker for a good Blues album. As I shared with Luke, “Muddy Waters invented electricity.” I could listen to this stuff all day. Even more fun to play on guitar.

Not the Muddy Waters album I was hoping we’d get. It’s great, but pretty standard compared to his later work.

Lol, why did they bother with the studio recordings? This is time travel.

There wasn’t anything I didn’t like with this album but I also didn’t love anything about it 2.5 or 3/5 Favorites: got my mojo working, I got my brand on you

I can’t drink this!

always struggle a bit with the blues but this guy is just cool as hell and awesome

I'm not a blues guy but this sound pretty good.

Some good stuff in here.

I only listened once but I liked it. This could be a high 3 but my first inclination is a flat 4.

I like blues rock a lot. Straight blues is more of a challenge for me. It's very classic here, and a live album to boot - certainly skilled, the sound quality is surprisingly good. No real issues with it, but it just didn't grab me as much as it could have.

meh. not for me. 2/5

Più storia che musica.

Highly influential for sure, but the blues has always been too repetitive for my taste.

3/5

3.5

Ça vas mais je suis pas le plus grand fan thé blues

Not for me

The very basis of blues for me (but blues is not my thing at all)

This is a 1960 live concert album of Muddy Waters' biggest songs. He truly was one of the founders and influencers of rock. Anyone that has attempted to play guitar is familiar with the 1 4 5 chord progression. Unfortunately, all the songs are based on this. I got bored after a few songs. I can enjoy a Muddy Waters song but not a whole album. Sorry.

Noyce Muddy blues. Old school.

Good album. I'm normally don't listen to live albums or blues, but this was done well.

Notable Textzeile: What gonna happen to my music? What gonna happen to my song? It’s still a hard hard World to live in And it be here all all along Schöne Energie in der Stimme. Gerade gelernt dass es Chicago Blues (also elektrifizierter Delta Blues) ist. Hier werden Standards gesetzt, bzw. Standarts, die er vor 15 Jahren gesetzt hat, wieder gespielt. Das Wechselspiel und die Wiederholungen sitzen. Textlich nicht die riesige Lyric, und erzählt mir auch emotional nicht ganz so viel. Schön das gehört zu haben. Bin nicht krass begeistert.

Gutes Soul Album, gute Wahl für die Liste, gutes Live Album, gute Band, gute Stimme, guter Groove. Aber: irgendwie auch nur maximal kompetent und für mich ein bisschen daher gespielt. Daher auch nicht mehr als

Das ist ein Blues-Album was für mich als jemand Ahnungslosen in diesem Genre sehr expemplarisch für "Blues" steht. Hat irgendwie alles, ist dazu irgendwie massentauglich. Trotzdem langweilt mich das nach Song 4. Hätt ich dennoch gerne live mal gesehen.

I spent a good amount of time thinking why it was okay for Muddy Waters to play the electric guitar in 1960 but not Bob Dylan like 5 years later at the Newport Festival. And then today I learned that there is both a Newport Folk Festival and a Newport Jazz Festival. Super helpful.

Very easy listen. This is the only kind of blues I can get into at this point. "Tiger in your Tank" is an absolutely filthy song.

While I understand art is subjective, as a Chicagoan, I can't help but feel a little guilty that the city's signature blues does nothing for me. (A famous blues club is maybe a 15-minute walk from my place, and I've never stepped foot in it.) Muddy Waters looms large in that world, though I know very little about blues and even less about Waters. It's honestly kind of shameful. This helped ease my shame—not just because it's an excellent introduction to Waters, but also because it's goddamn great. While this style will never be my thing (especially the slower numbers), "I've Got My Mojo Working" slays, and I saved several songs to playlists. LET THE HEALING BEGIN.

Impeccable vibes.

“What’s gonna happen to my music? / What’s gonna happen to my song?” It’s hard to overstate just how much these songs, and the man who performed them, shaped popular music for the next 60 years (and counting). The band on this record is so tight, and the audience is almost inaudible until “Mojo Working,” so that it felt like a studio recording more than a live album. It feels more buttoned-up than his Johnny Winter-produced studio album nearly two decades later. It’s both a testament to the band’s skill and, I feel, a detriment to the album’s production. 4.5 stars.

Between the presentation (suited up, professional, polite) and the production (simple, effective and energetic) this performance by Muddy and his band exemplifies just how focused and dedicated they were to their music. The tunes are all so well done that I would mistake this for a studio release. I really enjoyed Tiger In Your Tank. Mojo delivers as always. They say this was a defining album, an inspiration and spark for all to come. It certainly sparks this listener. Feel so good….

Enjoyed

Wonderful, great blues!

Really excellent recording and a great performer but quite repetitive. It was fun to hear people going wild in the background though!

Хитовый альбом, но как-то в этот раз Вотерс не зашёл. Не смотря на всю могучесть.

Muddy Waters is another big blind spot for me but this was a great place to start. Really great little live set, even though the blues aren’t typically my thing.

Blues, country and jazzy. Hell yeah.

How I wish I was there.

this itches the specific spot in my brain that craves jazz and to be simultaneously sent back to the 80s

Rate: 7.5/10.

loveee it so muchhhhhh

The album that inspired a generation of white British musicians to sound like poor versions of this album. 3.5⭐️

I’ve always enjoyed Blues, while perhaps not totally understanding the history. This album doesn’t need a deep understanding. You can just listen and enjoy. That said what I do know about blues tells me this is something special. Given the timing I can understand it was likely the influence that started “white boy blues” as well. That’s a good thing. People like me probably wouldn’t have heard the classics and greats had it not been for their influence. 5/5. Gotta be.

Holy crap. I wish I was there. This record makes me feel like I was.

Ikke så verst. Litt ensformig sjanger.

I don't do live albums

got his mojo working double on this album (literally). it's groovy. about as solid as a blues album can get. very influential.

That said, it is clearly much greater than my appreciation for it.

Not for me. 1/5

I've listened to a few soulless blues albums on this list. So it was fucking cool as hell to get this. Great music and a great vibe.

It's good. I like that somebody wrote a fuck song called "Tiger in Your Tank" within a year of the ad slogan becoming popular.

Great album. Best song is Baby please don't go. Rating: 7.5/10

De vez en cuando está bueno este tipo de álbumes. Son amenos con la mente de uno. Nota: 3.8

Can’t be mad about Muddy Waters but still not my cup of tea.

Возможно, это скорее критика блюза в целом, но многие из этих мелодий звучат очень похоже. Я понимаю, что это просто моя неосведомленность и незнание нюансов соло и лирического стиля, но мне это не очень нравится. Muddy Waters "at Newport", 1960 год, 5/10 #слушал

Ik heb eerlijk gezegd momenteel gwn ni het geduld om dit hele album te luisteren. Het klinkt nu te veel hetzelfde tbh maar ik zal waarschijnlijk wel nog andere albums van hem horen dus ik geef het nu gwn een gemiddelde rating omdat de interesse er ni is en misschien is het wel gwn top maar misschien ook niet.

Passable

I don’t have too much context for Muddy Waters, but I did distinctly like the other one more. I think he was quite a bit older on that one. Fun stuff to hear, either way.

I bet he woke that crowd up!

Good

Nice :-)

This absolute baller

Perfect for a gloomy Monday morning following an away loss + losing our star striker on the weekend. Meanest Woman felt like it hit right at home considering the situation. My Meanest Woman just happens to be my employer playing sick jokes on me week in and out.

Sorprendente que una grabación en vivo de 1960 se haya guardado con tan buena calidad de sonido, realmente Muddy Waters hace una tremenda presentación y llena de energía el festival de Newport, me hizo descubrir varios temas de blues buenos y adentrarme en este género poco explorado por mí.

Excellent

First Listen; 3.5; Seems like one of those artists that is so formative and important to subsequent music, that it can be hard to appreciate how good it is. Driving, fun, blues. Favorite Track: Goodbye Newport Blues

Bracing myself for a live album but love him so I’ll cope happily // Yes this was a bop and a half. Whatever he’s doing with his mouth on the mojo song is insane in the best way possible

Great live album he kills it

Jazz doesn't really fully connect with me and most of this album passed as acceptable background music.. UNTIL I GOT MY MOJO WORKING which is an amazing, high energy performance. +1 just for that.

lame

Hoochie coochie smoochie woochie

It entertained me, but wasn't awesome. 2/3 stars?

I liked it though I think alot of my raitings are too high

Great album. 4.5

I just can’t get into this. Each song is the same riff over and over and the lyrics are mostly just the titles being repeated. I can hear the influence this had on rock, especially late 60s and 70s, but I can hear that it had the most influence on all of my least favorite songs of the era.

Interesting album to start with. Feels like watching the first Superbowl to catch up with the 2026 season. The only song I know by Muddy is Mannish Boy. I can see why people liked the blues genre, it would've definitely got me going back in the day, but a lot of songs drag on and have the same repeating lyrics

Appreciate the instruments and overall sound. Like the peppier ones better. Mojo was groovin.

Excellent blues and another Newport album that does not disappoint. Waters and his band are amazing. 4/5

The crowd noise in live recordings like this really gets across the impact this music and these performances had. Muddy went hard.

I love a live album.

8/10 - this is a great album. Full of energy. Catchy Fav song - Tiger in your Tank, Ive got my mojo waiting

A nice, but maybe typical live album.

most fun i've had with the word "mojo" since austin powers

It was great blues music, but i have to be in the right mood to listen to that.

Loved it

Blues tends to fade into the background for me - but I found myself singing along a few times so it gets an extra point

The best blues in town.

Great blues but not his best

Very solid live blues album. There's no doubt about Muddy's status as a bona-fide legend of the game, but I couldn't help feeling that most of the songs here sound the same after a while. Probably doesn't help that there are literal repeats to bulk up the runtime. Still, I enjoyed myself and had a real bluesy time.

Solid blues album but at times felt similar sounding

I like it, audience sounds seem fake

A good bluesy listen.

Pinnacle blues

It’s the blues baby!

What a voice! I love the blues in any form. Top marks.

Influential and iconic.

That's some great blues. Maybe a little too repetitive to listen to often, but I really like this.

𝘔𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝟣𝟫𝟨𝟢 feels like a blueprint for the live blues album. The band is tight, the performances are full of swagger, and Muddy Waters sounds completely in command from the first song onward. Nothing here feels polished for the sake of it; the energy of the performance does most of the work. What makes the album stand out is how immediate it still sounds. You can hear the band pushing each other, the audience reacting, and the songs opening up in ways that a studio recording rarely allows. It captures the blues as something physical and communal rather than merely historical. For an early live album, it holds up remarkably well. If I had to point to one recording as a reference for how electric blues should work on stage, this would be high on the list.

Not the first live album recorded from the Newport Jazz Festival on this list oddly enough. Although it seems that this was one the first popular live blues albums. It starts off slow and similar, with some conventional blues numbers. Around the halfway point however, you can start to sense the energy and pace heating up, as Waters and co. get into more of a groove and really get the crowd going. All to end with another slow blues jam in "Goodbye Newport Blues" It was enjoyable, sure. But I feel like I've heard all of the "greatest" live albums from this era at this point, and thus didn't feel that this one in particular did that much different. I do recall enjoying the other studio album from Muddy Waters on this list quite a bit, though.

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

Solid blues live album, but nothing really stood out to me to differentiate this from any of the others I’ve heard.

For a 66 year old live recording this sounded pretty great. It was good but didn't blow me away like the live BB King album earlier on this list.

2 - It's fine. I feel a bit uncultured because I don't like it more.

Sure

not bad at all, but jazz still isn't really my thing

This is actually very good for a blues album. I realise there is a pretty similar style throughout all of the songs but he really has perfected that style. It being a live album it also works as a sort of greatest hits for the blues legend, which is handy for the layman like me.

08/10/26 Catchy

I literally dont think I can be a fair judge for this, one of the blues’ great live documents. Waters was incredible, the guitar was impeccable, and the fidelity of the recording was top tier. Overall recommend, but I have no idea if I’ll find it in the wild.

4.5

3.5 but basically a 4 , so we will rate it up

The way you can hear the timid audience loosen up and start giving into the music by the time Muddy plays Got My Mojo Working is amazing but does not outweigh my disinterest in the blues.

Absolutely brilliant. Don't normally like live albums but this was something else!

3.5★/5 [08.07.2026] 09.23.2026

Amazing blues album with lyrics that are quite sexist but still great to listen to.

Normally, i'm against live albums in this list, but it is merited here. This is from a time before the album format, so its more a representation of an artist, a time and a place. And what a representation. Origional, heartfelt blues that moves slowly and inevitably forward like the muddy waters of the mississippi. Music at its best is like time travel and this does the job better than most other things and it also shows the foundations of so much of the music that followed. The Rolling Stones sound like a cover band.

Like the live BB King album earlier on the list (depending when you get this) this really benefits from being live. I'm not the biggest fan of earlier blues, as I find it all the same musically. This is very much that. Even to the extent two of the tracks are literally the same song! But as it's live, it's got so much more energy, and is much better for it. I was digging most of it, even if I can't remember more than Brand and Mojo. So thanks, Muddy. And for helping define the genre.

Yes. Great vibes.

I find this one tricky to judge. We had it on in the car and I liked it at first, but it felt very samey as it went on to the point I didn't really enjoy it. I wanted to try it again and I found a video of the concert on YouTube and out that one. This was better, certainly towards the 2nd half the concert really kicked on and the energy levels rose, but it was still pretty samey, and in fact jumping around I often couldn't tell what song I was on and even some of the phrasing and tunes were very similar. I wanted to like it and I like it a little bit, but I wanted more variation, not in terms of the style necessarily, but if a song is essentially boogie boogie and the vocals come in at the same point on the one of the chorus and have the same number of syllables, well, I can't stay with it too much.

theres better muddy albums out there but im jus happy to hear some non rock blues for a change

I feel like I've heard all of this before - I guess this is where it came from. Great mix. 5 rats

"I Got My Brand on You" is an absolutely alarming allegory. Good blues tho.

a whole buncha meh

Ok

It's fine. I understand it is a classic of its genre, but not for me.

Liked it

The album is nice to listen to. Some of the famous tracks I didn't know were from this artist/album

3.5/5. I think this is the first blues record I’ve listened to!

Good live album. I like Muddy Walters and his brand of blues. Probably will listen to it again.

Quite enjoyed this album it was something different.

Muy chulo

Me gustó pero no es tan to mi estilo

7/10 idk if its function music

Hell yeah that’s a blueprint blues performance.

Love this

Good skill - blues music isn’t my style-didn’t like all those live tracks either

Mojo workin is a great track, I appreciate Muddy’s contribution to blues and rock. Some songs are a bit rudimentary which I understand is because of the time period, but I ding it for that

Respect to Muddy Waters, he has an inimitable voice and influenced some of the great 60’s and 70’s guitarists but listening to an album like this in 2026 it just doesn’t offer much in the way of musical interest, it’s basic, repetitive 4 bar blues with little melody. I think it’s an age thing, my taste really only gets satisfied from tbe mid / late 60’s onward and even then it really hits in 80’s and 90’s so it’s hard to objective judge this. It’s probably essential to some people, was possibly groundbreaking at the time, certainly I imagine it was exciting but that’s an era beyond my pallette 2.8

Decent. But there's only so much blues I can take.

Lekkere energie

By all accounts the normally strait-laced and preppy Newport Jazz festival was something of a chaotic affair in 1960, with cancelled shows and angry crowds causing trouble, to the point that the National Guard were called in and 200 people arrested. Muddy Waters’ show on the closing Sunday was also very nearly cancelled by the local council but the promoter convinced both the council and the performers to go ahead, as the event was being filmed and recorded. The result was an absolute blistering live set of Chicago Blues that had people dancing in the aisles, and left Waters so hoarse that Otis Spann took over on vocals for the final number, “Goodbye Newport Blues” that had just been written as a response to what had been a wild weekend by Langston Hughes. Forget all of the inferior knock-offs by certain white male artists, this is the real blues and this is exactly how it should be played. Accept no imitations.

2/5. Not my cup of tea but was easy to listen to.

I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Live

Number: 207 Familiarity: Moderate (3) Rating: 4 During: ======= 4 I Got My Brand On You 4 I'm Your Hoochie Koochie Man 5 Baby, Please Don't Go 4 Soon Forgotten 4 Tiger In Your Tank 5 I Feel So Good 5 Got My Mojo Working 4 Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 4 Goodbye Newport Blues After : ======= I love the blues so it's easy to give this a 4.

To know the history behind this album and its influence on rock n' roll is truly inspiring. 5 STARS Tracklist: A1 - I Got My Brand On You A2 - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man A3 - Baby Please Don't Go A4 - Soon Forgotten A5 - Tiger In Your Tank A6 - I Fell So Good B1 - I've Got My Mojo Working B2 - I've Got My Mojo Working Pt2 B3 - Goodbye Newport Blues Total runtime 35:01 Credits: Bass - Andrew Stephenson Drums - Francis Clay Guitar - Pat Hare Harmonica - James Cotton Liner Notes - Jack Tracy Piano - Otis Spann Vocals - Otis Spann (Tracks: B3) Vocals, Guitar - Muddy Waters Notes: Recorded July 3, 1960 Performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI Released by Chess Records in November 1960, At Newport 1960 is widely considered the very first live blues album ever. The afternoon performance on Sunday, July 3, 1960, almost never happened. The night before, thousands of frustrated fans who could not buy tickets rioted outside Freebody Park. The National Guard was called in to restore order, and the city council immediately moved to cancel the rest of the festival. Concert promoter George Wein successfully convinced city officials to let the Sunday afternoon blues session proceed, primarily because the United States Information Agency was actively filming the event to broadcast American culture overseas. Because of the chaos, Muddy Waters and his band ultimately closed out the entire festival. Exhausted after an energetic, show-stopping performance of "Got My Mojo Working," Waters handed the microphone to pianist Otis Spann to close the night. Spann sang "Goodbye Newport Blues," a song Hughes had hurriedly scribbled on the back of a Western Union telegram envelope after hearing about the riots. The raw, overdriven guitar work of Pat Hare and the rhythm section's heavy groove served as a foundational blueprint for the 1960s British Blues Boom. Bands like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix heavily studied this exact performance to shape their hard rock sounds. Rolling Stone magazine later cemented its legacy by placing it on their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Крутой дед. Но блюз слушать мне скучно чот

Sweet blues, tasteful *moans, idk it was a pleasant listening experience, made me feel like drinking a coffee while listening to it, overall pretty good but not like LIFE CHANGING

This is the source code! I love the energy, the riffs and innuendoes. Its brilliant. Its wild how this came out in 1960 and by 1965 this had been appropriated and molded into pop music (not saying that a bad thing). Its just cool hear the formation of modern music.

Det e så mye æ aldri har hørt på før, sjøl om æ har hørt om det omtrent så lenge æ kan huske (æ kan ikke huske så veldig langt). Det her va et fint bekjentskap av den typen.

Chicago blues has never been so smooth

Not much of a blues dude, but this was fun. He has a great voice, and I wish the guitars were a little more loud but otherwise pleasant listen.

Qué lindo sonido el de Blues, el sonido de esa guitarra es hermoso

Unlike a lot of the live albums released in the 50s and 60s the sound balance is good on this album. Nothing really stands out though apart from the guitar playing unfortunately

toe tappin!

A brilliant album that generated an entire genre of the Blues.

nice. just not my usual stuff but it was good

Either you want to hear those notes bend, or you dont. When reviewing this, remember ot came out in 1960! Which is nuts. One of rhe most influential albums ever.

I think I’m about to pass a kidney stone!

Like the sound overall but nothing really stuck

A great live concert by a true legend of the blues. I enjoy listening to these live albums from before my time as it's the closest I currently have to a time machine. This predates me by 30 years. I love the blues. Muddy Waters and the band sounded phenonemal, and this record really made me wish I was there. Great choice!

Obviously a great album, it’s immediately clear a bunch of artists wanted to emulate him. Great voice, especially loved the keys, but I was a bit unenthused and wasn’t excited enough to listen more than once. Lotta the songs feel very similar. I bet it was fun as fuck to be at that live show though.

Rating: 5.0/5 Short Review: Raw, commanding, and timeless. At Newport 1960 captures Muddy Waters at full power. There are no studio tricks, just one of the greatest blues musicians ever, backed by a phenomenal band, proving why Chicago blues became the foundation for so much of modern rock. This performance helped introduce traditional blues to a new generation during the folk revival. (en.wikipedia.org⁠) Favorite Track: “Got My Mojo Working.” Explosive from start to finish. The audience energy is contagious, and Muddy sounds unstoppable.

that was kinda cool. relaxing blues music to work to

Maybe it's the recording equipment of the time, but you can't really capture the spirit of the sound that Muddy Waters seemed to bring. It's got so much heart.

Pouvoir retourner dans le temps et voir un des ces shows à Newport...

J'te dis qu'il s'en passait des choses à Newport! J'ai préféré Hard again.

Le Blues gagne à être live, certainement.

Solid blues

One of the best to ever do it. I know I'm not breaking any new ground here, but it's pretty hard to overstate how important Muddy Waters and his contemporaries were to the development of rock and roll. Just imagine your favorite British guitarist, sitting in their rooms at 15, and having their minds absolutely fucking blown by this shit. The world is infinitely a better place for it. As for the music itself, who doesn't love some low-down, dirty, Chicago-styles blues? Losers, that's who!

Good tunes but not my style thx

I’m glad this album came across my plate. This is my second time listening to Muddy Waters, and I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve heard so far. This live album has a raw, authentic, and soulful vibe throughout. The piano provides a great rhythmic and melodic foundation, but it’s the harmonica that really stands out, adding a lot of raw energy to the performance. Muddy Waters’ vocals are commanding and filled with grit, while still bringing out a deep, soulful emotion that really drives the music.

De este estilo de música me gusta Otis Redding pero la verdad que no he escuchado mucho blues. Creo que este tipo de música pierde magia al no escucharlo en vivo. Este álbum es para mi difícil de escuchar sentada sin hacer nada ya que las canciones me suenan iguales. Me lo pondría de fondo a la vez que hago algo o mientras estoy tumbada al sol. Se me ha hecho largo el álbum. Mas que nada por que es repetitivo y las letras son nada. No dicen nada las canciones, solamente repiten las mismas frases una y otra vez. No volveré a escuchar este disco y no guardo ninguna canción.

The king of the blues.

Got my brand on you is nice but a bit slow Got my mojo worming is good 3 star album. It was nice but a but slow for my liking. I liked the live album aspect.

Nothing worthy in my opinion. Liked his voice but that's it.

It's blues

Started off strong, just got to Tiger In Your Tank and the songs are starting to drag on a bit and feel repetitive. I Feel So Good immediately pulled me back in. Some of the songs felt very similar and didn't keep me engaged the whole time. Having the studio versions of some of the same songs at the end felt kinda weird to me too as I just listened to the same songs. Overall a good intro to blues for me, solid 7/10.

A very good live album that sounded like a studio recording, obviously very bluesey but not too long which was good. I don’t think I’ll come back to this album too often as it doesn’t vary too much but still very solid and enjoyable

Was there a thunderstorm going on while this album was recorded? Strange ominous warble every few minutes I thought there was an earthquake. He's got a great voice and it's a pretty clean performance, but it's also 1960 so live wasn't too exciting yet. Lyrics are pretty funny too.

It's okay to admit that this is an amazing performance by a master of the form. AND that the sexual politics and swagger of it all aren't okay today.

Overall: 6/10 It's okay, it's old school blues so it's kind of repetitive. Add in the live album aspect and it's something I can enjoy, but not really love. Fav Song: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

Nice early blues

Top blues, feel like I’m bouta pull off an ocean’s heist.

At under 35 mins long this is a good fun listen to a blues great. Yes it is a little samey. Then again some people have tracks that last nearly as long as this album

honestly super good. Only 3 stars cause I wouldn’t listen to it on a day to day

Dirty blues done right.

Clearly this is an influential and important recording, but listening with 21st century ears its power has been diminished/diluted by a cornucopia of copiests.

Owned Great bit of blues

Never listened to Muddy Waters, but I have heard of him due to his huge influence on the music world in these earlier days and beyond; said to have inspired Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and many others. In "I Got My Brand On You" I can see why the influence is there; immediately I love his voice. Strong and distinctive with some serious sex appeal haha. The slow plod of the drums with the tinkling pianos and harmonicas all makes for that distinctive southern sound, which is great here. The music arrangement at the beginning of "Hoochie Coochie Man" is iconic and something I've heard sampled plenty of times in recent times. The simplicity of the beat and free styling piano sections make this one great fun. His sped up vocal delivery in "Baby Please Don't Go" gave this one great energy and that harmonica support everything wonderfully with those low pitch notes. No other way to describe this than this is music that I can 'feel', probably because there no post-production on these at all; everything rings as it should. The switch down in tempo from Baby please to "Soon Forgotten" made for some good variation too, then back up again with "Tiger in Your Tank". 66 years later, this all still slaps. Another compliment to his voice, just capable of that fun fast pace and the slow romantic one. Other favourite songs: "I Feel So Good", "Got my Mojo Working Pt. 2".

Not sure why we are getting two Muddy Waters albums. I actually liked this one better than the previous one (Hard Again). So I am rating this as 5 and downgrading my rating for the previous one.

Classic but very clear blues guitar and vocals. Great cadence to the record overall. 3.5/5.0

Now this is some blues! 4/5

bem chato, mas bastante relevante o álbum

Very solid classic blues. Love Newport folk so fun to hear something from Newport jazz

I like his voice, although I'm now haunted at night by the phrase "I want to put a tiger in your tank"

5 stars for this one. I enjoyed listening to the entire album, and it's no wonder why Muddy Waters was so influential to so many blues-rock based bands. I'm not a huge live performance lover, but this was fine, the music was clear and easy to understand, and the songs and performance was top notch. Love it.

I do love Muddy Waters. There a handful of early blues players I really connected with. Two of them were in this band. Muddy and James Cotton. This album has some of the finest, rawest and most soulful blues I've ever heard.

Authentic 5 stars

Objective great. Well recorded and very historical important. Unfortunately I'm brain rooted so to me it's a bit boring. I just feel like it it's missing some rock.

13 songs Impossible to listen to this without tapping your foot and making the meanest stank face. An absolute blast to listen to.

3.5

3.0

Very good, saved

Although blues isn’t a genre I drift towards often, I’ll always love an album that makes you feel like you were there for the recording. That’s what Muddy Waters did here for me.

Decent but I only listened to like 2 songs

great!

So much music I enjoy was inspired by this album. While I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to this now, I certainly wouldn’t turn it off.

muddy waters sigma alpha da década de 60 foda

Clássico do Jazz, não tem o q falar

Not quite my style.

Divertido

This was soooo good. The blues! The music! I know myself enough by now to know that I loveeee a live album that this was no exception. Truly a great blues album.

Rootin Tootin!

I’d put this on as background noise but it’s not something I will play and really listen to. 5/10

Very cool-sounding bluesy jazz. Jazz isn't my usual choice of music but I can appreciate it more when it's done like this. A great live album.

3 stars for Muddy Waters as an icon, but I just don’t like live albums much

Excellent blues master, high quality recording for 1960 live show

7.6.26 really beautiful album! incredible tones and instrumentals, and Waters's voice is incredible. top-tier blues. Favorite Song: I've Got My Mojo Working Rating: 4/5

Great album—classic blues, nice mix of live and studio.

Incidentally just after listening to this album, I watched the Portlandia episode where they go to Jackpot Records and Fred asks if he should get a new Muddy Waters album. Carrie responds "Yeah, just get a best of, it doesn't really matter." I felt like I understood that on a deep level, as a lot of songs on this album sounded similar to one another. Still an enjoyable listen.

Muddy Waters on a Friday? Yes fucking please. I only regret I don't have this on vinyl😂 What an amazing album with some timeless classic blues. It should be on everyone's lists

Ein 60er Jahre Jazz-Album. Blues-artig, nett zu hören. 3/5

Groovy

Catchy, easy listening. But won't stick with me. Feels like something that was very important at the time, but now doesn't seem as interesting because of how early and influential it is.

The live element to this album adds yet another layer of depth to his blues music and makes the album even better!

Good stuff from The Legend 4/5

Goatski, better than most albums on this website made after the year ~1960

Es un álbum que recomendaría para comenzar con el blues. Buen álbum en donde con justa razón, el tema más conocido es Got My Mojo Working, una canción divertida y muy disfrutable.

trying very earnestly to engage with this very historically significant artist/genre and good god do i just not get it at all! very genuinely do not understand the point of listening to more than one of these songs. feel like a total moron and have a bit more sympathy for people who do not get things that i am aware are obviously great

Like Clapton’s MTV Unplugged 30 years before it happened!! Can see how it influenced what was to come. Enjoyed it more than I expected tbh. 3

decent album

Feel like I would have enjoyed a Muddy Waters show. Surprisingly excellent sound quality.

Raw, stripped back and visceral is how I like my blues which is why it works so well in this live format. Beautifully recorded and like Hendrix yesterday it has that space and separation between instruments that allows us to enjoy the great playing. And Muddy himself has a fantastic voice and presence. He's not flashy or showy, but he makes you sit up and take notice. My foot didn't stop tapping, nor my head-bobbing and shaking, basically through the whole of the album listen today, not to mention the permanent stink-face at those bluesy riffs!

First time listening to this amazing artist, so much energy and reading about him was super interesting

4-

Lovely live performance, but why did he play Mojo Working twice in a row?

noy my style

Very good live album, Muddy Waters is killing it

I'm sure this is classic, it's just not for me.

Leuk.

Ok live album. Jazz of course. I mean yeah it's good. Not very anything just good jazz. Not a really big fan of this to be honest. Favourite: I Got My Brand On You Least favourite: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man/Tiger In Your Tank

Blues is still a style that's too old timey for my taste, but some of the upbeat songs on here won me over and the recording actually sounds really good

this was fine but did nothing for me

Yes . Very good. Very bluesy. Very different to what I normally listen to but liked it alot. I would gove it 3 1/2 if I could

Reminded me of jazz class :) I really loved Mojo- I could listen to that for HOURS.

Ну что сказать, это вайбовый джаз. Особенно мне зашла губная гармошка и фортепианные моменты.

At Newport 1960 does not sound curated for posterity. It sounds caught in the act. The roughness helps. The repetition helps. The sense that Muddy is less interested in “putting on a great show” than in flattening the crowd helps. That is why it still feels alive while so many historical live records feel embalmed.

This was great. Live albums are very hit or miss but the quality was good enough that it was worth a listen.

Probably closer to a 2.5. Not bad for a live album but nothing I would come back to.

Strong 6 I know mfers were going CRAZY for this. And you say Elvis invented rock and roll?? Right…right…

good

Obviously very good blues music...but not my cup of tea.

Totally ripped off the Sinners soundtrack

Somewhat entertaining, probably won’t be back to it Did enjoy got my mojo back 3

Really fun live blues album. Muddy just plowed through all the songs with next to zero breaks in between. Really good rhythms, the guitars sounded great, and there was a ton of soul in the music. Only negative is that a few of the songs blended together a little too much. Overall a solid listen, 4/5

I knew nothing about blues before listening to this album. I still know nothing about blues, but I enjoyed listening to the album.

This is the first version of blues and rock n roll.

Tremendous voice

Jazz rockero. No mi favorito, pero no está mal

This is so good I can’t believe it’s a live album that was recorded live in 1960…and outside too. I mean the sound is amazing. Muddy is an all timer in popular music. Arguably the top dog of blues. This shows why.

Just can't get into the blues.