At Newport 1960

this rips how is the sound quality so good

It’s like im in New Orleans

Me gusto mucho el álbum. Ya algo conocía, pero escuchar todo un disco fue un viaje y un placer. la voz de él es poderosa. La mezcla de instrumentos, el piano y la armónica hablándose, la percusión apareciendo con personalidad. Cada instrumento tiene su salida triunfal. Me gusta mucho esta música, hay dolor, hay alegría, hay esperanza. Creo que refleja absolutamente la cultura negra y sus raíces.

I mean I suppose you either love the blues or you don't. For me it always seemed a very natural progression to become a blues fiend because all my big 60s heroes worshipped the blues. One time I told my friend Max that I wasn't really a blues fan and he laughed at me. This album is pretty much as great as the Chicago electric blues ever got. Otis Spann on piano and James Cotton on harmonica are two of the greatest blues players ever. Not to mention King Muddy. Anyway, my aspirations to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles, the Stones, The Who, Dylan, Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, and the Kinks meant that blues was always the road I was going to go down. And this album inspired them all.

I always love a good blues album

Que discazo por favor! Es un vaivén de tranquilidad y por momentos vértigo como si uno estuviese navegando en un lago inmenso. Lo escuché 2 veces continuas y no me di cuenta. El único problema que tiene es que son las 11am y tengo ganas de tomar un old-fashioned jaja

I loved this. What an amazing blues album. Nobody plays the blues like Muddy Waters.

aguas lamacentas PORRA.

Love Muddy, what an excellent little album, what a voice, singing along on todays walk, the master blues man 🙌

Really liked this Can focus on other things while listening

Nice

Blues live is a special treat. Love the mojo they put out

so good.

Just going to copy one of the top reviews: 'The album that inspired a generation of white British musicians to sound like poor versions of this album.' As this is exactly correct. Suddenly I get why those Zep albums were pretty great but just missing something - they added some nice guitar riffs, but they just lack the power and depth of a good blues singer's voice. Fantastic. If you asked me my thoughts on 1960s blues 6 months ago I would've laughed you out of the room.

An absolute powerhouse of a live recording that captures electric blues at its most visceral and ecstatic. Muddy Waters commands the stage with an overwhelming amount of raw energy, backed by an incredibly tight, driving band featuring Otis Spann's rolling piano and James Cotton's ferocious harmonica work. The heavy, syncopated rhythm section creates a massive, rolling pocket that completely connects with the audience, making this a definitive, timeless document of pure musical power and swagger.

masterful work

"At Newport 1960" is a live album by American blues singer-songwriter and musician Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield). Chicago blues is the lone Wiki-listed genre. Hell yeah! The album was recorded during his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1960. It is a mixture of his older popular tunes and newer compositions and referred to as "the first live blues album." Muddy was on guitar and vocals. His stellar band included Otis Spann (piano, vocals), Pat Hare (guitar), James Cotton (harmonica), Andrew Stephens (bass) and Francis Clay (drums). The album received considerable critical acclaim and is cited as a major influence on the younger white blues scenes in the US and UK. A man introduces Muddy and his band at the start of "I Got My Brand on You." Muddy responds by replying that this is one of newer songs which is followed by an audience "golf" clap. A howling harmonica, fluttering piano and bluesy beat. Muddy with clear vocals repeating the title and that he can get you at any time. An understated guitar which gets louder at the end. "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" pretty much defines the start-stop music and vocal style. Muddy really giving his quintessential vocal delivery. The harmonica and piano giving this that irresistible bluesy stomp. No less famous, the band follows this up with "Baby, Please Don't Go." A faster beat and one of the v best beats of all time. .James Cotton taking off on the harmonica. Francis Clay with tremendous drumming and rolls. The second side opens with more bluesy stomping in a cover of Big Bill Broonzy's "I Feel So Good." A fluttering harmonica. The audience has gone from giving complementary golf claps to going crazy with women yelling. Oh, he has them now. And he takes it to the next level on "Got My Mojo Working." A piano leads to drums kicking in fast. Harmonica and piano pumps. The classic blues beat. Muddy with authoritative vocals and the band repeating his vocals. He's got his mojo working and women better watch it. This is just classic music. Start/stop bluesy romps with attitude. Just a killer band with every instrument and musician bringing it. The album mix is also outstanding with all musical parts coming in clean. The music is so influential as you can hear the beginnings of just about every early 60's rock band. This is a tremendous album which everyone needs to hear.

iconic transcendent album - foundation of great artists and songs found here

An incredible piece of good music

i liked it

Unknown, masterpiece, at least for me. Great and Pleasant Surprise.

For anyone who argues that live albums should not be included in lists of this kind, they are frankly talking nonsense; I would simply refer them to any number of influential live recordings, including this one. While I am no aficionado of the Blues, I am aware that this album was a primary catalyst for the 1960s British Blues boom. The backing band -featuring Otis Spann on piano, James Cotton on harmonica, and Francis Clay on drums - provides a robust foundation for Waters’ vocals and slide guitar. Sonically, the age of the recording shows slightly, but one's ears become attuned by the second number, the excellent ‘(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man’. It is a concise and direct album that does not outstay its welcome. It is an essential listen for anyone with more than a passing interest in the Blues, or at the very least, for those who wish to understand the origins of the many famous cover versions of these songs. Five stars. Side one 1 "I Got My Brand on You" (5/5) 2 "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (5/5) 3 "Baby, Please Don't Go" (5/5) 4 "Soon Forgotten" (4/5) 5 "Tiger in Your Tank" (4/5) Side two 1 "I Feel So Good" (5/5) 2 "Got My Mojo Working" (5/5) 3 "Got My Mojo Working, Part 2" (4/5) 4 "Goodbye Newport Blues" (4/5) Total - 41.00 Average - 4.56 302/1001 163/302 albums reviewed were new to me

Live Jazz. Performed by a legend. An iconic location. Check! Check! Check! Could it get better? Yes! I’m sitting poolside with the love of my life of over 20+ years and she is going to get me a beer.

Loved it!

Classic blues album, inspired so much of the blues rock that came after. Muddy was in excellent form for the recording.

Any album featuring Muddy Waters performing live renditions of "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I've Got My Mojo Working" obviously can't receive any rating other than a 5.

i did not take notes on this but fantastic album. 5/5

How I wish I'd been there (I wasn't even unborn, yet). Muddy and mates were sterling on this recording. 5 clear as a bell stars.

Muddy Waters played pretty clearly to me. He's a blues legend and not much has to be said about his influence. This album captures his work at it's most popular and cherished. This was a quick listen to, for all of us album lovers.

Gritty and joyful. Full of raw emotion and intense energy

Saw Muddy quite a lot back in the day!

> the Beatles

Love. Absolute blues boss.

Got a tiger in my tank now

Great album. Everyone sounded like they were having a Good time.

a mysterious force starts to overtake me, what is that, am i dancing and i don't even realize it 4.5/5

Brilliant live album, mojo filter!

The way Blues was meant to be.

Quintessential Mississippi River Blues, loved this album. No notes

delectable, succulent meal

Great!!

Now is the type of stuff that I was hoping to get out of this project! Muddy Waters, the type of legend my generation hears about but never takes the time to go back and listen to the music. I’m glad I did, the soul jumped out of the tracks and hit you in the face in the best way possible. Of course, as I’ve mentioned before, I love a live performance so hearing that gives you a glimpse on how it would’ve sounded if you were in the room. Then the studio recorded tracks at the end are just the icing on the cake. Phenomenal listen to say the least!

Just a beautiful Blues Record. I can just get lost in this sound. His Voice is so comforting. Makes me want to close my eyes and get lost.

Tight band, classic tunes, the energy of a live performance - amazing.

Love me some Muddy Waters! How could you not.

Cool and Cruising. Great and a bridge between old blues and a new era of 60s music. Cool to think of how Muddy Waters was in the same blues world as Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rodgers, and other myths from the misty dark pre war years in the south, but also forged a link to the new artists beginning in the 60s some of whom are still alive now. His music provides that same link to the past as his life does, starting with acoustic Robert Johnson type blues but moving into electrified Newport Festival blues rock. Great music, great history, still feels sharp now, still goes hard. I like that they were grooving so hard on one song that they just ran it back. Highlights: All the songs

An excellent live recording - blues just hits different

Good for the style

Goated

Anyone not giving this a 5 doesn't deserve music. By the time Muddy and the band hit Tiger in Your Tank they are smoking hot and cooking. Then they going into Mojo Working and you can hear the crowd go wild. You should too.

Even though it is a live album, this is a banger. The only times I was reminded of it was when he talked to the audience, the rest of the time it sounded super clear. I wish I was there, damn.

A great performance that opened up the blues to many other musicians, especially the rockers…

Muddy never lets you down

Great music

Not listen to any blues for ages

Muddy Waters carries such immense authority and charisma that it’s easy to see why he’s considered the grand master of Chicago Blues. From the moment the set starts, the energy is electric and raw, with the band slowly turning up the heat until the crowd is absolutely buzzing. It’s a bonafide classic that meets you exactly where you are, delivering a masterclass in Electric Blues that leaves no doubt about Muddy Waters massive, legendary footprint on music history.

If you're a fan of Chicago blues, you need to have this in your collection. If you're not a fan, you should take a moment to reevaluate you life choices.

Such a old school jazzy vibe

There’s a lovely building momentum to this album, that broods before sweeping you along and listening to the crowd build in excitement. The musicians are so assured in their craft, it feels easy, cool and like the music is alive. Like many live blues albums, it doesn’t disappoint. The music is sufficiently good that even when the live element finishes it still keeps you locked in. For what it is, it’s superb. Yes it’s got limited variety but I can live with it as a general fan of the genre.

It took me a while to absorb this, and I’ve listened to it many times now. I’ve been a casual listener of Muddy Waters in the past and always rated them, even if it’s not a typical genre for me. It’s got that classic rambling blues feel where you just sink into the groove. The key here is the energy, vibrancy, and atmosphere of the live element, and it nails that. It’s astonishing that this is a live recording, there are times you would literally have no clue. I find it's a little too tight at times, but thankfully it has great transitions between tracks, and you’re given more solo-centric treats on tracks like 'Tiger in Your Tank.' You also have higher-tempo songs like 'Got My Mojo Working,' which is why I dispute the 'boring' tag this genre often gets. You even get a dank goodbye track with a 'sad, sad, sad' feel that takes it down a notch and gives you some raw expression. Excellent, diverse album showcasing exceptional musical talent in every area. It's been an enjoyable five days. 5 days / 5 stars!

This is like listening to the platonic ideal of a blues album. It's morose, soulful and expressive. Each verse sets you up then knocks you down, giving such a satisfying resolution at the end of every phrase. The lyrics, voice, and music seem to work together in perfect synergy. Arguably, this is a pretty unvaried album in that it's a twelve bar blues on repeat in every track all the way through. To a modern ear, these musical patterns are such a well trodden path that you could fall into the trap of assuming this is derivative, when in fact you are listening to one of the OGs. Having bounced from a modern album to this, I am also in awe of the recording and production quality. Everything is so well articulated its like you are in the room. The few audio quirks from the live recording just add a depth and colour to the listening experience. If you like the blues, it's hard to imagine a better album.

Muddy Waters is PEAK.

This is a great album from a blues legend. I didn't find an extraordinary live album (the audience seems a bit muted), but I enjoyed it. I have some Muddy Waters records in my collection, but not this one. One of the massively influential albums for the development of the British blues boom of the early 1960s and on the subsequent development of rock music, this definitely derves its place on this list.

Muddy Waters is the grand master of Chicago blues, and his recording from Newport Jazz 1960 shows him at his best. Every track is strong, the arrangements are mature, Mr. Waters is completely confident in his performance, and even the recording is technically good (for its time). An album can't really get much better than this, at least not from the mainstream perspective of this project. If you also like Chicago blues (like me), then this album leaves nothing to be desired.

This is a perfect summary of jazz. No matter if you like the more energetic and bold songs or something more calm and easy, there's at least one song for you on this album. One of the perfect examples of how music doesn't need to have lyrics to be touching, to move you.

Any album that makes me what to smoke and drink whiskey is alright by me.

This is just wonderful. Influence 5. Hits 5. Intangibles 5. Quality (1960 live!?!) 4. Perfection 5.

I really enjoyed his album Hard Again. Crazy, I actually revisited it maybe 2-3 days ago after years of not listening. Sometimes the album pulls on here are wild. — Live and from 1960 and amazing. I’m bias bc I’ve been falling in love with soul/blues but WOW.

Really great blues sound, loved every song

Great to get the opportunity to listen to this. One of the really great artists, highly influential for the reason of being a true founding father of popular music. It is of course also intrinsically excellent. What a sound.

A true classic

I saved every song, I thoroughly enjoyed this! I never really explored this genre but this was so fun, some of the songs from Sinners remind of this. 5 ⭐️

Beautiful example of Chicago Blues

Incredible musical experience. I can’t image the energy of the crowd!

I'm not one of those people that really gets into the blues. That said, this recording is electric, and its influence on rock music is undeniable.

This is a Gold Standard for the Blues.

Such a beautiful album!

I enjoyed it.

This performance single-handedly introduced loud, electric Chicago blues to a white, intellectual jazz audience. Contains the definitive, high-energy live version of "Got My Mojo Working" with legendary crowd interaction. Served as the direct blueprint for the Rolling Stones and the entire British Rock Invasion of the 60s. Marked the cultural transition of the blues from segregated clubs to mainstream festival stages.

Definitely one of the GOATs of the blues.

very cool

Ooooh, that's gooood. To think in my corner of the world there was some "song about 5 minutes" and other socrealism garbáge. Gotta research some more. So... Muddy is in all Halls of Fame as he should be. Cool

There are times when I listen to Muddy Waters that I believe so deeply that he's the best musician that America has birthed and this is one of those times. So deeply from here but expansive in what music could do.

Incredible album. It is classic blues album that hits you deep in your bones. I loved listening to it and will listen again.

Good

Awesome

<3

mr OG blues

Listens: 4 Standout Tracks: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, I've Got My Mojo Working, Got My Mojo Working Pt 2 Man, this... this album was stellar. The way he whips the crowd up, the music, the vocals, the atmosphere. Everyone's having a good time in 1960 at Newport. It was a bit weird how four songs got tacked onto the end of a live album, but I am not really complaining about hearing more Muddy Waters, just a strange choice.

Feels like the first blues album

Algjörlega frábær!!!

Genius

Interested in the blues? This is it.

Goddamn. Muddy Waters knows how to sing the blues. Highly, highly recommend this one. Love the sound. Just all around thought it was great.

Look, I've been very vocal before about live albums in this list. I mean, they're like compilations, only live, and it's pretty hard to come up with a truly influential live recording. Johnny Cash comes to mind, Sam Cooke too, but that's where I stop counting. Until now, that is. I think the blues truly comes to life in live recordings and this record is proof of that.

some of the most pure blues music you'll hear. muddy sings some of his "biggest" songs here, but really all of it is pretty cool. it's short, sweet, and to the point. he is a legend for a reason!

Classic

It’s muddy waters playing the blues. How do you improve on that?

EXCELLENT!!!

Best Song: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man I am not a big blues fan, but when I think of blues, this is the sound I would expect. It hits all the right notes (both figuratively and literally). 5/5.

Love it! I love the blues, and always have. Muddy Waters, “Father of Chicago Blues” is the master! This album is essential blues listening and when I listen to it, takes me back to a place and time I never was. It’s just such a feeling.

When I was young listening to the radio the only black american music that featured on the radio was Mowtown. Okay, but safe. So when I first heard proper Chicago blues it was a revalation. Muddy Waters was the first exponent I was exposed to and he became a firm favourite. This album is a great example of his vocals and giutar work. The backing band are exceptional. Features great classic tracks

Incredible live blues!

This an amazing tribute to his talent

Great album which I came to lately. Had numerous Muddy vinyl in th70s including the outstanding Hard Again, and was lucky enough to see him on his final uk tour in 77 at the New Vic. The band on this recording are extremely tight, which when reading the history of the build up and civil unrest the day before is surprising. Great album 5 star from me.

Yep

4.5.

Very chill blues album

As with the other Muddy Waters album, very enjoyable and this one even bluesier. I quite liked it as a live album. A couple of good easier listening albums recently, looks like the trend is changing.

Loved this. This list should be more of this.

Very good …

Always crazy to hear live albums from the 1960s. Everything was so primitive but it still sounds so good. There are points on the album where you can hear a rumble in the background that might be wind blowing across the microphones or a distant train or something. At the same time it's just cacophonous when they really get cooking ("I've Got My Mojo Working"). You can hear the crowd clapping and cheering and screaming and the musicians stomping - the drums sound amazing! I love blues in general and this is my first time hearing this concert of Muddy Waters'. He has such a great voice. The "big band" sound with horns, harmonica, piano, backing vocals sounds great with this style of blues. This is just a great record from a titan of blues.

What is left to be said about Muddy- he’s the greatest. One of the foundations of every rock album that came after him. The guttural soul of his music can’t be and never will be matched.

My heart sank a little when this one popped up. I know how influential this stuff is, and the history of blues music is something we should all be aware of and never forget, but I have to be in the mood to listen to it. And I really wasn't. At least I didn't think I was. The moment he started singing, I completely switched on to it. I had actual goosebumps at one point, and when the record finished playing, I played it all over again. I'm probably more familiar with the his later material when he was older and gruffer and I think that's what I was expecting, but this was just wonderful. His vocal performance really caught my attention and the music was a total joy. A great record that I'm glad to have finally found.

This is The Blues.

💙

What's even to say. It's so damn good. It makes me FEEL. I'm still not sure what a hoochie coochie man is.

Je veux rien savoir, Muddy Waters est le GOAT du blues.

Big like

Classic, easy 5 stars.

that voice! one of a kind - the original badass

Wow. This was a treat. The perfect album to play throughout my day. Such skill!

An album that helped codify what blues would sound like for generations. Highly influential - especially for a group of young Brits who would take the what was do display here, repackage it and sell it back to America. The record itself still feels vibrant. A band with aces at every instrument being led by a true master. As good a representation as any of an artist and a genre.

Muddy water live is up there with the best of the best

Classic Blues? Sign me the fuck up

Peerless, nasty blues.

Amazing album. Some much great blues!

Original blues for the win!! This was a great album to just sit back with a coffee and a doobie and listen. Enjoyed the whole album. I find you can’t go wrong with good classics like this.

9/10 Proper blues, delivered perfectly. I love the noise of the crowd as they lose their minds over what must have been a defining experience. And the wind blowing on the mics, the spontaneity of it all - I'm beginning to love me a live album.

Excellent

NAH this fuckin BLUEES

Anytime. A 5.

09/09/2025 A brilliant album, well worth a listen. Spotify listeners: 1.1 million

Holy shit. This is outstanding. What an incredible live recording. Easy 5 stars.

Kind of an amazing album, especially live must’ve been amazing g

One of the best live blues albums

This album is pretty great. It sounds really good, being a live recording, and it has great songs. There's so much personality. I liked it a lot.

Love this...especially the live sections

One of the few instances where I will forgive a live album. This album felt so alive all the way through. Raw, unfiltered. Good blues entry. My Rating: 4/5

Beautiful southern blues

absolute banger - live

Muddy is the GOAT

9/10

Pretty good

Good bluesy time

Recommended version: live registration with video. Such a joy. 7/5 full marks Thank you for having this pop up on my time line. Finally.

It's a totally a new world for me

Four stars on listening and a fifth for historical context. Feel the blues.

What's not to love about blues music?

Heck yes

Cool one Anything live at Newport rocks Muddy sounds so young

would’ve loved to see Newport’s reaction to this. so perfect

anything's a 5 star compared to german electronic shart

Listening to Blues Music in 2025 is usually a boring, dreary chore. The style is defined by it's standards, forms, and cliches. Older generations seems to love it for that very fact. They find comfort in Blues' unchanging nature. Muddy Waters was, in his unique way, an innovator who electrified and modernized Blues Guitar and bandleading. This record is an excellent snapshot of a moment when Blues Music made a significant leap into an unknown future. That future gave us Hendrix, Clapton, Psychedelia, Heavy Metal, and countless other musical milestones. For further listening enjoyment, check out Waters' controversial psychedelic album. "Electric Mud."

solid blues. not everyday listening

Man, just classic

Who would have thought this would be my thing. Great live music and bare bones presentation, just how I like it. It hadn’t struck me until now how much delta blues sounds like zydeco. I’m very slow.

So glad to have been introduced to this album (and Muddy Waters in general). I knew his name, and probably would have had a sense of his style, but this forced me to sit down and listen to it. This would be easy to put on any time.

Incredible blues album, start to finish!

Love

You want blues? This is It!

Music that speaks to my soul. Simply amazing.

A legend for a reason. Makes you believe harmonica is the sexiest instrument. Also very cool to hear the crowd engagement with the live album format - starting with polite applause and going full-out losing their minds by the end.

This sounds great. Will definitely look for a copy for the collection.

Perfect. No notes. Not something I listen to on the regular but such a great record. The call and response in Mojo Working is one of the most joyous (and one of my favourite) relics of rock and roll.

Awesome. Without Muddy Waters, you don't get the stones, Warren Zevon, or the White Stripes. Just boppin!

live albums can often feel sort of fractured, at least in regard to the actual song selection. a lot like a greatest hits compilation, there's often some noticeable disconnect between one track and another. now, this phenomenon is Already mostly mitigated just by the Form and the Context of this particular release. i mean, a lot of the hang-ups around this sort of grab-bag approach in an album release stem from taking songs out of the context of their albums, and Muddy Waters had a whopping One album at the time of this recording. we kind of forget that the album is not the be-all end-all music format. it's especially easy if you're approaching this as a piece of Western Music Canon where The Album has inexplicably and SomeWhat UnComfortably been put on a massive pedestal and treated as the Correct Form. but hell, many albums around this time and throughout the decade were Also more or less just collections of disparate tracks. this was back when a record being half standards and covers was just… what a record Was. and blues, much like any other kind of folk music, is a genre that embraces this approach regardle—man, i'm getting entirely off-topic and sandbagging my own point. i always do this. i bring all this up in the first place because i was struck with some exceptional track sequencing here, that's all. it really ramps up and tells a story through the energy. hearing the band—as well as the audience—loosen up and build over the course of the performance grants a certain kind of cohesion that made it pretty easy to conceptualize this thing holistically. i guess i could've just said that. i really enjoyed hoochie coochie man. looking it up and learning that's where that fucking stop-time riff comes from blew my mind. you know the riff. even if you think you don't, you do. it's the bad to the bone one. this wasn't the first recording of hoochie coochie; Waters had first released it as a single in '54, but it still feels like witnessing the discovery of Fire. how must that have sounded back then? crazy to imagine. much hay has been made for both parts of got my mojo working as well, and those are some fantastic performances, for sure, definitely the fiery beating heart of the record. i do not actually care much about Muddy Waters' place as a stepping stone to a lot of the acclaimed bluesy rock acts; yea yea, he was a big influence on the Stones, who wasn't? but setting that apathy for rock canon aside—wow, yea, you really can hear it on mojo working. probably better than the Stones, though. or at least better than bad to the bone. hope we can agree on that. good god. that song gives me hives. i don't even know if it's actually bad. i'm just allergic to it. i'd honestly thought this would be a more difficult listen than it was. i guess i don't know why, even; i suppose just due to its age and my lack of experience with actual factual true-blue blues. but i like old folk music, and i do like rock music, despite everything, so it's not as if i didn't have an in. maybe i'm just a scared little pussy. maybe i'm just a little piss baby. maybe i'm just a bitch. who knows. really glad i listened to this, though; it feels like as good a foundation as any to get into blues proper. maybe it'll make me a little less of a bitch. a little less of a scared little piss baby. maybe it'll make me—

all day listening. so good

Not many things better than blues is there?

Loved it! Hadn’t heard much live MW

Och wat heerlijk. Even lekkere blues zo op de woensdagmiddag. Gelijk beginnend met een heerlijk rifje en die pure rauwe stem van Muddy. Dit. Wordt Genieten. Pfoah, helemaal los in Baby please dont go. Echt de roots van Blues dit. Geweldig. Potverdomme wat een heerlijk album. Echt alleen maar genoten, bij elk nummer. Het helpt dat ik wel echt Blues van ben, want is het objectief? Absoluut niet. Is het veel van hetzelfde? Ja tot op zekere hoogte. But do I FOOKIN LUV IT? THE HELL I DO! 5 reten. FAV:I'm your hoochie coochi man, Baby please dont go, tsja ze kunnen er allemaal op.

Not something I often listen to, it was fun!

Love me some blues

Wow. I watched this on YouTube right after listening to the LP. Magnificent. 5 out of 5.

It’s good

Muddy Waters is always a great time and this is no exception. Incredible.

Perfection from front to back.

This was a great album. Every song was good. Easy to listen and sing along to.

Fantastic album.

Amazing live performance

perfection

Full of soul and power. Funky and groovy. Smooth. Rich vocals. Classic blues.

This is such a fun live album. They are really just jamming on all cylinders from start to end on this album. Muddy is far more than just blues and rhythm, he comes off particularly as a true rock star on this album. There is a wildness to the big band sounds on this album, horns and harmonicas just sounding off all across these jams. Each member plays with heart and character on this thing. It's got songs that make you wanna run and chase your tail in circles and others that make you wanna kick a can down the road. That's the blues; and it's got a shit-ton of energy. Firey and explosive moments too- the blues on Live at Newport is incredibly infectious.

Live album of Chicago blues ezpz 5

This is remarkably clean for being a live recording from 1960. Even without such high quality sound, Muddy Waters has never disappointed me, and this album is no exception. One of the all time greatest blues men, I would have loved to have been in that audience. So much of the music I love owes its foundation to Muddy Waters.

Fantastisch. Besonders nachdem ich gestern im Kino Sinners gesehen habe. Das richtige Album zur richtigen Zeit.

Got my Mojo working is perfection! So gotta get to marks

Muddy Waters was one of the originators of the Chicago blues, the hot, beefy, electrified blues.

Any Chicago Blues from the 50's and 60's wins an automatic 5 stars from me.

It s just great. When Muddy is rocking it’s infectious, blueprint of musical funtimes.

Favorite Track: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

Excellent album. I don't normally like live albums, but this one was quite good.

Pure, old school rhythm and blues. Deep soul from the Deep South. This is defined the entire genre and set a new standard for popular music. The influence this had on western music remains incalculable.

Super cool. Live.

Amaze

Super chill

Good

Live albums are usually not as good as studio recordings. Usually. Muddy Waters is the exception that proves the rule. DAMN, was he ever good.

This album is credited with introducing Chicago-style blues to a white audience and influencing the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Angus Young, and more. Its footprint is so massive that it can't be overstated, and it's easy to see why. Waters starts with some blues standards and slowly turns up the heat until the crowd is going nuts. He plays his penultimate song twice, reportedly exhausting himself to the point that Otis Spann had to sing the final number. It's an expert balance of frenetic energy and casual blues musicianship. Just incredible.

Classic, real-deal American blues from one of the absolute greats.

That was a nice change of pace. I like the classic blues sound and that life experience can be heard in muddy Waters' voice.

Very good

I really love these live recordings from the sixties. Reminds me of the recordings of Johnny Cash from Folsom. So welll recorded and mastered. From the first track to the last i feel so attentive to the record and hanging on his every word. With the music echoing in and out around his lyrics. Really incredible recording.

Блюз, какой он должен быть, да и еще и в лайве

I loved this one. I love his sound

marvellous - fierce, singular, with one of the greatest voices in popular music

No body made a live album without a debt to this album No guitarist ever picked up a guitar without a debt to this man This is rock n roll's DNA. Polymath Ps I love live albums ever since the Iron Maiden classic Live after Death, I still have the tape from when I was 14, with all the details worn off the plastic. I don't agree with comments about a studio version is my point.

The type specimen for electric blues - absolutely masterful performance that understandably had a seismic effect on rock music at large. Fave tracks - well, I can say "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man", "Baby, Please Don't Go", and "I've Got My Mojo Working 1 + 2", but they're all bangers!

Chill

Beautiful. Live sessions rule.

Great stuff. A classic album. Shame it's so short

I'm not typically a big fan of live albums, they always feel like "best of" albums - something that's great for the people who were there, but whatever for the at-home listener. Because of that, I felt surprised there was a live album on this list - considering he has so many other studio albums. However, this was one steller at-home listen. (And since listening to his studio album "Hard Again," I actually prefer this.) This album was apparently considered the FIRST live blues album - so that's great, and worthy of making the list. This album sounds way ahead of it's time, I can't believe this was 1960. Way more rockin' than what you'd think when you're hear "blues music," but became its own iconic sound. Harmonica like I've never heard it before. * Edit: Coming back to this album to change my rating from a 4 to a 5, especially considering what I said about live albums before. This album is excellent, and the fact that it was recorded live makes it that much cooler. THIS is the blues I want to listen to. It's raw, soulful, and pretty damn perfect.

Surprising a jazz‑oriented crowd with pure Chicago blues, James Cotton ripping on harmonica, and the first major live blues album—this one earns its landmark status.

Went feral for this, and it didn't even have mannish boy

Fascinerend dat een ogenschijnlijk zo simpel en voorspelbaar genre als de blues blijft boeien. Helemaal met zo'n grootheid als Muddy Waters, en dan ook nog live. Als je maar 100 platen uit de20e eeuw zou mogen meenemen, zou iets als dit er zeker bij moeten zitten.

Pre Listen: Going into this I've never really listened to much Muddy Waters but his reputation does precede him so I was expecting classic blues but beyond that no expectations. Post: It's funny how when something becomes so classic it is hard to fully comprehend it. So much of this sounds almost like parody from 65 years of music after. I think with releases like this it is impossible to judge something like this. It seems a lie to say I went in blind because this brought nothing new to the table for me musically because everyone has stolen so much from his work since. I can see this becoming another favourite live album for me. So much of his and the bands energy comes through well here. The mixing is excellent too with exactly as much audience needed to breath a bit of life into the record, but I've no idea how the remaster changes the original release so I am curious about that. As an aside it's interesting that Newport is only notable to me because of the Jazz festival so I thought that the festival would be newer, not that this would be Muddy performing at the same festival. Also finding out Nina Simone released a set from 1960 meant I checked the lineup and it was a hell of a year for the festival (without going into crowd behaviour) Highlight: Feels so Good (hard to choose this one cause it maintains a quality throughout)

Meilenstein! Zeitdokument! Back to the roots!

Nice

Enjoyed

Just so cool, the band comes in swinging and grooving, and Muddy Waters voice and playing are on top form

Mad how the rolling stones are just a covers band.

Great energy

Loved this album. Less individual songs and more the sound of the album as a whole. Really can hear the ripple effect of influence this had on so many others. I wonder if I would have maybe enjoyed a studio album instead more since the crowd didn't feel as engaging as some of the other live albums on this list. Maybe puts it at a 4.5 but I am certainly going to round up rather than down.

Blues so slow and moody I had no choice but to start smoking a cigarette in the rain

It's Muddy Waters.

Excellent band - Muddy’s incredible voice, Otis Spann on piano, James Cotton’s harp - with a great setlist. This live album, and the concert at which it was recorded, effectively introduced Waters’s brand of electrified country blues hollers to entire America, and inspired a who’s who of British artists to play this music - the Rolling Stones, John Mayall, and the guitarists who developed in his band - Clapton, Green, Taylor - and so many more. Essential stuff.

Outstanding!

Performing at the Newport Festival, especially in its heyday, was a rite of passage. For Muddy Waters, however, it was just another stop on the road. In this 1960 document of his live set, Muddy and his band wasted little to no time and made the most out of their movements, bringing out definitive renditions of soon-to-be staples of the Blues genre, especially Got My Mojo Workin'. Short, quick and worth the time.

Perfektion mit Freude und der Liebe für Musik. So was von toll.

Excellent. So much feeling. So much talent.

Great Blues music. Classic, fun, and still great today. Sit back and enjoy.

I am very partial to the blues, and Muddy Waters is one of the OG!! There is a reason so many early rockers were influenced by Waters. I enjoyed listening to this album.

Muddy Waters is so effortlessly cool. This album rocks.

Blues is a genre that influenced almost every type of music under the sun, and Muddy Waters and his band are simply just some of the best ever to play it, if not before, then certainly with this absolute Beast of a live album. 5.5 if it were available.

I was at a 4. Then, “I’ve Got My Mojo Working” happened and I jumped right up to a 5. I won’t discount the other tracks on this album, because they all act as a grand buildup to that moment, but like… what a show-stopper of a number that is. I can’t even complain that he played it twice. Muddy let out every ounce of energy he had left for that, with himself, his band, and that crowd hitting an absolute fever pitch. It’s one of the most stunning live performances I think I’ve ever heard. I do have to rewind – this album does sort of start slowly, and you can feel everyone involved with this recording getting more comfortable, more confident, and more energetic as the set goes along. For the first two tracks, everything feels sort of modest and slow, and while it all technically sounded nice, the energy felt flat. My immediate suspicion was that this was a white crowd, and… yeah, this was a white crowd. Well, OK, an integrated crowd, but it sure looks like there were a lot more white people. By tracks 3 & 4, the band’s energy starts to pick up, as does Muddy’s vocals. Track 5 is when they really let loose – Tiger in Your Tank is just catchy and fun, and that energy carries into “I Feel So Good”. Those opening piano notes, his deeper vocal twang, the crowd screaming… all of it is a buildup to Got My Mojo Working. I cannot stress enough how good this performance is; I can’t capture it in words. It’s worth sitting through both parts, because it’s that damn good. Hell, I looked up the video of the performance just to see how in the zone he was – he was deeply in the zone. How that crowd didn’t just stand up and dance their heart out is beyond me. There is a great shot of a guy doing the Charleston, though. All this praise towards Got My Mojo Working aside, the album ends on a Langston Hughes-written track. Like, Harlem Renaissance poet, black icon Langston Hughes. The story goes that there was a big riot over a lack of tickets, so the city just shut down the whole festival. Apparently, he wrote the track soon after he learned it, and asked Muddy to perform it. The irony is, that’s not even him on the last track – it’s his pianist Otis Spann. When I said Muddy left every ounce of energy on Got My Mojo Working, I meant that shit. It’s Langston Hughes himself who gets the final words on this album, and that piece of history being so well captured here is kind of amazing. So, yeah, this gets a big jump up right to a 5. Muddy Waters is indeed as good live as he is in-studio, and his consistency in quality, even up to the 1970s, when we got his album “Hard Again”, is kind of incredible. It makes me kind of mad that blues musicians like him feel sort of lost to time, understated in the modern music canon. This was a real delight, though.

This album smacks

Dosta fina brijačina, baš mi odgovara na nedjelju navečer! 😊 Da mi je biti na tom koncu ufff. Baš dosta, dosta jebeno. Što ide dalje lajv, to više otkidam, pogotovo Got My Mojo Working pt.2, i I Got My Brand On You mi je vrh. Ma nema se šta dodati, ovo je peticu ko kuća! 5/5, 9/10.

me encantan los álbumes en vivo

Immediately drawn in by his rich, commanding voice, and Otis Span’s piano work.

Great album, wouldn’t have normally listened to this but it’s very good. Great voice and guitar style.

10/25/24. This has to be one of the albums that defines what blues music is, I don't know if there's many better examples that showcases what the genre is in its purest form.

Man, if you can't get into some good, old-fashioned blues, I really don't know how to help you.

Figura esencial de la música popular, su influencia en el Rock, Rhythm & Blues, y todo lo que vino después es fundamental. Sin Muddy no habría Rolling Stones, Clapton, Hendrix, AC/DC, Led Zeppellin pero tampoco Beatles, ni Animals ni otras tantas bandas. Este disco es de escucha obligatoria, como conocer la historia de esa edición del Festival de Newport (la guitarra de la portada es de John Lee Hooker) o la del propio sello Chess. Aquí el vídeo de su actuación: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTCIqfsefc I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Baby, Please Don't Go, Got My Mojo Working, Tiger in your tank... imprescindibles. Otros discos de 1960: Elvis Is Back! de Elvis Presley, Giant Steps de John Coltrane, At Last! de Etta James, A Date with the Everly Brothers de The Everly Brothers, The Genius Hits the Road de Ray Charles, Have Guitar Will Travel de Bo Diddley, Sketches of Spain de Miles Davis, Twist with Chubby Checker, Rockin' at the Hops de Chuck Berry, debuts de Joan Baez o Miriam Makeba...

Unbelievable live album, great musicianship, talent and charisma

I don’t really know enough about the blues to talk about it intelligently. I know that I like some of it and this one is one I like a lot.

absolutely fire. smooth easy listening. nothing jumped out at me as a must listen on repeat but was quite good.

Best blues album we've had so far. Best use of Mojo in a song. Was lucky enough to be turned onto muddy Waters by some old friends of mine that had a late night radio show in my home town. Thank you funk and flash for turning me on to muddy Waters!

Great!

Music sure is something.

Outstanding

Muddy Waters is the biggest name in Blues. A gifted, singer, songwriter, guitar player, and band leader, Muddy's is the most recognizable, influential voice in the blues. His early recorded work, in the 40s and 50s, were singles. He started releasing albums in 1960, the same year he recorded and released At Newport. This is one of the first live blues albums, and influenced generations of blues and rock performers. Muddy has a rich, rough voice that became the sound of American blues. His band, with slide guitar, harmonica solos, and bass-driven rhythms was filled with practiced, exciting performers. Muddy and his band put on fantastic performances, and this album captured one of them.

Never considered myself a jazz/blues fan but I enjoyed every minute of this. Gonna go against my usual studio is better than live and say that the live is definitely better than the studio tracks. Gonna consider getting this in a vinyl format next time I see it. Also album cover’s colour contrast is noiicee

A great experience all around. I didn't come into this expecting to like it but I happily listened to it multiple times over.

Got my mojo working pt 2 got MY mojo working! Hot damn! Listening to this at my office job and I want to hop up and clap my hands and dance! Classic blues album. Muddy waters is the man. And ima put a tiger on yo tank.

One of the core blues albums of all time.

A classic and staple!

Enjoyed this album

Love Muddy. This was my first listen mind. Stunning performances from start to end. Got My Mojo Working is a stand out.

love

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.

I own this. It's excellent. Fantastic version of Baby, Plesse Don't Go.

The definition of OG blues. Insane album. Not one bad song, flows like wine in the village of santo poco. When I think of blues thisbis what comes to mind.

If this had been recorded in a barn, it would've burned right on down. Album cover: B. That is a photo of Muddy Waters, and they use to words to tell you that it is indeed him. Very informative.

I knew right away I'd love this album. The live albums are the best part of this experience so far, and this one absolutely did not miss. I love this era of blues. I'd never listened to Muddy Waters before but I certainly will in the future. I loved the whole album and added it to my saved albums. 9/10

At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters recorded during his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1960. If you want an album that would set the tone of the 1960s, this is it. This is the one that would influence artists like the Stones, Hendrix, Zeppelin, and way way more. This is REAL blues, not that heroin-fueled wanker shit (ahem, Clapton). Blues had been going on a long time up until this point, but this record and performance is credited with bringing the genre, specifically Chicago Blues, to a broader white audience. You gotta remember the US was still at the height of the Jim Crow era at this time, so white boys weren't listening to this. In the wake of this album you all of a sudden had a bunch of brits trying to sound like it, and becoming MORE popular! What type of shite is that? Muddy is truly your favorite musician's favorite musician.

Indeed. 5

after years of hacking and hurling at white boys play blues licks on their electric guitars, i sure did find myself Not Struggling At All with actual blues recordings when i finally got around to them! obviously theres a host of differences and breaks in evolutionary timeline but placing things strictly within the realm of my personal aesthetic tastes...besides a love of jazz which is probably my most obvious backdoor in, i think the basic foundation for it feeling at least a little Like Home is , tbh, musical theatre FHJSFHJFS both styles of music about expressiveness and performance on top of familiar material built for infinite iteration. i dont wanna go too far for that comparison lol but listening to a great theatre performer and listening to a great blues performer scratch similar itches for me...waters ofc inevitably kinda rocks my world here. not just a ton of color, its a ton of Shades of color, so when things are similar on the surface theres reason to pull in and pick out the variations. his band is also ofc wonderful here especially the drumming which feels very jazz influenced at this point (my understanding is that there was a sorta Volleying of influence between the two). just super wonderful and magical tbh!! kinda Why You Listen To Music

Spitze!

I had been meaning to listen to Muddy Waters for awhile, I'm glad this got recommended it was great.

I just love This album. The feeling in these Songs. The guitar playing is fantastic.

8 / 10 Blues en vivo, parece increíble que sea del año 1960, se escuchan claramente sonidos que influirán en todo lo que estaba por venir en esos años. Muy al estilo del directo de B.B.King.

great

Classic blues album. Absolutely slaps

Tem coisas que só são possíveis em álbuns ao vivo. Muddy Waters toca duas vezes a mesma música a pedido do público e conseguimos ter duas experiências diferentes, sendo a segunda mais curta e com a plateia já aquecida. Álbum de blues primordial. Bem cru e direto, com ótimas musicas e bem performado.

Hell yeah!

Incredible

God I fucking love the blues

Classic Blues album with authentic live feeling.

Great live blues from a master.

5/5. Excellent concert would have loved to be there.

Clear waters

Wanna listen again

What a show this must've been. The band is great. 1960! Album is fantastic. Had me moving sided to side and smiling.

Instant classic. Can't believe I never heard this before today. The band starts out a little tentative and quiet but they get their mojo working soon enough and you can practically hear the Newport crowd's minds melt.

love love love I am so unworthy of Muddy Waters.

really enjoyed this :D

Jeg lå på en 4'er det meste af albummet, for jeg synes energien var god, hans stemme er fantastisk, optagelsen var virkelig god i forhold til hvor gammel den er, og sangene var helt fine. Men så kom Got My Mojo Working, kæmpe banger, og den kom over målstregen til en 5'er. Solidt sommeralbum

This really filled in a blind spot in my cultural knowledge, and it was a joy to listen to.

For this review, I'm sticking to the original track listing and not counting the bonus tracks from the 2001 remastered version. I'm already familiar with Muddy Waters as a blues legend, with this being a hallmark performance of his at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960. This is peak Chicago-style blues for those who are into the classics, complete with an upbeat performance by Muddy and his live band. There's a reason why this album has been cited for developing the hard rock sound. Check it out.

Loved it! 5/5

Really amazing find

It's real blues. It's live. I don't quite understand those who'd rather hear a studio blues album than a live one with the energy, but I'll let them have that opinion. For me, this was a perfect snapshot of live blues, taken basically at the end.

A proper blues album and Muddy Waters is goated.

Absolute classic. Cannot listen to this without bobbing your head and getting the feels.

Muddy Waters at the height of his creativity and performance prowess...what else is there to understand?

It's Muddy Waters, Live. It's great, I could listen to it over and over. One of the best blues artists just playing his heart out for the audience.

Yet another area where I'm embarrassingly ignorant of music I should know better. Absolutely captivating; no notes.

Gave this a five last time and see no reason to change it this time.

Uhhh groooovy und vibey und eifach gut

Grandfather of blues. Love this music.