At Newport 1960

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.

Crazy album to start with

geiles zeug

Incredible, and live!! Not normally as big a fan of live albums, but this is great

Great

Очаровательной красоты блюз, заставляющий двигаться и извиваться каждую часть тела

Really great, especially by live album standards. It’s so lively

A great live album from one of the Blues legends.

What a master. It's so great that we have recordings like this to hear the greats in their prime. I love Muddy Waters voice so much.

Goodbye Newport blues

Six stars

Swanky yummy good. Old school blues with all the grooves and space bonus points for being a live album.

Phenomenal live album!

So much greatness in one place. Had not done this as an album, what a different experience. Lovely.

Such a foundational album. Great listen!

I mean what is there to say? He’s THE 20th century American blues recording artist. Such an easy listen. A great showman on this live recording. It’s nice to hear him pre-British invasion, too. A lot of the invading bands (particularly The Rolling Stones) idolized him and while I don’t think that changed his sound, he probably had some feelings about it. Anyway. This is a treasure and I’m glad it came up. Standout tracks: I Got My Brand On You, I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Tiger in Your Tank, I’ve Got My Mojo Working, pts. 1 and 2

Great live album. Infectious energy!

Es Muddy Wàters, no hay más que decir. El Blues en todo su esplendor

So smooth

If you want to get down with some blues well this is it

Fett, Zigarre und nen Whiskey dazu am besten

Essential folk blues.

Loved it! Good background music while you’re getting stuff done

Awesome album--I love it!!

Finally some good old blues

Mention spéciale pour I feel so good et Soon forgotten, mais j'ai adoré la majorité des chansons de l'album. J'adore ce style de musique ! ça met de bonne humeur et ça donne envie de faire une petite danse d'époque ahha même si je ne connais pas !

Excellent electric blues.

Amazing!!

Pretty much quintessential Delta Blues that rips from start to finish. It’s easy to hear why this was so resonant at the time.

Wonderful Album, love it! 5 stars!!

I don’t usually listen to the blues but Muddy Waters is where it is at.

I mean I like jazz so...

Goddamn, this hits! Like the cover itself, a classic Country/Folk album. A bit rusty, but who gives a shit? It hits!

Never listened to Muddy Waters before. Had a lot of fun with this album. The swing rhythm with hearty blues was a banger the whole way. Listened to the whole thing driving in a snowstorm.

Fantástico, música con alma, coordinación de músicos casi perfecta.

Outstanding, an absolute joy to discover such an amazing recording.

Great MW...funny right after that we listened to the Stones "rolling stone"and they covered MW perfect.

Um… This influenced pretty much everything

Now I remember why I like the blues.

Great live live blues album.

Great band- I really loved the drums, and harmonica. I wish you could hear the bass better in the mix. Favorite songs were tiger in tank and mojo working.

Iconic and amazing. Everything about this is great

Incredible.

Enjoyed it from start to finish.

Pure, essential blues recording. Sounds as good as anything Muddy Waters ever did in the studio. Fave Songs (All Songs, from most to least favorite): Got My Mojo Working, I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Got My Mojo Working, Part 2, I Got My Brand on You, Goodbye Newport Blues, I Feel So Good, Soon Forgotten, Tiger in Your Tank

Purely spectacular.

Fantastic album. Blues is a strange beast - it can be seen as formulaic, all twelve bar repeating rhythm figures and pentatonic scales, but it's so much about feel and emotion, and this album really captures it at its finest. Wonderful.

Original blues sound, by one of the best

Have heard this before and love it. Great to listen again. Surprising don't own in my collection but may change that soon. A blues classic and I think the live setting here really complements Muddy's powerful vocals. Full of energy and everything you want from a blues record.

HOLY COW. What a masterpiece.

Great album! Always think of "Mannish" when I head Muddy Waters, so it was interesting to hear more music that he made.

wonderfully racous blues gains steam as it moves through the set.

ok this one does hit.

IT'S MY ALBUM RANKING AND I GET TO GIVE MUDDY WATERS AT NEWPORT 1960 FIVE STARS IF I WANT TO! I mean... it's Muddy Waters and Otis Spann and James Cotton and the rest of the Muddy Waters Blues Band recording the first real live blues album. What else could I possibly give it. They're firing on all cylinders, Muddy Waters sounds cool and in control as always, the harmonica is wailing away, and the audience is loving them (you can see more of that if you watch the recorded footage of the concert). Just a fun and joyful moment in blues history. Favorites: Hoochie Coochie Man and Got My Mojo Working are classics, and Goodbye Newport Blues is a very nice ending with Otis Spann on vocals. They're all standouts to me sorry for not being objective about Muddy Waters

Amazing

Great blues album, another live banger

Knew him before from the songs „Mannish Boy“, „I‘m Your Hoochie Coochie Man“ One of the greatest in Blues. IF NOT THE GREATEST!!!! Every song equally good!!!!

Great album

cream of the crop as far as blues go

The platonic ideal of Chicago blues

Muddy at his best

Legendary. Favorite track: Tiger in Your Tank

Great album

Amazing live recording. Up there with BB King at the Regal.

Good

When did the Blues become a dirge? Cause this ain’t that! Was gonna tell a story about young me and how I accidentally discovered this and how I think it was an important punk album but I’ll save it for another time. A lot of these albums are historically important because of their influence or popularity but don’t age well. This is not one of those. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t popular and influential. It’s just a great record. Fun to listen to, soulful, all the musicians are in top form. A gem top to bottom and glad to see it on the list.

love it! not my typical listening but the funk and history feels great. gives me the same vibes as listening to johnny cash's live albums. should listen to more of this type of music

Excellent album from a consummate artist. Hoochie Coochie Man was a highlight.

Blueprint to everything. Master.

Nice sound, great lyrics!

Muddy with all of his gritty blues magnificence

Fantastic Album

Waters' polished, evocative style paired with his experienced vocals made this a rare live album I enjoyed.

Absolute classic blues grooves. So many tracks that you didn't know you knew, but you knew.

Muddy Waters' "At Newport 1960" is a timeless blues masterpiece that captures the raw energy and soul of a live performance. From the opening chords of "I Got My Mojo Working" to the closing notes of "Goodbye Newport Blues," Waters' electrifying stage presence and stellar band create an unforgettable musical experience. The album's historic significance in bringing blues to a wider audience is undeniable, making it a must-listen for anyone seeking the essence of authentic blues.

In a word: essential listening. Great set from an all-time great blues artist.

Got my mojo working

Live album - recorded in July of 1960, released in November of 1960. Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) was a Chicago Blues Musician. He was born 1913, and died 1983 at age 70. The album opens with a lot of energy - the first three tracks have a wonderful, bouncy, bluesy energy to them. By the time "Soon Forgotten" comes around, we are slowing down to a swing level melody. What a soulful track - it's hard to put into words; there is a pain trying to break through on this one. The album picks right back up once the track ends. The album keeps the party going until we find ourselves within the somber halls of "Goodbye Newport Blues." This was a favorite of mine, as I love slow and somber tunes. At this point, I realize there is no critique of this album: it's timeless, and provides a soundscape that is nostalgic of a time long since passed.

Fantastic

Added a couple of tunes to my playlist! Takes me back to Dingwalls in the 1980s - I was definitely born in the wrong era 🤣 fantastic harmonica!

I wish I could have seen him live.

Feet: stomping Head: nodding Mojo: working

Astonishing, this man is made of blues

I'm a fan of the Rolling Stones, who were greatly influenced by Muddy Waters, so I am predisposed to like this album. A lot of these songs are blue standards and you can see why he was so influential. I think this is an album that needs to be heard in order to understand what other bands are copying and trying to live up to. When I talk about other bands/artists trying to do white guy blues, that's not this. THIS is what they are trying to do.

voz de oso, dicha y felicidad, compacto y brillante

Superb

This album reminds me why I'm listening to this list. As much as I love listening to the music, I understand that a lot of albums here have influenced artists and genres, and generally played a part in music history. I went in not knowing who Muddy Waters is, but after researching the Wikipedia page and other reviews, I understand that this record played an important part in introducing the blues to a younger, whiter, more international audience, influencing the scenes that would lead to the British Invasion, and generally being a catalyst for rock music in general. This album's influence cannot be overstated, and in addition, it was just enjoyable to listen to. That Chicago Blues sound is just wonderful, and I really loved the faster boogies also. A very good live album that absolutely deserves to be on this list. Favourite: I've Got My Mojo Working

Hot blooz

Great live album, writing blues history. It gradually builds up toward I've Got My Mojo Working when Waters fires on all cylinders, followed by Otis Spann wrapping things up with a slow blues, arguably the best song on the record.

Peerless. Blues as it was meant to be.

That Mississippi Mudd is so good

Cool live album, that inspired tons and tons of following artists throughout the years. Muddy Waters was the bees knees, and this album shows it! 9 out of 10

So good

Amazing live blues album.

I don't usually like live albums, but sometimes sheer talent can outweigh the chore of audience noise and poor production. This is one of those times.

Got to give it a 5. Not listened to much blues but this was quality live music and must have influenced all sorts.

Muddy Waters is the best

One of the best albums I’ve ever heard.

I’d never listened to Muddy Waters music properly before. It’s important.

so dang good

Great album, must've been a blast being at this show.

Holy cow what a great album. I don't normally listen to blues ever, let alone the older stuff, but I was invested from start to finish. Every song had me tapping my feet and bobbing my head. What an amazing set.

Fuck yeah. The Blues God. And he proved it here. Favorite track: Baby, Please Don't Go

vittu se KITARA VÄNKYYYYY!!!!!!!! tämä on bleuessia..PARHAIMMILLAAN..miten sen kuuluukin olla... mutavesi, kuravesi... heh... STEREO STEREO STEREO.. tuuu tu tuuu tu uu .. PFT tuu tu utuuu tuu u PFT... niin se kuuluu olla... i got my brand on you

que metal nojentinho 10/10

I love some Muddy Waters.

Muddy Waters playing the blues.

I loved listening to this album that was such an influence on so many 60s musicians to come. This was the real, original deal.

I have never listened to a Muddy Waters album. Wasn’t sure I would be into it, but I was. Good times!!

Nice to wallow in the Muddy Waters today. Appreciate hearing it from the source.

I started listening to this immediately after watching a terrible documentary about a cult that committed sexual abuse and branding of women. Bad timing. Off to a bad bad start with that first song. I also have not had a lot of interest in the blues in my past, so this isn’t promising… Fortunately I enjoyed the non-branding-related songs on this album very much! Lots of energy, great blues playing, and except for that first track (which then repeated near the end - UGH), which I will excuse but never enjoy. I was surprisingly into this! Really great!

Beautiful. Muddy Waters is, and always will be, an absolute treasure.

Classic blues as it is. The essential of it, I would say) And a good live vibe is here as well.

SUCH AN AMAZING ALBUM. Muddy Waters is a fantastic vocalist and guitar player and every song is just perfection. I love the sense of fun and the unrestrained masculinity (mojo!). One of my all time faves, everything this man touched was gold in my book. 5/5

Rating: 9/10 Best songs: I got my brand on you, I’m your hoochie coochie man, Tiger in your tank, Feel so good, I’ve got my mojo working

Amazing blues forgot how good he is

One of the most influential artists of 60's this and the Folk Singer album highlight the reason why. This potentially could be the greatest blues album of all time.

Muddy Waters was my introduction to Blues when I first heard Mannish Boy, and he defines blues to me. Imagine being in the audience to hear this performance being recorded. Nothing can match the growl, howl, and beat of Waters' vocals and guitar. Brand, Hoochie Coochie, Mojo Working,... all great tunes. The only song that doesn't connect for me is Tiger in your Tank, although because it's a take on a gasoline ad popular at the time, it gets a bonus mark.

If you like Blues (and I do) this album is amazing. Not much more needs to be said.

Clasico!

Súper P.

Fantastic live album

Fantastic. The love concert album done right.

Sounds like home. Great album. Classic

Amazing album. Loving this site

Classic Chicago blues. Love it. Also during this set (but not on this album) he brought out some famous swing dancers (check out youtube). This is what I want in a live blues album. Top form from one of the all time greats.

Okay yeah, this is the good stuff. Incredible blues. A

For lovers of Chicago Blues, it doesn't get much better than this.

idk yet

Excellent concert, great stuff :)

It's Muddy. Give the man 5 stars.

I only knew Muddy Waters as the guy who brought us "You Need Love", the blues song that became a foundation for Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". And boy how ignorant I was in Muddy Waters's impact in the world of blues. Not a big fan of live albums, but I think this one captured the energy of blues and Waters's irresistible grooves and charisma. A gem in the top of the godfather of all modern music.

Wantlist

12 bar blues is one of my favourite genres and though a bit tame by todays standards, this is the stuff - and standards is the right word.

A classic live blues album, first heard this 35years ago, and it still brings me out in goosebumps.

Incredible

10/10, Muddy Waters is the best I really enjoyed Hard Again when I got that album, and this one doesn’t disappoint either he just makes blues so much fun (not that the blues need any help, of course)

Marvelous!

Oldschool jazz

God damn

I wanna listen to this. Added to my spotify

A timeless classic.

Un blues!

Classic

Solid album. I will definitely keep this in my rotation.

Lovely lovely lovely blues album. Always knew his name, but didn't realize how much I enjoy his music. Toes the line between big band and blues, getting some real big Louisiana sound out of tracks like 'I Feel So Good' / 'Got My Mojo Working' and then settling into a more somber mood for 'I Got My Brand On You' and 'Goodbye Newport Blues'.

Still holds up.

New to me, but I love this old style blues music. Something that would fit the mood at any moment.

Dude, Muddy Waters is an icon. Newport is iconic. Muddy Waters at Newport is iconic.

Never really listened to blues, but this just changed my mind about it

The argument I have seen online is that the blues has a limited vocabulary. Yes, the blues can be somewhat... limited. But performed by a master, like Waters, the blues will always sound like a lot more. Hard to believe that this is from 60 years ago. The recording sounds pretty good for that long ago. I would have liked a bigger instrumentation, but it's live. So... what can you expect? Amazing guitar work by Muddy Waters here. Without stuff by him, most rock would have not existed.

Блюз как он есть, включил услышал в 60е в Ньюпорте вышел.

Blues pretty much as good as gets. All the standards are on here. It's impossible to underestimate how important artists like Muddy Waters were in the development of rock and roll, especially in Britain.

And here it is one of the finest Blues artists. Every song is a banger music to dance and to listen. We all know Blues music gave birth to pretty much everything we listen to but it's also amazing music in it's own right and Muddy waters is the master. The piano the brass the vocals all of it sublime.

Pretty much the ultimate blues album. Superb

I have that one at home, Muddy is great!

Really an enjoyable album. Soulful and smooth.

Love it!

Fantastic live set, would've loved the chance to see Muddy play in-person.

29th November 2021 Listened throughout the day while at home home. My jam.

First of 1001. Is ir Lv = av or Lv = aDv?

AWESOME

Killer

Nostalgic blues album hit me just at the right time.

This is a great blues album. The sound is just amazing!

This was killer! great find, would be a great thing to play in the kitchen while cooking dinner or something. Pleased with this one for sure.

Without Muddy Waters, there is no British Invasion....or any rock music that's worth listening to.

Absolute dopamine hitter. Chased all the anxiety out of my body.

Feels like the definition of Blues

The founder of the Chicago school of blues. His charisma is felt through his songs. Very exciting and sensual, so far this is the highest score

This is great blues in a gorgeous live setting. I wish I could have been at this set. This is really really good. You can hear people screaming and getting down. 5 stars.

One of the greatest blues players showing you why. Album lives up to any hype it could receive with a true performer on display.

Great start for the list. Really good, a classical blues album.

Good live blues-sound. Includes many of Muddy Waters essentials like Hoochie Coochie Man and Got My Mojo Working. A must for any fan of the Chicago Blues

Loved it! So classic

El otro día me cortaron el pelo mientras veía un video en concierto de Ariana Grande. En mute. Lo que sonaba era un video de youtube con baladas románticas. Así que sonaba, ponle tú, Hacer el Amor con Otro mientras la italoamericana Grande hacia muecas y rictus de sufrimiento junto con sus bailarines. Creo que hay camino que puede ser trazado sin pedos entre Muddy Waters y Ariana Grande. He ahí un gran libro. En fin, Ariana Grande me deprime más que los bombardeos "israelíes" sobre Palestina.

Holy lord. There may be nothing more pure.

Muddy waters is probably the king of live music

Stellar! An absolute legend, phenomenal audio quality.

un delicia de álbum caray

Muddy being muddy

A jazz és blues ősatyja, karcos gitár, ahog, kell. Cserna mellé tökéletes volt.

great

Absolute blues masterpieces performed in an incredible atmosphere 4.6

Classic blues. What's not to like

Submerge me in a big hot bath of Muddy Waters. I drink up this music. Bloody love it.

Класс

Cool!

Great lives blues album. Interesting backstory behind how this one eventually ended up happening. Need to listn to more blues after this one. John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf are next on my list.

I really liked it. Added to my favorites.

Like he wrote the twelve bar structure himself. So good

Blues classic from a real OG

A great live album with a voice that feels godlike. Muddy sounds huge here. Every line lands with weight and authority, and the band stays locked in right behind him. You can hear the crowd and the room, and that live energy never drops. The performance is raw and confident. The guitars cut, the rhythm section drives hard, and Muddy sits in the middle of it all with complete control. Nothing about it feels careful or cleaned up. It just hits and keeps hitting. The recording captures the night clearly enough to feel present without losing the grit. You get the power of the band and the size of his voice without any studio polish getting in the way. At Newport 1960 is one of those live records that still feels alive decades later. Strong, direct, and carried by a truly commanding performance.

Great blues sung by one of the best!

I just wish I was there live. Brilliant

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"

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!

Nice blues album if you're into that.

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.

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

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.

4.5 definitely listen again

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’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.

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

3.5

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

Noyce Muddy blues. Old school.

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

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.

“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….

Blues, country and jazzy. Hell yeah.

How I wish I was there.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Great album. 4.5

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.

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

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.

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

I like it, audience sounds seem fake

Pinnacle blues

It’s the blues baby!

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.

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

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.

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

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.

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

Liked it

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

Hell yeah that’s a blueprint blues performance.

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.

Крутой дед. Но блюз слушать мне скучно чот

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.

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.

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

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!