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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.
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
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.
Top blues, feel like I’m bouta pull off an ocean’s heist.
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
Now this is some blues! 4/5
3.5
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
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!
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.
Groovy
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
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?
Very good live album, Muddy Waters is killing it
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.
This was great. Live albums are very hit or miss but the quality was good enough that it was worth a listen.
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 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.
25/06/26 - At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters - 1960 - Chess Some are syrup and some are sherbet. At this moment, I am 100% sherbert- fizzing, zipping, a bit too acidic, too much, too soon dissolved. A dash of sherbert could be sharp, fun, but this feels like a pinprick deluge. 1001 days seems enough time to simmer some syrup into the system. My anxiety dreams aside - this is all to say this album was not sherbet. No, it was pure, unadulterated, opaque and amber ooze. It was rich, and smooth and self-assured. It was cool as hell. It almost made me forget that I walking to Sainsbury's with low battery, sunstroke and a report to write up instead I could have been on a white-washed porch by a lake with a beer in one hand and a pack of cards in the other. The album made me want to learn how to shuffle with one hand, throw a bullseye, toss a cocktail shaker around, dust off my grandad's piano stool, become an expert in the blues and dance. 1000 days to go seems enough time to learn a few tricks. A classic sherbet response I am sure. Muddy Waters at Newport, just felt powerful and proud and unapologetically unvarnished. Muddy Waters aka McKinley Morganfield - what a voice, what an artist. No wonder he is called "the father of modern blues". The album felt like a family - each clearly related, jostling and melding with each other. My fave tracks were: 'I'm your hoochie, coochie man'-a classic for a reason, 'I've got my mojo working pt.2' - for the love of the game, meanest woman - any song about a curly-haired baddie gotta be on there, 'soon forgotten' - if I'm pulling the Deniro grimace of approval another straight track to the list, Goodbye Newport blues - my favourite, just beautiful. Ironically, at the actual festival, this was apparently spontaneously written by leader of the Harlem Renaissance - James Mercer Langston Hughes - and performed by blues pianist Otis Spann. A fantastic first entry, what next?
Very nice jazzy vibe
Yea awesome
Very enjoyable. 4/5
Credited as one of the first live blues albums, Muddy Waters at the Newport Jazz Fest in 1960 changed how people saw the genre. It captured the raw energy that passes from the band to the crowd and inspired countless aspiring musicians to pick up a guitar or a harmonica (sometimes both!). It also stands on its own musical merits as a great collection of songs. The biggest issue with Newport is the recording itself being affected by wind, microphone crackle, static hiss, and other hiccups. Considering it was 1960 I'm willing to give it a pass. If you're a big blues fan you can add a full point to my score.
I should probably listen to more music like this, very nice.
My guy
This is what the blues should feel like. Theres a true swagger to this live record and the delivery is incredible throughout. The only criticism I'd have is that some of the tracks do sound quite similar and towards the second half of the album it blurs a bit. Still a brilliant listen though.
Сейчас это не звучит как что-то уникальное, но для тех времен это было очень круто, ну и не могу не учитывать его влияние не только на своих любимых роллингов, но и вообще на значительную часть последующих рок-групп. Ну и исполнено все равно, надо сказать, на уровне.
zonder Muddy zou onze muziekgeschiedenis niet hetzelfde zijn
Listened while I chopped rhubarb and strawberries for a crisp. Wish I was there to hear this legend live. I listened to Lead Belly after this to go further back in time...
What a brilliant blues album, and you can really feel the live energy coming out of it. He plays for a great sound; the quality feels so passionate and real.
It's Muddy Waters. Pretty easy to crack a good rating from the name alone. Blues is unfortunately plagued by the fact that it all sounds almost exactly the same. Same keys, same instruments, same songwriting. But at least Muddy brings a bit of personality to an otherwise generic genre. And don't get me wrong, I love blues, but that's just how it is. Anyways, great listen. It seems any artist that plays 'At Newport' (wherever that is) seems to kill it.
Me gusta mucho este tipo de música aunque no soy tan conocedora del Jazz, y aunque me desagradan las versiones en vivo ¡este me gustó bastante! I Got My Brand On You, Baby Please Don't Go, Tiger In Your Tank, I Feel So Good, I've Got My Mojo Workin' y Goodbye Newport Blues
Muddy . . . Chicago blues. Revered.
Very good.
I’m getting a bit tired of the live albums to be honest, but this one was pretty good.
I Got My Brand on You 4 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 4.2 Baby, Please Don't Go 4.3 Soon Forgotten 3.8 Tiger in Your Tank 3.8 I Feel So Good 4 Got My Mojo Working 4.3 Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 4.3 Goodbye Newport Blues 4 Score: 4.077777778
This is a really good blues album. My problem with blues is more with the genre in general - all the songs sound very similar.
lets goo 4/5
A solid sampler of Muddy Waters catalog allowed his band and he to shine, although some aspects of what made him great go missing. As a singer, Waters has an authoritative voice that never needs to go to screams, whoops and talking to deliver his message. Only Otis Redding comes to mind as a singer whose natural voice carries the power of Waters. His vocals make classics like “Hoochie Coochie Man” go well beyond blues’ cliches, or even novelty songs. The only drawback arises when Waters’ utters submissive lines like in “Baby, Please Don’t Go.” There seems little chance that he would “be your dog” to any woman.” Waters definitely could put a “Tiger in Your Tank” long before any type of groveling. Pianist Otis Spann and Drummer Francis Clay’s accents add a great deal to the songs. Their playing drives the music whereas terrific musicians like guitarist Pat Hare and harmonica player James Cotton seem undermiked. Waters’ slide playing emerged on a few tracks, but he also did not get to thrive. The recording leaves out some of the dynamics that made Waters' recordings more dramatic. I missed the famed Chess Studio effects that added drama to his performances. The live setting does boost “I Got My Mojo Working.” Spann’s sprightly piano intro, the call and response from numerous back-up singers and the accelerating rhythm turn “Mojo” into a gospel flavored song. It seems fitting that the group decided to reprise the song as Waters sensed the spirit hitting the audience. It would have been wiser to end the album on that note rather than the improvised “Goodbye Newport Blues.” Better Waters’ albums exist, but At Newport 1960 offers a great introduction to listeners.
Recognizable blues tunes that Muddy just smoked on.
Muddy did it well, and a huge influence to blues and rock that followed.
About as authentic of the Blues as it gets. Tight in the pocket and downtrodden.
raw live blues is a vibe. Not for everyday, but for special occasions.
Enjoyed this. Didn't get Tiger in your tank but otherwise great
Excellent
Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: I Feel So Good Date listened: 2/06/26 Listen when: Reading a book in the evening in a candlelit room I LOVE LIVE ALBUMS. I Feel So Good best hands down. Imagine being in that room wow. Feels like a genuine blues 44 minute 41 second experience. (Goodbye Newport Blues honourable mention). 4/5 because listening beginning to end can get a bit monotonous as they all really do sound the same. Also not sure it's something I would listen to every day.
I had already heard this album, and now i think i liked it even more. Another live album, now the crowd was more civilized, but it was still there, it helped. So yes, great album, would listen again. man i love the blues
Muddy Waters no puede fallar, su talento es innegable y su influencia también.
Loved it, really starting to get into Jazz
Legendary artist. Legendary festival. Legendary set. Enough said.
Opinion: This album completely unlocked the world of Blues for me <3 <3 Favorite songs: (1) Got my mojo working (2) Baby, please don't go (3) I Got my brand on you Overall Album rating (Pitchfork rating system): 8.9/10
blues is good for kicking your feet up after a long day of standing on the job and feeling the ache wail out. live, Muddy Waters excels even more. i quite like the ripping and facemelting (for 1960 ofc) Tiger in Your Tank. deserves to be one of the 1001? i think this a good representation for Muddy Waters, who absolutely deserves a spot on this list
So fun, I would love to hang out with my friends and dance to this music it’s so fun!!
love the jazzy and fun vibe of it. feels like pure music back in the days
Awesome. 4/5
Very good as an historical record of where guitar-based rock music began. It was also a little bit too basic and not something I would want to revisit often. I feel four stars is fair.
The raw, authentic sound of the black blues. Which can be sometimes a bit rigid and predictable, but also very powerful and emotional. 7/10
No me gusta mucho este tipo de R&B creo, si alguna canción es más movida, pero la armónica le da el toque único en combinación con el ritmo del rock clásico, tiene esa pureza del Rock viejo. No escucharía esto nunca sinceramente, entiendo que es un exponente muy bueno del R&B. Ene general el álbum va subiendo de menos a más, es bueno. Top Picks 🌟 1- I’ve got my mojo working (me encanta como suena este tema y es fantástica para bailar el clásico rock, tengo la magia pero no funciona contigo, fantasticoooo) 2- Feel so good (muy movida) me hace acordar a alguna escena de alguna peli de baile vieja yanque 3- Goodbye Newport Blues (un blues de L puta madre)
I Feel So Good best, hands down. Imagine being in that room wow. Feels like a genuine blues 44 minute 41 second experience. (Goodbye Newport Blues honourable mention)
Love this… I do prefer any of the Motörhead live versions of Hoochie Coochie Man 😁
This is the blues. I could listen to this over and over.
According to the Wikipedia this was the album that inspired all the electric blues-based rock bands that came out of the 60s and 70s, so based on the idea alone that it’s worth seeking the roots, this is a must-listen. It’s also a very good listen in its own right. Muddy Waters himself sounds great, he has an excellent band that strikes that exact right combination of musicianship with the looseness that comes from knowing exactly what you’re doing, and the crowd seems very appreciative of it. It would have been great to be in that room.
Nice enough, ikek meget baggrundsstøj. Forskellige numre. Den er røget på min playliste
Listening from the context of 1960, these is some raunchy sounds. I respect it. It’s like the canvas the rest of rock n roll painted on.
The album that launched a thousand blues white boys.
If you like rock and roll, you have to give the old blues men their flowers. You can hear Muddy Waters raw energy and the crowd having fun with it too. Many of these songs are standards now.
I enjoyed this album, quite an easy listening type of album.
Absolutos temazos. Doutra época, pero que ben sonan.
This album is basically straight blues. It is the pure blues sound distilled into one live album. Passionate love songs, twangy guitars, and fast-paced piano give this genre it's distinctive sound. Roughly all of the country and rock from about 1965 onward to 1977 was influenced by this album and Muddy Waters to some degree. That makes this album a classic. Yet, for all its influence, it's not hugely interesting to listen to. Most of the songs, while good, sound nearly identical to each other. I understand why this album is good, and it is a great blues album, but it's tied to the blues and therefore beholden to the flaws of that genre. Time has kind of passed this album by in respect to its ability to keep the listener engaged.
I love Muddy Waters so of course I enjoyed this one a lot too. I never know what to write for those live albums tho. It's just a good vibe!
Really good! Deep enough sound to be moving yet still something you could easily put on.
It's pretty clear this is a great album
[album #6] i liked this one a lot. i would have never listened to this without this project and im glad i found it. classic blues music, still great to listen to 66 years later. 4/5
Amazing Blues and live to boot
Fantastic blues album. Awesome voice and guitar. Not my favorite genre but probably my favorite expression of it. Would listen again to get in a southern / blues mood. 4
Bluseale hoochie coochie
Muddy was such a talented blues guitarist. This album’s a really good reminder of how much ground he covered with what sounds simple on paper. Nothing fancy for the sake of it, just great playing, a ton of feel, and that kind of presence where he sounds completely in control the whole time. You can really hear how guys like Muddy ended up influencing so many British artists later on, the Beatles, the Stones, Clapton, all of them. That blues foundation is all over so much of that music. Favorite song: "I Got My Brand on You"
Great blues album
classic enjoyable blues from an all time master. Still sounds great 66 years on. Can really hear how all the white blues artists in UK and US stole and profited from the black artists
This is a delight. So much energy. What a show that must have been to be at!
This was very good. Hearing energetic live albums from this period, with the audience getting more and more into it as the set goes on, is just a fun experience. Not quite a 5 for me, but a very good 4.
I like his sound a lot (heard some of his other work), but I didn’t find this live album the best for the majority of the songs. But DANG he’s got talent.
SOO fun. What a great live album. The skill is palpable
A really enjoyable blues album!
Pure blues. It being a live album injected so much energy and aliveness into this one. Loved loved loved.
Great groves, great songs, great energy, great Blues.
This is a great blues album, a bit more uptempo than a lot of blues.
Oh good. Yeah! Delta blues! 4 stars just for the feeling. Boolean rating: yes, absolutely! ❤️
What a legend. Just crushing it on a live blues album.
This is an absolutely fantastic album. High energy old school electric blues that does not let up.
Honestly not bad. I was grooving to the blues
I was already familiar with Muddy Waters and this album. It's some really good electric blues. It is clear to see how much this influenced many artists who came later. I would listen to this again for sure.
The OG Chicago Blues Man. This is a party I wish I was at. The blues just make me feel better.
Legendary songs, I don't know if I will listen to these specific versions again, but I will listen to these songs again, for sure.
Leuk, ontspannend
Super!!
I like Muddy Waters when the time is right.
The roots of rock n roll.
aun mas viejo q el anterior q escuche de él, me encanta
I'm never going to say no to Muddy Waters, and to a live album at that; never! Though its not the absolute best version of him, its the beginning of so much modern live jazz. He's an incredible musician, and just lets the songs flow into each other. Not too long, crowd is great, his voice is just unbelievable. A joy and a honor to listen to.
Blues can sometimes feel too structurally repetitive for me, but Muddy Waters at Newport earns its reputation for me with the caveat that the B Side does most of the heavy lifting. The sheer energy on the second half of this album salvages a fairly middling Side A for me.
Love the songs - didn't think these were the most exciting recordings of them, but still almost gave this a 5.
Made me feel like I was in a saloon from way back when. I liked it
Oh hell yes, this is a pure blues masterclass. Must-listen #329.
The influence of this man is beyond comprehension. Amazing album, the live album even works for him. Starting to doubt the transitivity of my scores by now, but let’s make it a 4/5.
Es evidente que en esta performance vive la esencia del rocanrol de la que mamaron todos los que vinieron después, TODOS. Eso en sí mismo ya es un activo notable del disco, que ofrece cosas interesantes a lo largo de sus 40 minutos de forma ininterrumpida. Encontré el punto más alto en Soon Forgotten, con elementos que suenan directamente a lo que 10, 15 años más tarde sería la vanguardia absoluta en términos rocanrolescos. Sonido y enfoque directo, performance de rock n' roll de Chicago, sin más. Excelente dosis. Le pongo 4 estrellas por ser una de las Biblias de la música de los siguientes 20 años, por sonar excelente, y quizás no 5 porque, a gusto personal, entiendo que cosas más interesantes en sus capas vendrán por delante.
Not much into blues, but this is a great album
Pretty good. Great college football coach and even better musician
A bluesy delight. I'm not usually a fan of live albums, it's more energetic, but the mix can sometimes be a little wonky. This did a really good job of splitting it down the middle. I honestly appreciated this one more than the other Muddy Waters album I've been exposed to so far. All in all, this one was really enjoyable.
This was about a blues as blues gets. Enjoyed the fact that he got done with a song, asked the crowd if they wanted to hear it again, they said yes, and the band played it again. That's how you satisfy your fans.
Me gustó pero no es algo que me sentaría a escuchar
1960 was a time when blues and country were good. That stopped being the case around the 2000s. There's so much energy on "At Newport 1960" packed into a 32 min album. Every song on it was great, even at its lowest. I guess that proves live albums are sometimes good. 4 stars for "At Newport 1960".
Love this. Crackling with energy
You have to like blues, but I do. It's got such a gorgeous sound. It may not be the type of person to want a Blues collection, but I am the type that appreciates it in an authentic way. It makes me want to do hard labor and drink whiskey though.
Cannot say that I know a lot about the Blues greats such as Muddy Waters. But I do know that most of my musical heroes say that they were influenced by them. So it stands to reason that a lot of the music I truly value would never exist without the Blues. My favourite Blues track is Mannish Boy written by Muddy Waters but this does not feature on this live album. But there are plenty of Blues standards on it, full of some great guitar licks with that familiar Blues riff throughout. All of which make it a classic album. 4/5 9/4/26
Het is zo vaak slecht nagedaan door onder anderen de stones dat ik niet zo graag luister naar blues rock. Inspiratie voor velen en op de plaat kan je horen waarom. Het heeft niet de beste opname kwaliteit maar je voelt wel de energie van deze live performance. Goede band en pianist, extra punt voor James Cotton op harmonica
Very good sound. Feels like it would be perfect for drinks and live music. Songs feel repetitive at times but still have a nice groove.
Love the Muddy blues!
A bit repetitive but good groove
I enjoyed this album. Muddy Waters is clearly a huge influence on American music. The sound is multi layered and works harmoniously. It is Earthy and complex. Muddy Waters voice isn't smooth and polished like later blues musicians that were popular when I was growing up. But it feels real and grounded. I am trying to decide if I like the live album aspect of this. I think it brings some energy which may affect the performance. It also feels distracting to the music itself. But listening to the extra tracks on the rereleased version, I do feel there is something more grounded in the live versions of the songs.
you just know this would've ate live. a hootin and hollerin good time.
Leuk, Amé vond het bijzonder
classic!
only listened to the first one, have never really gotten into blues very much but i love. will be listening more and try to finish this album.
I liked his voice - the sound of it and emotion when he sang - and liked the instrumentals. Definitely sounded dated, but in a good way.
Blues de respeito, não é melhor guitarrista que um bb king, mas é ótimo tbm. Hoochie Coochie guy é bom dms
I'm usually not a fan of live albums. But I am a big fan or Muddy Waters. These songs have great lyrics delivered with great showmanship and great melody.
Lots of songs I recognize performed well. This is probably the second Muddy Waters album I've listened to (after Electric Mud). This is better.
SCRUMPTIOUS. Delicious blues and jazz tunes. Even found some songs to add to my swing dancing dj set list. Love it! 8/10
It is a smooth album, soft 60's blues
It was what a Blues album should be. Not my genre. I would listen to it again. 4/5
Straightforward Muddy goodness, really not much you can say but why would you need to? A passionate, joyful, and near-effortless grasp of the fundamentals of the Blues.
Great Album! Is say 7.5/10
Got to love a solid blues album and this is a classic. Unlike a lot of blues which seems designed to focus the listener on the playing, Muddy Waters guitar work is understated and unshowy, part of the structure that exists for his vocal delivery. Sounds fairly simple and basic in a lot of ways, yet it’s how tight and solid the whole band are that sells this for me
this is the backbone of music
I enjoyed this quite a lot. At one point I was even making a cup of tea, bobbing and swaying to the rhythm in the kitchen. It did help the I really like a different cover of I've Got My Mojo Working by Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, although to be fair, despite the fact I love that song, I didn't really need to hear it twice in a row - that was a bizarre choice. We've had a few live albums now, and I think I'm still standing by the opinion that I'd rather hear a studio version of the same songs than a live one on a project like this. That being said, these are some skilled musicians and the live setting shows that off. Extremely pleasant music to tap your foot to that I want to give 3.5, but I am going to round up as I like it more than a 3 4/5
Amazing performances of some classic tunes.
Muddy Waters at Newport 1960, Muddy Waters (27 marzo, 2026) Puntuación: 8/10 Vibes: Sinners, inicios de Elvis, preacher, espiritual Datos: introdujo el blues eléctrico de Chicago a una audiencia más amplia, este álbum es uno de los puentes entre el blues tradicional y el nacimiento del rock moderno, Blues eléctrico crudo
Muddy is altijd goed! Dit live optreden en selectie van nummers is prima. De laatste 4 nummers zijn anders. Luistert prima weg
pretty good, live recordings aren't as heavy but still good
Great live blues album Standout songs: Baby, please dont go Tiger in your tank Ive got my mojo working
A national treasure.
Muddy Waters is just that guy.
Está cool, me gusta que se grabó en el 60 y está incluido en la canción (significa que hay un at newport 1961???)
1er album de blues enregistré en live, d’après certains. Rouler l’été avec ça c’est la solution.
Really didn't need Mojo part 2, but still a pretty good album.
Now THIS is some solid blues and mixed to perfection. My only note which is obvious to everyone I am sure - cut the second mojo part 2, blues is repetitive enough so we don't need a double dose
This album makes me want to go back and revise my review for the Eric Clapton blues album. This is what blues should sound like and was a great Sunday afternoon listening.
4/5
Didn't expect to like this as much as I did!
A classic genre for me but it ain’t no Led Zeppelin if you know what I mean
this album is pretty cool and fun
Very fun piece of rock and roll history. Founding members of British rock groups like the Rolling Stones, Cream and Fleetwood Mac went to concerts just like this one, apparently. It would have been a very fun show to attend.
3.5
Reminds me of Blues Night @ The Cellar with my best bud. Good ol' classic Chicago blues.
Love it! Typically blues isn’t my thing but this had such good energy and emotion. Would’ve loved to been there live, too.
Awesome!
I’m no blues expert, but I know Muddy Waters was one of the greats. I liked this album well enough, though it didn’t get me particularly excited. Off of a pure listening experience, I’d give it 3.5, but I’m rounding up given the clear influence this had on so many of my favorite artists from the 70s.
Just outstanding. The live recording, the staples, the remakes, the artistry. Amazing artist in his prime. Worth seeking out and listening to more than once. 4+
Fantastic live recording! Lots of energy. I can hear why folks were dancing in the aisles by the end of it, really historic show. The playing is just phenomenal, and reading that the final song was written on the spot is just the cherry on top of it.
Excellent.
Très blues, jazzy, ochestral et avec une pointe d'harmonica tout au long de l'album, qui le rend charmant et rythmique. Très année 60, super marqué sur la génération. Typiquement le type d'album à écouter en concert. Figure emblématique du chicago blues (ajout de cuivre, basse et batterie au blues guitare acoustique et harmonica). J'aime beaucoup l'album, il fait du bien.
Solid stuff here
Admired it more than loved it.
This was really good and I enjoyed the voice, the guitar, the harmonica and the emotion. There wasn't anything super sad, but the emotions still seeped through. I even enjoyed the live aspect of this album.
I don't especially like blues but I like it when Muddy Waters does it. Mojo Workin (both parts) were my favorites. Great live energy! I had a cat named Mojo. But his full name was Moseph Joseph.
This was a fun live album. I really loved the last Muddy album we had and was hoping for a similar reaction with this one. It didn’t hit me with as much energy and soul as the last one but it was still a good time. Solid rockin’ blues.
When you find out this is your album of the day, you think to yourself, "Everything, everything, is gonna be all right this morning." Even though "Manish Boy" is not on it. While I am a Howlin' Wolf partisan if I had to use a Chess Blues artist, Muddy, of course, is a very close second and this is a great showcase for him.
I have heard of Muddy Waters before, and may have even heard several of these tracks in the past. Not sure how often I would return to the blues but it hit well today..
fine ass blues
I think i’ll go ahead and throw away my compilations and just get this album. It has everything you need from Waters.
Great blues album. Goodbye Newport Blues was my fav song and first listen of the album with I've Got My Mojo Working and Soon Forgotten being my other highlights
Second live album in three days but this is much better. Template setting blues rock from Mr Muddy
бодро, живо, душевно. не думала что проникнусь жанром. альбом понравился! виртуозный. любимая песня: tiger in your tank. пойдёт для сэмпла . ещё подцепила классное словечко из песни "i've got my mojo working". mojo — энергия успеха, личная харизма, магическая сила или удача. так что, друзья, не теряйте своё моджо.
Something different. In that I don’t really listen to this sort of music . But I did enjoy it
Yay I’ve got the blues!
I have several muddy waters records but I have not heard this before. A thing to remember with Muddy Waters is he sounds like a lot of other blues musicians because they were copying him. You notice this with a lot of really influential musicians that seem to be very standard but that’s only because no one else sounded like them before and they set that standard. Especially with genres like blues that become stylistically rigid as new generations start to copy the greats in later years. The version I pulled up has 4 studio recordings after the end of the show which are all tracks that they played live and the live set is so much more energetic, and the studio tracks are no slouch job. The studio tracks are excessive but we’re not judging the album on that. I’d give this a mid rating based on hearing it today after listening to so much that is derivative of it, but I’ll rate it as if I were hearing it in the early 60s instead.
Oldie but goodie. Classic old-school blues
Classic blues from a master of the genre. Energy. Great recording. 4
What's not to like? If it ain't broke..etc. Classic blues
Straight down yer pipe blues and in many ways preferable to the 60s later "iterations" that just popped up from Janis and the Stones. But for a live album Newport crowd be a bit like the prawn sandwich brigade, the rattling their jewelry crew compared to some of the earlier albums from Apollo/Regal/Mister Kelleys.
A good album, I liked I Feel So Good and I got my Mojo Working the most.
Mood: Wild, swinging, free, a great sense of confidence. It's easy to see how Muddy Waters has influenced bands like the Rolling Stones. Fun tremolo on the harmonica, and sweeping runs on the piano. Melodies have a fun, almost lazily meandering attitude.
This was a lot of fun to listen to. The history behind it is amazing and makes you appreciate it more.
Very nice blues. Not the best quality recording, but it is easy and fun.
I liked this but it’s too repetitive Favourites: Baby, Please Don’t Go I Feel So Good
Muddy Waters, At Newport 1960 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Album #19. Big blues fan. I love the early blues musicians, especially the 1920s originators. Not so much this more modern version, but I’m still a big fan of this kind of music. I’d never listened to this album before. I don’t tend to gravitate towards Muddy Waters that much. He doesn’t necessarily have my favourite voice in blues, although I fully admit he’s a complete legend and incredibly influential. I prefer the growl of Howlin’ Wolf or the grittiness of Son House and Blind Willie Johnson. But we’re reviewing a Muddy Waters album here. It’s a class set. Amazingly well recorded and produced. I love how the crowd get more and more into it as it goes on. It becomes livelier and more exciting, and Muddy even loosens up towards the end, especially on Got My Mojo Working, which is my favourite track here. He’s almost just making noises at certain points. There’s something so sinister about this type of music. Singing about having your “brand” on someone is just nasty. His band is insane as well. The piano playing from Otis Spann is unbelievable. And I don’t think anyone does that slow 12 bar drawl quite like Muddy Waters. So yeah, this is a very strong four. As a product of its time, maybe it’s even a five. It’s so well recorded and just a really enjoyable listen if you’re into this kind of music. Another new discovery for me, my fourth in a row.
Still a fun listen 60+ years later
Excellent live music.
So good.
Good stuff
Another great live album. Muddy is a fantastic blues musician, and even better live than in studio. This had to blow some minds in 1960, and it still holds up really well, especially compared top some other live albums.
I believe I had wartime flashbacks to the live version of Duke Ellington at Newport and it being almost 2 hours. I was elated to see that this was about 45 minutes and I truly enjoyed the music! Maybe I’m softening up to jazz haha.
Is it in stereo, though?
This is exactly what you would want to use as a descriptor of “blues”.
Liked getting live and studio versions of a few tracks at once.
Really good album, You can tell how amazing Muddy is as a performer. He is really the king of the blues in the first half of the century. Shoutout "Tiger In Your Tank" which is so ahead of its time for 1960. 4/5
Amazing how studio stuff and live tracks have such little variation. Very tight live band.
Awesome album. Even better when you read about what was happening to the artists and how they handled that adversity.
all of the songs sound very similar, still a funky album with good vibes tho
Blues at it's finest.
Sheesh! Blues at it's best in my book
Very much enjoyed this!
Great Blues album 👍
Great blues record, vocals are recorded very well. Overall the mix is a bit overpowered with harmonica. Absolute classic
Great album. I've heard plenty of blues, including Muddy, so thought it would be a snoozefest, but this live performance takes it to another level. If nothing else, get a load of what the backing band is doing. Phenomenal.
Ok, to mi je bl všeč k Hooker včer. Cel vajb mi bolj sede, komadi so mi so far bolj všečni, niso si mi med sabo tok podobni. "Tiger In Your Tank" mi je najljubši do zdaj. Ful bl hiter, poskočen. Ful že rock'n'roll vibes. (Glih guglam zraven, če sta se Hooker in Waters poznala, glede na to, da sta bila rojena v isti zvezni državi in v istem obdobju - in ja, še skupna fotka je.) Ok, "Got My Mojo Working" je fakin insane. Oh, it's a two parter! Sm že mislila, da sm ponesreč dala na repeat. Zadnji, "Goodbye Newport Blues", pa ubere velik bolj chill ritem in lepo počasi zaključi album.
Pretty good, would listen again. Pretty sure this has inspired many of Kenan's skits on SNL.
Enjoyed it every note.
Not a bluesman, but I liked it.
Oh man this is killer. And live! In the days before overdubbing and clean ups. A master and his craft!
Starts a little politely- maybe due to the Newport audience of 1960. But really gets smoking midway through. Maybe not where I would start but worth a listen.
Really nice blues. Wanted to listen to this type of music for long time
Classic Chicago blues. ‘Nuff said.
1/29/26: Classic material right there. 7/10
7/10
Point in time, yet timeless classic stuff. Man on the Mt. Rushmore of American blues for sure. Great sound, pace and flow. Can’t go less than a 4 here.
To be a fly in the mud for this show would’ve been cool. Really dig the way this paces. Slow and soulful to warm up the crowd, gradually building to some rousing moments. The piano also gives these renditions a nice touch. Enjoyable listen for sure.
Loved the “Newport” versions of these songs. Just a little dialed back but still b’s deep in the pocket.
What does it mean to put a tiger in your tank? Love stuff was solid. Crazy how good the recording was (especially his voice) for 1960. Back to back this is just some solid blues. 3.75
Rounding up on cool-factor alone... 3.5/5
Ya like blues?
A rollicking set, full of energy and atmosphere. But the now customary marks off for a live album that’s not a re-imagining.
Blues 101
While I haven’t been especially impressed by most of the live albums on this list, and I don’t typically listen to much blues because it can start to feel repetitive, 'At Newport 1960' truly stands apart. Muddy Waters’ performance is absolutely incredible. Blues may be rooted in simplicity, but when an artist can command the crowd in a live setting and pair that presence with unparalleled guitar skill, it elevates the music beyond genre and turns it into something unforgettable.
4.5 meer leaning naar een 5. Een van de grootste in Blues ooit en het is duidelijk waarom. Vet all the way through
Het blijft een stijl waarin elk nummer ongeveer hetzelfde is, maar goed, deze nummers komen ook wel uit de jaren 50. Deze opname is verder echt waanzinnig. Wat een band.
A work of art. One of the greatest live albums ever. Love it.
What is it with the Newport Jazz Festival? Four years earlier, the audience was provoked into a near-riot by a Paul Gonsalves saxophone solo and the night before this performance they had to call in the National Guard with tear gas and water hoses because the crowd got unruly during a Ray Charles performance. The sense of danger audible in the Ellington concert isn't present, but the crowd is lively and the music is terrific. Highlights are Muddy's voice, deep as mud and sweet as honey; Otis Spann's tinkling roadhouse piano (absolutely sensational, and a sign I need to look into some of his recordings); James Cotton's harmonica; and a general earthy vibe that just feels good. My favorite song is oddly the one that Muddy isn't front and center on. Otis Spann's singing on the Langston Hughes-penned closer, "Goodbye Newport Blues" is unforgettable, a voice that carries every bit of his history and every step he's taken. Probably more than any other genre, the blues that really hinges on the emotional expression of the singer. There is no room for testing your octave range or showing off with melisma. Emotional expression is lost among modern pop recordings, since everything has to sound perfect now. I hope people are doing this exercise and listening to early music are appreciating the way music used to be performed and recorded, even with all it's imperfections and self-indulgences. It's becoming more and more of a lost art form.
7 - GOOD
I just love that you can hear Muddy and the audience both loosen up to each other over the course of 30 minutes. This music does feel incredibly dated and simplistic now, but to know this is the source material for so much of what comes after is awesome. Everyone should hear this record and learn a bit about its historical context, even if they aren’t massive blues fans.
I'm not a big fan of the blues, but this is great! I love the energy on Got My Mojo Working.
Okay, we can admit that a lot of blues songs sound kinda alike, and Waters' selections here do not do justice to the real range of his music like, say The Best of Muddy Waters (1958), which is a phenomenal album. I find this live performance a great illustration of how much Waters' voice and delivery matter for his music. Just like a comedian can find a rhythm and timing that makes a bit all their own, Waters has a distinctive sound that is compelling even when he literally plays the same song twice in a row.
Many people more educated on the blues can speak to this albums influence both good and bad (old white guy in black jeans and a hat playing "Hoochie Coochie Man" at your local county fair). I just love how this sounds. The musicianship is incredible especially the piano which is in my opinion what makes this so great. I hope there are more Muddy Waters albums on here (and I wish one was by Redman).
I haven't really delved much into this genre. This is what I imagine the American South sounds like. Very yeehaw type shit. It was a calm start but it got progressively fun. Super enjoyable, but the genre isn't really a favorite of mine tbh.
Surprised af by how much I loved this
Great blues album, every song is good and makes for a good straight through listen. Kind of crazy this is a live album from 1960 because the recording quality is good.
I’m just a sucker for Chicago blues, it’s just a great vibe listening to this and the live experience adds to that vibe. The version I listened to had some bonus studio tracks which subverts the norm of having bonus live tracks on a studio album.
I liked it, it was fun background music for the drive
Raw jazz. Unrefined. Vintage. You can feel it's Influential to lot modern tunes.
As a Chicagoan who is also a musician, I can't believe I've never listened to a Muddy Waters album straight through. You can tell here just by listening that he basically invented Chicago blues, it sounds so perfectly aligned to what I know about the genre (which is, probably not enough).
I'm not intimately familiar with this genre, but some artists are immediately apparent as being a cut above, regardless of how familiar you are. I think I need more of this in my life.
I imagine this is one of the albums all those Brits (Page, Clapton, etc.) were listening to back when they were starting rock bands. I can see why they started adopting this kind of blues to their uses. It's great music!
As a Chicago resident, I probably shouldn't have such a surface knowledge of blues music, but I do. I had never heard this and I thought it was a rollicking good time. He's got a super cool voice. Like the Stones album we listened to earlier in this list, that first song hasn't aged well.
4/5 - I've heard this one before a few times, and I really enjoy it. I'm not always on board with the live albums for the list, but this one works. Legendary voice of Chicago Blues.
It doesn't get muddier than this...
I probably need to listen to this while driving to give it more attention. I'm sure I missed great stuff from Otis Spahn and James Cotton. I just don't have a great attention span for 12 bar but it's obviously historical. I'm going 4 stars because I know I'm not giving it it's due today.
I don’t love a live album but this is a good one
after listening to the anthology, this is a nice overview of muddy waters; 4 stars
I'm a white guy evaluating the blues, so take this with a grain of salt ... I love the blues and this isn't really the style I go for. I don't typically prefer full band, electric blues for a few reasons that aren't worth digging into. That being said, MW does it better than basically anyone ever on this record. I appreciate how each band member has their own groove and feel. And if I were a square folky in 1960 I would have lost my mind at this gig (you can hear the crowd going berserk in some songs, which is pretty great). So overall, not my favorite flavor but I still enjoyed it and I can't deny the craft.
An electric performance - so thrilling a delivery of what has become the most tired sound in music that it still stands out and demands attention. It's hard to hear this as anything other than the tempalte, the generic form, the seed from which rock and roll boomed, the sound a billion guitar guys have been riffing on and ripping off, iterating and paying homage to over for the next 65 years with huge degrees of creative success. His guitar playing is solid but not as great as some of the other blues-rock transitional figures, the vocals are really the most amazing bit: rich, emotive, drawing on a deep resonance to power through, breaking engagingly, wraping the voice around the phrases, pushing out the lines and wails. The band sounds great too - the jazzy piano tinkling especially.
One of the OGs (technically Patton, House, and Johnson are but Muddy is nearly there). Just for what he gave us and who he influenced he gets 4 stars. Plus this sounds damn good for being a live recording from 1960. That would have been amazing to see live.
I really have been enjoying these live blues albums even if they don't contain a lot that I throw in a playlist. Love that new-to-me expression "put a tiger in your tank" what a golden old person thing to say.
Great to have this pristine document of a historic concert. Well paced and builds nicely throughout the set. 4
The blues always make me FEEL somethin’. I love knowing that this was an album that helped influence the merging of American blues with British blues (early Fleetwood Mac!) Something about a harmonica x steel guitar combo
Imagine hearing this in concert in 1960.
Not bad. The recording isn't that great, which overshadows the performances here.
i got my brand on you live - 4.5 / 10 i’m your hoochie coochie man live - 5/10 baby please don’t go live - 8/10 soon forgotten live - 5/10 tiger in your tank live - 6/10 i feel so good live - 7/10 ive got my mojo working live - 6/10 i’ve got my mojo working pt. 2 live - 6/10 goodbye newport blues live - 8/10 meanest woman - 7/10 overall my take on the album is that it is an incredible display of chicago blues! after finding out that he was a major influence for blues becoming mainstream i now appreciate this album more. the instrumental dynamic is incredible and live vocals arguably more powerful than studio version. overall album rating : 6.3 / 10
Really enjoyed this album. Will definitely be listening again.
The heart of the Newport folk lifestyle directly to your ears in 2026.
ブルースの巨匠によるライブ盤。評価が高いライブ盤にはライブ特有の激しさや生生しさがあることが多いけど、このアルバムにはそういったものはあまりなく、軽やかに熟練の技を披露しているような感じがする。中盤から観客が盛り上がってきたときの歓声の入り具合が丁度いい感じ。 生で見て一番満足度が高いのはこういうライブだと思う。
This sounded like chocolate covered butter
A masterclass in the blues
Excellent, of course. The sound isn’t perfect, I suppose, but it’s not bad for a live album. Some of the patter gets a little old on repeat listens. But the music sure doesn’t.
No skips! Best with noise cancellation headphones/earphones just to get the full feel of everything. Classic in Blues and an inspiration in Rock. Need more music like this
Unreal. Reminded me of watching Sinners and the impact music has so many years later. True soulfulness. Gets a little stale as it goes on but short and sweet, an impressive amount of musicality in 45 mins. 3.5 stars
Love the Blues <3
muy bueno para empezar, realmente me gusto mucho escuchar ese tipo de musica ya que me sali mucho de lo que suelo escuchar
I’ve never been a huge blues/jazz fan, but this kinda slapped! I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this album.
Muddy Waters dando un concierto de blues que si bien resulta una genialidad, no terminó de volarme la cabeza como creí que lo haría. El disco me gustó muchísimo, pero creo que por el momento le daré 4 estrellas, y ya si en siguientes escuchas sube ese punto extra, vengo y se lo pongo.
Overall rating by me: 8,5/10 Songs added to the playlist: ,,Goodbye Newport Blues (Live)", ,,I Got My Brand On You", ,,Meanest Woman" Notes: Genuinely, you can never miss with jazz created by people of color. Fenomenal voice and a classy tune. If I ever make a jazz playlist, the whole album surely will be there.
Oh my god, Muddy Waters voice is incredible. The band is amazing. My one problem with this, and it's a biggun, is that I can't hear his fucking guitar. Why is it mixed in the far right channel so quietly? The other instruments are so loud by comparison it's like the guitar solos just don't exist. I didn't even notice the second guitar until Got My Mojo Workin'. Other than that, this is a perfect live album, and in my opinion this comes close to being the gold standard for blues.
Consistently good but it’s the blues so can be samey
A groundbreaking album. Apart from Muddy Waters vocals, you have Pat Hare on guitar, with that overdriven distorted sound and Otis Span on keyboards.
Another really good album. I like this type of mysin though I don't listen to it often. I like when records and albums are live performances.
bluesy
This is a 4.5 and close to a 5. Unlike Allman Bros, this is perfect blues.
Light 4
forever the goat
good I liked voodoo bit this was a nice and fun. I would listen to this on my own time
This was an album which recognized the hand in hand quality of jazz and blues. Jazz music often has several instruments playing different notes which work together to create a sound with the musicians improvising and then returning to the melody, while blues almost always has a vocalist providing the emotional expression through the melody and lyrics, and this album was a great representative of that sound. Sometimes the lyrics were too repetitive for my taste, but the varying sounds of the instruments saved this album from getting boring.
Day 137 Enjoyed this a lot, blues is a genre I’d never given much of a chance to, it’s so much more fun than I would have thought 8/10 Highlights Got my brand on you Got my mojo working
Loved the blues
This is true music.
Great album, usually I don't enjoy live albums but this was great.