At Newport 1960

Good stuff here. More energetic than I was expecting and that really increased my enjoyment.

Enjoyable listen, but wouldn't likely come back to many of the songs on my own time.

Heel erg cool, maar af en toe ook wel een tikkeltje saai, een mooie 3 sterren

4.5 meer leaning naar een 5. Een van de grootste in Blues ooit en het is duidelijk waarom. Vet all the way through

Deze blues is moeiteloos cool

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.

A couple of cool songs and some less interesting ones.

Really cool but just hard to get into.

I don't think this is my kind of music. Nevertheless, I do think that Muddy Waters is a good performer and vocalist. I did also enjoy the implementation of the harmonica and e-guitar. I'd say that my favourite tracks would be “I've got my mojo working“, I especially liked the element of call and response in that song. Still, I found the songs sounded all pretty much alike, but that is probably because I haven't listened to a lot of blues in my lifetime. I don't think I will be coming back to this, but I'm glad I have heard this album and can definetly hear Muddy Waters influence in a lot of future musicians

Var litt kult, var litt kjedelig. Monoton vokal/melodi

Not too great

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

It's fine. I get that he was very influential, but it's all very same-y.

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

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.

Good stuff

I'm not a big fan of the blues, but this is great! I love the energy on Got My Mojo Working.

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

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

Really great for the genre. Not really my style, but no denying how good it is.

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.

Interesting to hear from a historical perspective, as a snapshot of what was going on in 1960 You can certainly hear some of the influences that were passed down to Hendrix and the Stones But in 2026, I'm never going to reach for this album

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.

Personally, I really enjoyed this. It’s a great recording, and Muddy’s voice is fantastic. Creatively, though, I wasn't really impressed. It’s just a collection of variations on a 12-bar blues progression, good ones at that, but I can’t bring myself to give that 4 stars. Historically, though, I'm sure it’s very important.

Mojo good, otherwise average.

definitely need to listen to it again

A true classic

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 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 ⭐️

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.

Probably a 4 with better sound quality. The songs are kind of limited by having about 12 words each, though.

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...

Nice to listen to.

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.

Maybe it's because I'm not American, but I can't really see the appeal

Fun, not something I’d listen to often

I love that this was recorded live and you can hear the audience! The musicianship is next level!!

I don’t love a live album but this is a good one

Surprisingly fun listen

A genre I wouldn't seek out but was pleasantly surprised by this album. Smooth vibes

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.

not bad

Would score higher if we had just one song. But all the songs of the album are very redundant.

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.

Good blues. But 1 star deduction since it's a live album.

pretty good but a bit repetitive

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.

good but not my style

not really my genre, was boring

My favorites from this were soon forgotten and tiger in your tank. It was cool to see where this style originated.

Great to have this pristine document of a historic concert. Well paced and builds nicely throughout the set. 4

Beautiful example of Chicago Blues

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

I'm not the biggest blues person but this is about as good as it gets!

Imagine hearing this in concert in 1960.

Really good blues, nice songs. But not a coherent album

Not bad. The recording isn't that great, which overshadows the performances here.

Nice old blues, live. Idk what to add. Faves: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Tiger In Your Tank, I've Got My Mojo Working

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

didn't care for it

More bluesy than a blue thing

It was a good album, I’m not a huge fan of blues but I appreciate it nonetheless

Super cool på den old school måde.

Loving it - impossible not to move your legs and hips. Live versions are always better!! Especially 'I've got my brand on you'.

Really enjoyed this album. Will definitely be listening again.

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

it is blues. it is live.

The heart of the Newport folk lifestyle directly to your ears in 2026.

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.

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 is a Gold Standard for the Blues.

Good blues album for sure. Just nothing I will likely listen to again

This sounded like chocolate covered butter

начала читать другую страну болдуина под это, вроде вайб но я оч не люблю звук гармошки (?) или что это … короче это вот джаз который мне не нравится

2.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/muddy-waters/muddy-waters-at-newport-1960/ Really not my thing. Truly believe it's very influential, but don't really care about this.

first half really good i loved

3⭐️ bluesy sound, not my usual but a nice listen and cool to think about the influence it had on later artists. I love that it’s live - especially ‘I’ve got my mojo working pt 2’ where you can hear the crowd songs I already knew: n/a fave new song(s): I’ve got my mojo working pt 2

listened to the first two songs kinda funky but not really my thing

Beetje jazzy rolling stones, niet mega onder de indruk. Wel classic.

I enjoyed his voice and the songs. every song was nice to listen to but It’s not something I would especially want to listen to. none of the songs stand out to me so I’ll probably forget about this album after a while. other than that I think it’s a well made album and I wouldn’t be upset if I came across any of the songs in my daily life and maybe even in my playlist. I would give it a 3.8/5

kinda annoying

I wouldn’t have picked this out - but glad I listened

i mean it must be great if you like this because it's all very much of the same. a lot of the songs were just too slow for me - really made it feel like it was dragging on

Hm, same song syndrome…

It's crazy he plays Mojo Working twice, and honestly he could have played it a third time. 'I've Got My Mojo Working - Pt. 2' easily is the best thing on this album. The rest of the album feels like some standard blues, certainly formative for a lot of artists to come after him, Muddy Waters is a legend. I will say the album feels a little one note, it helps that it's live it makes it a bit more interesting to me, but I wouldn't say I was blown away by this one. That being said it is some undeniably good music.

Mad decent! Wasn't mad at it.

It was a good blues set but it was live so I was hoping for some more energy, personality and passion to shine thru here. Both the band and Muddy Waters did their job, but they didn't do much beyond. Showed up, played their set and done. It was a good enough listen but didn't pull me into the live experience whatsoever. 3 stars

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.

blues is almost exclusivly on the 12 bar blues so most songs sounds the same... Still i love it. Both hearing and playing (because it's just 3 chord, everyone should try and play a 12 bar one time in their life, haha). But i can't really give it higher than a 3 even though i could listen to this all day.

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

Exactly why I started this challenge. An album I was very unlikely to listen to that I ended up really enjoying in the end. An slice of American history. 6/10.

I hate to say it, but this felt entirely forgettable

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

jazz, i love the instruments and the flow of the music

I have a new founds love for blues, especially live blues. Muddy Waters has perfected the art of song writing and has the talent to sing the lyrics with a swathe cool tone that’s unmistakably blues. His voice is one of few that it would be hard to get sick of, even in between tracks when he’s introducing the songs. Learning that Muddy Waters was such an influential part of blues post war is no surprise at all. The band showcases their talent and capabilities of jamming together as Muddy Waters leads them through his songs. I particularly liked the ‘I’ve Got My Mojo Working’ & ‘Got My Mojo Working - Pt. 2’ and how they contrast, I thought that was very clever. Favourite tracks are: ‘Tiger In Your Tank’, ‘I’ve Got My Mojo Working’, and ‘I’ve Got My Mojo Working - Pt 2’.

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.

Standout Songs: I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man Baby, Please Don’t Go Tiger In Your Tank I’ve Got My Mojo Working

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.

Buen álbum, aunque no sea de mi estilo en realidad me gustó algunas de sus canciones

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

i’m not a fan of jazz

This was an incredible New Year’s Day listen and totally hit the vibe right to start 2026. Incredible live performances by the entire band, and clean, soulful vocals. Will definitely listen again soon!

A groundbreaking album. Apart from Muddy Waters vocals, you have Pat Hare on guitar, with that overdriven distorted sound and Otis Span on keyboards.

Nice jazz, nothing impressive

Eh

The real deal so I hear. don’t really listen to blues, I liked this more than I thought I would. God it got repetitive. I enjoyed this though I wish there was a studio version too

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

A great blues album with live recordings. Lyrically a little repetitive but catchy regardless. Not 100% sure it’s my vibe but a jam nonetheless

Not my cup of tea but pretty good.

A great live performance from a blues legend, a solid compilation that is worth listening to but I do not see myself coming back to.

Such a beautiful album!

Du bon blues mais pas vraiment mon type de musique

It’s repetitive

I've Got My Mojo Working is a masterpiece. 3.5

I enjoyed it.

prefer the live versions ofc i’ve got my mojo working and soon forgotten are favorites

Funky and fun

This is a 4.5 and close to a 5. Unlike Allman Bros, this is perfect blues.

It's good, but not really for me. I appreciate the blues and what they established for rock, but find it hard to listen to a lot of it. And while Muddy and John Lee are bastions of the blues, I can't listen to more than a song or two at a time. For a live recording of that era, I'm surprised at the recording, Pretty clean. Why would you play the same exact song with 2 different singers back to back? "I've Got My Mojo Working" is weird. Solid musicianship from a tight band. Gotta give it a 3 because it's not my cup of tea exactly, but it's worth listening to at least once.

This is sort of a weird album on paper. It’s both a studio album AND a live album. That being addressed it is a solid and memorable rock and roll album. It’s also sorta hard to review cause everything about it that makes it “simple” and “accessible” is also what makes it foundational material for decades worth of music of hundreds of different genres, so it’s important but also basic. Definitely an album that won’t disappoint but won’t rock your world.

He's got his mojo working or smth

Light 4

forever the goat

obviously very influential for its time but the blues are just not for me

Whack.

good I liked voodoo bit this was a nice and fun. I would listen to this on my own time

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.

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.

6/10

Pretty good blues album

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

Definitely one of the GOATs of the blues.

Jazz forica

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

Loved the blues

Smooth

eh not my cup of tea not a fan of live albums but it’s okay

I'm not educated on the blues but I just feel there's better out there.

very groovy and nice to listen to faves: tiger in your tank

This is true music.

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.

This felt a little tamer than I was hoping. Not bad at all, but not as bad ass as I wanted.

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

Great album, usually I don't enjoy live albums but this was great.

I don’t really like jazz, and this album didn’t really change that. However… I admire the restraint. Jazz albums like this are usually a massive circle jerk of pointless 8 minute solos, and this album bucked the trend. Cheers to that.

This was some boppin blues. It sounded great live and had a lot of heart in it. The riffs rocked and the vibes were awesome. I'd listen again!

Loved this, prefer this to the other MW we got. Lottaaa charisma. I couldn’t really tell you what made each song different from each other, just a bluesy blur and for that I’m going 3 for a passing grade. Muddy Waters: I approve.

Obviously foundational but a little repetitive - sometimes literally, with the Mojo reprise. I liked “Hard Again” album alot more.

Really enjoyed this album, reminded me a lot of B.B. King

Good ole fashioned blues, baby

not my first time listening to this album, i love chicago blues, so enjoyed it a lot.

Interestingggg

Good

Great vocals, easy listening. Classic blues music, makes you feel like you’re in the South in the 1950’s sipping a lemonade on the porch on a sweltering August day. Just not really my genre.

zimmer aufräumen, duschen und gute laune

i like some of these very much but not fully my vibe

Good album for a coffee afternoon

exactly what you'd expect

Awesome

This isn't something I'd actively want to listen to again in my free time, but there's something very fun about listening to a live album!

Not typically something I listen to but it was quite enjoyable. Waters puts on a performance that is nothing short of electric by the time you get to “Got My Mojo Working (1 and 2.)” I like the performance’s progression as the band and audience’s energy build off of each other with each song. Waters bids the audience farewell lamenting about his potential musical legacy in the soulful “Goodbye Newport Blues.” It was interesting to compare the live and recorded versions of several songs and noticing the stylistic differences.

This is what I think of when I think of blues Would have a very fun time if I was in Newport in 1960

<3

A really solid live album, however I don’t think I will be returning to it.

mr OG blues

I was not too crazy about it

It was fine.

got my foot tapping, and I really enjoyed the experience. Would buy the record if I came across it and would therefore definitely play it again. good classic blues. 4 stars

Meanest Woman fave song EASILY but I love jazz music so much so I had a blast with this entire album (especially because there were some live performances in here... I love live albums... I feel like they have so much more heart in them.) Definitely a singer I'll be throwing on more often from now on.

so fun, felt like i was in new orleans

Very good in its style.

Went down lovely like a cup of Yorkshire tea in the morning

God gammal delta blues, muddy waters er OG

3/5

Really amazing experience, I gave it a listen while playing geometry dash and it actually gave me a little self confidence boost, loved the fact that it was live coz I felt the atmosphere and it made me feel like I was there.

Album nem relaxante e bom, sendo um divisoe de águas para sua epoca, entao merece isso

For such an influential album - the album that brought blues to a suburban audience and across the Atlantic to the likes of the Rolling Stones - and for a live album of a reportedly legendary performance, for some reason I remained pretty much unmoved by this album. I don’t think I’m an electro-blues fan but I do love the energy of a live album, but this don’t sound like a live album until we got to I’ve Got My Mojo Working and you could hear the audience react. Until that point I hadn’t really reacted either. I guess not for me, but I’d happily listen to it again some time. 3 stars.

There’s a reason why lame white dudes made this their personality.

Oh wow wow hutchi ku

I enjoy old school blues and it all started with Muddy Waters. This live album includes his classics "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Baby, Please Don't Go" & "I Got My Mojo Working" (all covered by others a million times since). He's just not a dynamic performer or vocalist, it all seems a bit flat to me. The band is solid, but it's all sorta tame. Outside the tracks mentioned above, I enjoyed "Feel So Good" but didn't care for the monotonous "Tiger In Your Tank". "Mojo" is super repetitive, so much so that "Mojo Pt 2" was not necessary to include in the live show. I'd much rather listen to John Lee Hooker, BB King, Buddy Guy or Albert King, but it was enjoyable, just not all that memorable. 3 stars.

Proper old school blues. Enjoyable.

A wonderful recording of a seminal time in music.

I like the album but maybe I'm not in a blues mood today, cuz none of it really caught my interest outside of it being a pleasant background album. No hate

don’t usually listen to blues but this had me choreographing in my head

3.5/5 Would have danced my absolute pants off at this show. Fun and sexy. Repetition and deep yearning. Blue blue blue, baby.

Very good if only a bit repetitive

Muddy's on his best behavior for the Newport mucky mucks, so it's not one of his killer records, but darn it all, it's Muddy Freakin' Waters.

Classy, stylish, pleasant overall

A very influential blues live album from the legend himself. While I wasn't fw the part 2 of GMMW, I thought everything else was pretty good. Remastered version added a bunch of random tracks at the end so there was that too.

Eh. Fine for what it is.

Sonzeira boa e elementar. Não sou tão chegado nesse estilo de Blues, mas consigo ver o mérito nessa gravação. O artista é ótimo, as composições são boas, e tudo é magistralmente produzido. O som é impecável pra uma gravação ao vivo, bem surpreendente. Mas no fim das contas, Blues simplesmente não é meu gênero. Aprecio sua simplicidade e a virtuosidade de músicos como Muddy Waters, mas prefiro meu som um pouco mais decorado. Adornos miscelâneos, gosto deles. Ótimo disco de todo modo. 3/5

Probably important! Good blues - I’m not listening to this again tho

That’s some 1-4-5 baby! Trying to figure out why I think 1-4-5 is cool and rad when Jimi Hendrix or Jack White does it vs this and I think it’s just electric loud guitar = dopamine for me. This is still phenomenal 1-4-5 though. Mr Waters has a phenomenal vocal performance throughout this thing, he’s having fun, the band is tight, you can’t ask for much more. I will assuredly never come back to this but I am glad I listened to it and it definitely has a place on the list.

Maybe one day someone will ask me about muddy waters but probably not. Muddy Waters was so influential to a bunch of blues rock that I enjoy much more than his stuff, but that being said this album was really good. This must’ve blown the pants off the people that bought this record. If you owned this, you at least used to be cool. Anyway muddy waters is a crazy stage name. Great branding, this dude got it. Feeling the strongest won’t revisit score 4/5

Muddy is one of the greats. What's not to like. His Chicago style blues energy is electric. I loved this.

Great blues album . Surprising that it’s live . Only down side is that it’s a bit Samey but that’s the blues .

Don't always like live albums but this one is pretty good. The longer it goes on the more I am enjoying this album. You could say it makes me Feel So Good. The Encore of Mojo was brilliant as well! Tiger in your Tank and Baby Please don't Go the highlights, as well as Mojo Working.

Ooh

Indeed the mojo is working

Yes. 'I Got My Brand On You' is a strong opener. A fun listen.

it’s good! it’s muddy waters! how do i rate the blues? i don’t know. i like this. is it great? yes. would i put this on again? the questions are endless. it’s good? it’s muddy waters.

Second album by him just an absolute banger. I feel like I could listen to him in a blues bar for hours and not get tired of it. The variety and mix is so fantastic.

Very influential and a beautiful album cover. I found it boring compared to his 70s album on here. I think it’s because this one has the essential building blocks you’ve heard copied everywhere in music so the effect is lost on me here. Rating: 2.4

Chicago blues, everything sounds like it has a little snare drum sizzle on it, which is perfect. I also love the <whatever that lips sound is called> in Got My Mojo Working

Ihan ok livelevy. Hyviä ja tuttuja biisejä ja Muddy oli tuttu entuudestaan.

I know this guy is highly influential and very good at what he does but I just don’t like this type of blues. Part of it is because I really like melody and I don’t find much of that in classic blues. I don’t rate my album according to importance but instead on how much I enjoyed it.

Second album après 'Hard Again' qui ne m'avait pas convaincu (noté 2/5 - je ne suis pas fan de blues). Cet album ne me plait pas plus. Le blues finit toujours par m'ennuyer (répétitif par conception, et les chorus sont vraiment trop classiques pour m'interpeller). =>2/5

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.

3 out of 5. Ok I can see why this album is historic as it is.

this is the same song over and over again, with a fun beat and nonsense lyrics. Probably a lot more fun live.

Not bad for a live album

Mojo-tastic!

Feels like the first blues album

This was good. Blusey and fun.

It’s good, but doesn’t have the ‘lightning in a bottle’ energy of the other live albums we’ve reviewed. And so repetitive…

Really enjoyed this album. I’ve always been a casual fan of muddy waters but loves the power of his voice and this performance. Can’t believe this was 1960- sounds so much fresher than a lot of what was happening at the time.

I am not a blues appreciator, but this one is pretty good.

I liked it!

Muddy Waters is a true original. A classic in the best sense of the term. I like this album.

Blues isn’t really my thing and for the first few tracks I was not feeling this whatsoever. Then I got to I Feel So Good which I really enjoyed and I liked the album from then on. I’ll see later on with my second listen if the first part of the album hits differently knowing that I like the second half. Top Track - I Feel So Good

Not a fan of live albums do love Muddy Waters though again studio albums more than live albums

Blues artist went to a jazz festival.

Enjoyed this one and liked the energy of it being a live album. The songs were a bit too similar and the lyrics were often a bit repetitive for me. It was fun to listen to, but maybe not one I’d return to. Fav song: Soon Forgotten Least fav: Tiger In Your Tank

Amazing name, alright album. Liked the general vibe of it and the fact it was a live album but didn’t give me much more than that. Specific rating - 4.1 Fav song- Baby , Please don’t go Least fav- got my mojo working

Understand why it's on the list. Clearly very influential guy and a great voice. I just found it all a tad too similar, didn't wow me. Favourite song: I Feel So Good Least: I've Got My Mojo Working

I would normally give most blues a 1 but I like Muddy's voices

Album No. 0073 on my list. Of course I've been aware of Muddy Waters before, and I was curious about this album - never listened to it before. I get why this is considered an important album. You can definitely hear the impact that Waters had on the audience and his charisma. Unfortunately, things are a little repetitive (may just be the blues genre for me). My favorites were "I Got My Brand On You", "Tiger In Your Tank", and "I've Got My Mojo Working". 3/5 stars.

3.0

Blues, really enjoyed the live performance. Liked "Tiger In Your Tank" - Live

Blues songs can sound a bit samey, but that's of little consequence when the sound is as powerful as this. There's phenomenal energy in this performance which almost compels you to listen and get swept up alongside the crowd's evident and raucous delight.

Algjörlega frábær!!!

Er einhver munur á svona blúsplötum? Þetta er samt bara gott og smá auka oomph svona live. Kannski 3,5 stjörnur en ekki námundað upp í 4.

Genius

Está bien, pero como todos estos discos, algo sobrevalorado. No cabe duda de que es una de las grandes influencias de los grupos británicos de los 60, pero a veces ser influyente no es señal de ser meritorio. Con todo, es un disco que me gusta y suena bastante bien para ser un directo de esa época.

Must waters is always fantastic. This one isn't my very favorite, but it's still great

To be honest having read about it I was expecting this album to be much grittier and searing than it is, but I guess that’s what you get at the Newport Jazz Festival. Probably I would prefer “Muddy Waters at Some Dive with Sweat Running Down the Walls 1955”, but still, it IS pretty good although the live element doesn’t add much for me.

Suena increíble y es en vivo. Y en 1960. Un genio. 6/10

I can’t knock the historical significance of Muddy Waters but it’s kind of a doozy for a modern listener. Three stars.

Any way you slice it Muddy is just so easy to enjoy and this performance is spirited. Based on the man’s extensive catalog the setlist could’ve been better but he certainly makes it work. That said, Coochie Man and Baby Please Don’t Go back to back are awesome and the version of I Got My Mojo Working feels legendary. Another one I should add to the nice to have vinyl list.

I like Muddy Waters, but I don't like most live albums. This one is pretty good though, and he plays the blues like nothing else matters.

Great live blues album from Muddy Waters. As with a lot of albums, I’m not sure what makes it “special” as far as being included on this list, but it was really good. But there are a lot of blues albums that are really good.

Proper blues. Not my favorite genre, and gets a bit repetitive for me, but this is the real, real good stuff from it. 3/5.

bocatto di cardinale

I think I respect it more then I like it, but it definitely deserves a spot on this list.

Interested in the blues? This is it.

Not my favorite blues, but Muddy Waters is such a trailblazer and the live album was fun

I parties my ass off in Rhode Island during that concert.

*1960. *Live jazz album. *Upbeat, good singalong songs. RATING - 7/10

Выдающееся выступление и альбом, но для более высокой оценки не хватает еще пары хитов мадди вотерса, поэтому только 3. Ну и еще - потому что я не люблю концертники

Exceptional sounding recording

Real Blues. This happened in the lull between Rock n Roll and the Beatles. Should have been much more prominent. The flaw is probably the lack of variety - three takes of one song and a saminess feel. But the voice is great and the sound is perfect.

Simple but sometimes it really just hits the spot (3.5/5)

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

This is one of those albums I appreciated listening to, and would not have seeked out if it wasn’t for the site. Obviously I have heard of the legendary Muddy Waters. Truly a revolutionary, and one of the best to ever do it. What I didn’t expect was to enjoy his music as much as I did. So, it’s very dated, obviously, but it is so incredibly easy to listen to that it really doesn’t matter. The repetitive nature makes it just the slightest bit less enjoyable, but I would take this any day of the week over something like Jazz. Muddy has a great voice and can play the guitar very well to boot. His charming and confident nature radiate with each song on the album. While this isn’t something I would often return to, I don’t believe this album has a single song I would skip on it. My favorite song on the album was the all time classic “I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man”. Very glad I got to spend the day with Muddy Waters. This is absolutely foundational music for so many reasons, and still holds up well today.

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.

Not bad blues album, great while studying not sth wow,#.

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!

3.5

Classic

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

A bit one-note but makes up for it with a rich soundscape and great performances.

Don't really know why a live album is on here? Anyways blues isn't my favourite genre but an enjoyable listen non the less. Love his voice.

I like but don't love this, but I love so much music that it obviously influenced.

I love the blues, and Muddy Waters is one of the best. Unfortunately a lot of this feels like a slightly restrained version of the blues, recorded in the afternoon to be recorded and easily consumed. Only later on does he seem to open. What I really want to hear is the concert I imagine he played in the club that evening, with smoke and bourbon, where he let himself go.

EXCELLENT!!!

I don’t like live albums.

Love Muddy Waters, hate live albums. This is the middle ground.

4.5 stars

The best live album I've had so far. Very enjoyable, great voice.

Can recognize the significance of the artist, music, and album.

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.

Not my sort of music. Unfair to score it

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.

3.0 - Ok

Another that I’ll appreciate for what it is. Blue isn’t my go to.

Solid blues

Im a sucker for mid-1900s music, reminds me of fnv. I dont really listen to it outside of the vibes, so no song really stuck out to me.

Solid but a bit repetitive as you’d expect