Reviews (page 6 of 13)
I enjoyed this more than I expected to. Sounds surprisingly good for a live album in 1960. I had a preconceived idea that this was going to be quite slow so I was pleasantly surprised by the energy, like on I've Got My Mojo Working. It maybe does blend together a little bit but that's probably down to me having little exposure to this sort of blues Highlights: Tiger In Your Tank
Some classic blues from the master of them. Brilliant album, a great live album but I still prefer the studio format.
Solid bluesy album with some heart. Worth a listen.
A fundamental influence on blues music, if I understand the history correctly. While listening through I heard small snippets that echoed music I listened to growing up from The Tea Party and Big Sugar. I doubt the influence is direct, but just by listening to this album I could hear its echoes in my memories. That's pretty special.
Something charming in those bues-singing men, still not my thing
You can trace so much music of the 60s and 70s back to Muddy Waters. It’s all here - the good kind of RnB.
A quality performance from Muddy.
This was an incredible listen from start to finish, and you can hear the influence this left on blues and rock artists for generations after. A very very solid 4/5 for me
Mood setting music Down in the dumps, sun shining, Core blues performance
Now here's some blues!
Times like these remind me that deep down, we’re all just hoochie coochie men
This guy is good. 4/5
Always loved muddy Waters. But you can hardly tell there’s an audience and this is a live recording. Maybe it’s because it’s 1960 and Newport, but it just doesn’t seem like the crowds into it at all. Some great singing and some great guitar plan, but I think there’s better muddy water out there
I don’t the the blues are supposed to make you feel happy, but this album always does.
I enjoyed this! Again, feels unnecessary to be a live album
This made me want to eat ribs in a dingy smoke filled bbq joint.
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Over 60 years old and still some bangers
Where it started...
blues, man
Cool
There’s just something special about like blues music Faves: I Got My Brand on You, I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Sometimes I can’t decide if I like the blues but it turns out I’ve heard a lot of bad versions of the blues. This is the good stuff, the genuine article.
Another good one, another one I have on vinyl. I’ve already stated my love for Muddy in my last album review for him.
Enjoyed this album. Original blues music
I loved how understated and soulful this was. a classic performance that heats up as it goes along. i especially loved that fuzzy harmonica that underscored every song. overall, i'm not a huge blues fan, but these guys from that post-WWII era (Muddy, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, etc.) really do it for me.
Glad to listen to this one, I needed to recalibrate my mojo.
This album came on the heels of a lot of instrumental jazz, with more to come, which I enjoy best in smaller doses. This was a welcome change. The vocals are casual, and thoroughly enjoyable. Normally I'm not a fan of albums packed multiple different versions of the same songs but this album was an exception. It's confirmed my appreciation of Mr. Waters.
Newport, Rhode Island, juillet 1960. J'imagine la scène, ça sent le pique-nique propret, les fauteuils pliants, les polos bien repassés et les applaudissements polis entre deux solos de saxophone un peu trop longs. Le Newport Jazz Festival, c'était le rendez-vous d'une certaine intelligentsia blanche, venue s'encanailler avec bon goût sur les rythmes syncopés d'artistes noirs, certes, mais des artistes "respectables". Le jazz, quoi, un truc cérébral, qui se déguste le menton dans la main. Et puis, déboule ce type, McKinley Morganfield, alias Muddy Waters. Avec sa gueule de boxeur et sa guitare électrique qui sonne comme un avertissement. Il n'est pas là pour faire dans la dentelle, il n'est pas là pour qu'on analyse ses grilles d'accords, il est là pour foutre le feu. Et merde, quel incendie. Muddy Waters, pour un mec de ma génération, né en 1970, c'est une figure quasi mythologique. C'est le nom qu'on voyait dans les interviews des Rolling Stones, de Led Zeppelin, de Hendrix. Le patriarche, le "père du Chicago Blues". On savait qu'il était important, fondamental, mais on l'écoutait peut-être plus par devoir que par plaisir viscéral au début. C'était la musique des parents de nos idoles, le code source, le Vieux Testament. Et écouter cet album aujourd'hui, c'est un peu comme lire la Genèse après avoir passé sa vie à dévorer des romans qui en sont inspirés. Tu comprends enfin d'où vient toute la putain de lignée. Et bordel, mais quel son ! On est en 1960, et ça sonne plus brutal, plus sauvage, plus VRAI que 90% des productions rock actuelles. Il n'y a pas de fioritures. La section rythmique, c'est une locomotive lancée à pleine vitesse qui ne déraillera jamais. C'est simple, carré, et ça te rentre dans le bide sans demander la permission. La guitare de Muddy, et celle de Pat Hare, c'est du fil barbelé électrifié. Ça grésille, ça crache, ça saigne. La slide est là, bien sûr, gémissant comme une âme damnée. Et puis il y a la voix de Muddy, une voix qui ne cherche pas à être belle. Elle est puissante, chargée de toute la poussière du Mississippi et de toute la suie des usines de Chicago. Elle raconte des histoires, elle prévient, elle ordonne. Ce qui rend ce disque si monumental, c'est le contexte. Ce n'est pas juste un concert de blues, c'est un acte de guerre culturel. C'est l'irruption du blues le plus terrien, le plus sexuel, le plus électrique, au milieu d'un festival de jazz qui se voulait distingué. On entend la foule, au début, peut-être un peu perplexe, puis, titre après titre, complètement possédée. Sur "Got My Mojo Working", ça n'applaudit plus, ça hurle, ça exulte, ces blancs-becs en chemisettes à manches courtes sont en train de prendre une leçon magistrale de ce qu'est la musique du diable, la musique du corps. Cet album n'est pas juste un grand disque de blues, c'est l'un des actes de naissance du rock'n'roll tel qu'on l'a aimé, celui qui a les couilles sur la table. Sans ce concert, sans cette énergie brute captée sur bande, est-ce que les Stones auraient eu la même arrogance ? Est-ce que Jimmy Page aurait fait sonner sa Les Paul de la même manière ? Est-ce que le hard rock aurait même existé ? Probablement, mais différemment. Le hard rock n'est pas né dans un garage à Birmingham ; ses premières respirations, sa première inspiration, c'est le son de Muddy Waters branchant sa Telecaster et poussant l'ampli dans le rouge devant une foule médusée. Alors, pourquoi 4/5 et pas le panthéon du 5/5, la note parfaite ? C'est une excellente question et elle mérite une réponse honnête. Ce disque est un document historique parfait, c'est une performance cinq étoiles, sans l'ombre d'un doute. L'énergie est palpable, l'importance est indéniable. Mais dans le cadre de ce projet "1001 albums", je note aussi le ressenti personnel, l'impact intime. Et pour moi, si ce disque est une fondation essentielle, il lui manque peut-être cette noirceur abyssale et dépressive. C'est une musique de célébration, même dans la plainte, c'est une catharsis tournée vers la vie, vers la danse, vers la baise. Mes propres démons me portent parfois vers des territoires plus... morbides. Le 4/5 n'est donc pas une critique, c'est une marque de respect immense pour un maître. C'est la reconnaissance que sans cette fessée monumentale de 1960, une bonne moitié de ma discothèque n'existerait tout simplement pas. C'est brut, c'est puissant, ça ne triche pas. Pas de Pro Tools pour sauver le cul d'un batteur à la ramasse, pas d'Auto-Tune pour polir une voix. Juste des hommes, leurs instruments, et une envie furieuse de prouver que leur musique est la plus puissante du monde. Mission accomplie, Mr. Morganfield. Reposez en paix, vous avez engendré une sacrée tripotée de monstres.
Yep that was a blues album from a man in Newport in 1960. I have nothing else to say.
Muddy mentions my birthday!!! "On the 12th day of April" Thanks Muddy Muddy, baby, everything alright in there? I think I'm about to pass a kidney stone DUNDUNDUN DUNDUN AHHHHHHHHHH DUNDUNDUN DUNDUN OHHJHHHHHHHH
Show me your hoochie coochie, man! With a lot of live albums from this era there’s an obvious cut between tracks even though it’s literally one continuous recording, but this one was smoooooooth.
fun and groovy sound with Muddy's raspy vocals and fantastic guitar work. Great live album.
good live set
Gewoon lekke
Fedt, groovy, bare smoooth. Teksterne er faktisk dejligt meget ikke rapey, hvilket godt kan ske med blues. Men ligesom meget andet er det måske lidt ensformigt i længden. For et livealbum for 1960 er lydkvaliteten fandeme i orden.
Blues - gut abgehangen
It was a great blues album. I'm not someone to listen to this regularly, but I can appreciate why this is on this list.
As a blues guy I have to respect him. What may seem cliche now is because he made it a staple of the genre. Alas, it is impossible for me to remain unbiased. I supposed what is true of popular music now was true of popular music then; 'it's just the same four chords.'
Enjoyed that.
Instantly made me want to dance, I haven't danced blues in so long. So many moments that felt familiar when I know I've never listened to these songs before - makes sense to read that this album was inspiration for lots of contempories. If you cut out the very beginning and end, you could have convinced me that the first part of the album was recorded in a studio, the sound is so clear. That is until the music starts to get more upbeat and the squealing, cheering, and clapping fans can be heard. The studio recorded tracks at the end of the album make that extra energy in the live recorded tracks more apparent.
4.5
Fantastic live album! (9.2) ★★★★½
So much feeling and passion. Really cool! 4.5 stars
4 stars
Obviously super vital in rock history, but doubt I’d listen to it again.
Timeless and legendary. Muddy Waters is the man
I think I wasn't in the mood, but this was still obviously good music
It's Muddy Waters, what's not to like
Very nice live album!
I've never really considered myself a Blues fan, but you can't help getting swept along with this album. Great!
Good blues done well.
A fantastic and chill live blues album fromm one of the great Delta blues players. Great for putting on in the evening and having a drink.
Rock solid blues album. One of the best to ever do it. Only added one track to the 1001 Experience Playlist to remind myself to go back AND listen, the kind of lp to listen to the performance all the way through
This is weird. Two nights ago I dreamt that heard Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker playing in concert. Not together on stage, but at the same place. Details are a little fuzzy (muddy maybe?) and I can't remember where this was, but the guitar was amazing (and probably not either of them). Anyway, Muddy was one of the best at this game. Many others have done similar but he has panache that the others somehow can't replicate 4/5
Mad respect for this musician.
Some awesome blues, what can go wrong! Absolutely nothing with this record that’s for sure! Awesome!
It’s nice to have some good ol fashioned, mainline, no frills blues sometimes. Just such pure music that’s endlessly enjoyable to listen to. Also funny because I thought he was saying put a tiger in my taint for the first minute or so.
3.75
Not generally my style but I greatly enjoyed it. Tiger in the Trunk or whatever it was called was really speaking to me.
I love the blues, love the harmonica and this is MUDDY WATERS! I want it to be five stars but something is holding me back. Which I think is my underlying hesitation- he sounds a bit restrained? There are 5 star moments, but this is 4.5 stars for me. I know there is a better Muddy Waters album out there and am now going to try to find it.
Love it, just so chill
Sometimes, the old school sounds excellent instead of sound outdated.
Nice. This is indeed a source of inspiration for so much RnB and rock music that came later
It sounds really nice, never been that much of a muddy waters guy though. He doesn’t have the ferocity that John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton have. His playing is immensly great though.
Good. I liked this one. The last few, non live tracks feel a bit tacked on, but overall, lovely stuff
The album Americans weren't listening to when the Brits stole "their music". It's OK though because now Americans show their authentic love of the blues by listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe (are you taking the piss?) Bonamassa. Snide aside this is a great album and totally pivotal in modern music, the band sound very relaxed and together, and Muddy's voice is incredible, just the perfect link for American folk, real old school delta blues, the more electric Chicago scene and the emergence of Rock and Roll. It also sounds great for a 1960 live recording and the respectful crowd get more an more into it as the songs roll along. Wonderful. Actually one of the albums you should hear before you die because hundreds of the others on this list owe it a debt.
I feel differently about blues music now compared to when I first started this endeavour. It’s still not my favourite but discovering good blues like Muddy Waters has been a revelation for me.
Very good album
This seems to be old hat, but as the “first” live blues album, it’s showing just what the blues were all about. As I listened, I couldn’t help but think of a generation of rock artists who were influenced by Muddy Waters, from the Beatles to the Stones to the Yardbird - and everyone they influenced as a result.
I enjoyed it.
Significant Chicago blues artist post war. Great album with heaps of soul
Solid live blues from an all time important artist
Excelente, toda la onda
4 classic blues
Brilliant live album, love hearing the crowd get crazier as it goes on.
Think I first listened to this years ago. Probably liked it then but I definitely appreciated it more now. Great stuff.
An essential blues album with great performances of some classic sounds. Muddy Waters influenced so many musicians I admire
I Feel So Good after listening to this. Got My Mojo Working now.
I dig this. Very blues-y early rock. 4/5
Gritty, emotional, bluesy stuff. A little repetitive at times, but then blues isn't exactly a genre known for being prolific in that regard (without introducing a blend of other genres to the mix). Muddy Waters does the genre justice with his gnarly blues wail, and though none of his big hits are present, the album does just fine without them. Love the live setting, too. It's fun to hear how laid-back gigs could be in 1960. Waters, by this time a pretty big face on the musical world stage, ends each piece with an offhand "Thank ya." before introducing the next piece and getting right back into the music – often in 10 seconds or less. It's great pacing and the audience experience must've been fantastic. Love the piano playing too. Other than the singing, this was a highlight. 4/5 Key tracks: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Goodbye Newport Blues, Got My Mojo Working
The sound/production quality on this album is much better than other live albums I've had on my list, but I'd still rather listen to a studio version. That being said - great energy and great tracks!
Muddy is a master at his craft. Such a great blues album. 4/5 Will listen again
Great listen
Muddy is a legend, though I’m still grappling with including live recordings on this project. This one at lease is worthy of review as an individual piece of art. 4/5
Annoying that the songs repeat on the album. Good music
I kinda like it. I like blues a little more now.
Muddy Waters is the Blues. Lots of classics here. That harp player is serious! Liked songs added: - I Feel So Good
nicht meins aber ich erkenne an dass es wichtig ist..
Very good album all the classics and more top Blues
Classic live album, nice tunes and felt guitars. I can see this was an inspiration to many, such as Jack White.
Relaxed, foot tappy and fun. Transported back to a music club in the 60s. Or sela bar on a good night. Enjoyed the liveness of it and range of instruments
One of the best live albums I've ever heard. You've got Muddy, who is obviously a legend, but you also have Otis Spann and James Cotton, who might not be household names, but are two of the best ever to do what they do. Four stars only because there are better studio albums (and I prefer studio albums over live albums any day of the week).
I like the blues a lot, I'm a sucker for harmonica. I listened to more muddy waters after this and liked some other albums more (getting hard or something)
What a great live album and recording! I know it's kind of a greatest hits album in some ways, but it's still a fun listen, and I'm really impressed at the quality of the live recording. (And thankful that his set even happened, given that the concert was more or less cancelled due to the previous day's violence and police response.)
Wonderful vibe, kicked back with the window open and this album hit the spot. Could only be improved by a porch swing and lemonade. Not complicated or over produced, just good tunes and a mellow voice.
better than i was expecting for 1960, very repetitive but i can also see how stuff i like from the doors could be influenced by this. low 7/10
Loved listening to this.. I only wish I was listening to it live in a dive bar in Memphis.
Country no
Após ouvir tanto Rap esta foi uma mudança muito agradável. O Monsieur Muddy tinha cantigas cativantes, com um instrumental cativante e uma agradável voz. As versões ao vivo estão bastante bem gravadas e os anúncios das músicas pelo Muddy dão uma familiaridade ao álbum. Para além das versões ao vivo, algumas musicas voltam a aparecer gravadas no estúdio no mesmo álbum. Gostei muito e fiquei surpreso pela positiva. Nota: 7,5/10 26/05/2024
Fun
Favorite Tracks: I’ve Got My Mojo Working I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Can’t say this held my attention, but it made very pleasant background music
Really vibed to this. Lovely stuff. Simpsons: Yes
Interesting choice for a Muddy Waters album but his voice and style are such unique aspects of old classic blues.
Its a good set but rather subdued for his live stuff thats out there.
Great and classic blues album. I understand the selection as his studio albums do not capture his drive and rage during live performances.
Thanks for being my Hoochie Coochie Man
Favourite song - I feel so good
Good stuff
Very good bluesy music.
Classic blues, works like a charm
Such a good album
Sounds really good for a live album from 1960. It’s also interesting hearing so many sounds and ideas I tend to associate with “blues” from something this early. Good album.
The previous Muddy Waters album that came up on this list was "Hard Again" - which was a comparatively modern blues album with a thick sounding, rock band approach. This, being a bit earlier and recorded live, sounds more "authentic" and natural. I do like the previous album , but this more what I think of when I think of the blues. It's got some songs that are standards... yeah, everything's all good here. Does what it says on the tin.
Loved this!
I complained about his 80s comebacks lack of energy, and this is why. A low tempo album, but one full of life and vitality, and tunes too!
Simply amazing. A bit repetitive but Muddy Waters is brilliant.
Muddy sure as hell has his mojo working! The harp player is fire. The guitars could be mixed up a bit. I generally like my blues with a bit more space, fair to say the drumming really fills the space, heavily jazz.
Ye old worldly guitar. So many attribute so much to this musician. I appreciate it's simplicity.
Man this fella could SING and play the BLUES
i hear the blues a'calling...
There has not been a lot of blues on this list... Great album, love how loose and free the band is. 4.5 🌟
would rate it 6 if i could!
# Playlist track - Baby, Please Don't Go # Notes - Amazing blues. Hard to overstate his influence.
The voice of God, the direct attack on every instrument – this is s strong, substantive, legit classic blues.
Excellent blues/rock vibe.
oh, that’s giving such a free and calm vibe. i don’t like this style of music at all, but!!!!! it works. good good
Despite not being a fan of live albums nor blues music this was surprisingly good.
My brothers quote, “Muddy Waters is as blues as blues gets.”
Fabulous live album. I knew his work much later in his life, but he had a ton of gusto in 1960.
Muddy Waters captures the blues for me. Straight out of Clarksdale, MS in the heart of the Delta. Have to be in the right mood for it, but there are few better.
Good live record. Muddy Waters and his band are tight.
Great listen, awesome live album
💖 i’ve got my mojo working 🗣️ 8️⃣
I can remember my dad trying to make me listen to this album when I was a teenager. All I wanted then was dashboard confessional. So I’m glad I waited to listen to this lol so I can actually appreciate it. Do all the songs blend together tune wise? Yes. But his voice is energetic and passionate. It sounds like they’re giving everything to this album and I love it.
Some good stuff here. Hoochie Coochie Man, Got my Mojo Working, Baby Please Don't Go ... when I hear live albums like this from way back,I can just imagine being there!
Usually depends on my mood what I think of this music. Last night I'd have given 2.5 stars, today it's closer to 4 (better mood, less tired). Gonna give it 4, because if I heard this in a club, I'd be blown away by it.
Great listen. I do find blues a little repetitive sometimes, but there was an infectious joy about this, probably as it’s live, that overrode that. 3.75
3.5/5
I'm certainly starting to get tired of the live albums on this list, but I could never get tired of Muddy Waters.
Imagine playing a song so well that you decide to run it back and play it even BETTER the second time. Eat your heart out John Mayall and Co.
Really good album
Always a good listen with Mr. Muddy Waters, not one of my favorite albums of his but again still a great listen in blues is the best
Great live album, but he's got better stuff if you ask me. I've always loved Muddy Waters.
the mans a legend. This album is great but not my personal fav from him. That post war blues though is something special
Muy buen directo de blues. Es muy interesante lo bien grabado que está.
Good listening
Probably more of a 4.5.
Love me some good blues.
Essential blues. One of the best.
classic blues
Excellent blues album by one of the all time greats.
Great, soulful, tasty guitar licks.
molto piacevole
This was cool. Not lots to say other than I enjoyed it.
I don’t normally listen to blues/jazz but this was an amazing live album. It must’ve been an absolute blast to see this live especially given that it was probably the first time a lot of white people heard blues. 4.0
Excellent, fun, energetic Chicago Blues!
Great live album with a lot of soul. I'm just not the biggest blues fan. 7/10
Normally not a big fan of live recordings, but blues always feel so much more alive when you can hear the sound of the audience blend in with the music.
Muddy Waters is classic, love his sound Top tracks: Tiger In Your Tank, I’ve Got My Mojo Working
Great album. Muddy had his own guitar playing style and it shows in that live album. 4 stars
muddyyyyy chicago blues tiime freumi. macht afoch freud wie sie vom 1 ufs 4i chömed. erste song banger. nocher chunter mit hoochie coochie man. rieeeese tune. but you know im heeeeeaaar. huere geil. s tönt alles so knackig aaah schön. baby plis don go au siick. soon forgotten schö lamsam plus slide gitarre. und s schlagzüg macht eimol de "psh" ufem splash. tiger in your tank slaaappt. i feel so good auuuuu. fuuuuuck. han früener sooo viel blues glost da tuet gad guet. i got my mojo isch chli meh crowdpleaser schnelle blues, live chli geiler als zum so lose glaub. nocher part two?? dune moment.
Excellent album
Great
Nice album!
Would love to be there
Given the right setting it's an amazing album
Got my mojo working …
This is a good live Muddy Waters album! Enjoyed the listen :)
Teils spannend und mitreißend, bspw. im Lied 'Got my Mojo working' (just don't work on You).
Great music. The year I was born.
Exciting live blues from the main Muddy Waters. Everything is quality here - Waters is a commanding frontman and him and the band supply plenty of energy. Playing is tight all around. Songs range from raucous to slower and more somber blues. It’s all good stuff.
BL: Never listened to Muddy Waters properly before, I know he's one of the quintessential blues artists, and what a way to start than with a live album, the jams and the gigs which form the roots of African American interpretive music, truly the best way to indulge in this genre. AL: This is really something special. Creativity and rawness. Waters truly was one of the best to ever do it from the looks of things. Especially the closer, wow. Another thing that really needs to be talked about is the mixing on this album - I'm not sure if the version I was listening to is remastered (it is not labelled as so) but the fact a live recording from 1960 sounds as crisp and developed as it does, when recordings even from the late 70s don't sound anywhere near as professional as this shows the raw talent of all of the creatives within the blues scene at this time, and it's a shame many will not have their names recognised on the same level as their white counterparts of the time. What an awesome record FT: "Goodbye Newport Blues" 4/5
My goodness look at that beautiful archtop guitar on the album cover. Gorgeous. The toughest thing for me to get over with blues is the repetitiveness and the proclivity to use the same chord progressions, the same stingers, the same turnarounds, and the same licks. I hate having this opinion because blues is cool and the idea of blues is always something that I feel like personally resonates with my soul. But I can't help it! I sometimes feel like Blues has a limited vocabulary, or better said only makes words using 10 or 11 letters of the alphabet, instead of the full 26. They certainly make good use of these 10 or 11, but man is it just a very limited approach. Take those 10 or 11 and recreate them over so many years without a lot of experimenting and evolution, and you just get a little.. frustrated? Fortunately I feel less so when listening to these older records and artists. So much of blues was about "making do" but making it will feeling, and these early artists are just so authentic when they are making do and singing about their problems. One of my old jobs had an authentic Newport Jazz Fest poster hanging nonchalantly on a wall in an administrative building. I remember walking down the hallway with some higher up person and I said "Hey you know this is a really nice poster right? It might even be worth some money." and he was like "really? It's mine, I hung it up, I found it in my attic [my memory is failing here] and my wife didn't want me to hang it in the house.". Then, in some harsh but serendipitous way, a few days later some angry kid came through the administrative building and trashed the place- ripping the poster off the wall and in pieces. I should have stopped him there and asked him if I could have had it. Ok enough storytelling. This album is a great listen. I think from this type of blues, it doesn't often get much better than Muddy Waters. And for me, Delta Blues is probably my favorite sub genre and he's who I think of when I think of it.
Excellent live album, it really sounds like you're there.
A classic album, beautiful blues tunes, great background music.
Straight up, old school blues.
7.5/10
Really good.
Fun music
1960 Live Blues album Standouts: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Baby Please Don't Go, I Got My Mojo Working, 4/5
Cool blues 7,5
really enjoyed this, chilled, guitar work was great
It is very influential among many genres and generations. Raw, High energy, authentic blues. Songs are quite fun and I would recommend listening, especially if you're not necessarily a heavy blues listener. This album did a good job getting me interested in the genre as well as Muddy Waters and good ol Blues.
Good to hear some early blues. Very clearly influenced lots of the music I love. Maybe I’m just a product of the times, but I love the stuff it influenced more than I love this. Great name though - he’s got a future working for a rivers charity if this whole blues thing doesn’t work out for him. 4/5
What's to say? There's really nothing not to like here if you're into rock & roll or blues at all. Ol' Muddy's a monster -- without him, basically the entire Stones/Yardbirds side of the British Invasion never happens. Surprised a little at how mellow a lot of it sounds. But it's straight pure blues. Find a chair, pour a drink, and let Muddy shuffle your sads away. Unexpected banger: Tiger in Your Tank
Плотный концертник. Блюз в самом классическом представлении. Крепкая 4, потому что я и подрыгался, и погрустил.
Incredible sound, can't imagine what the audience thought of this in 1960.
Wow. That was good. Two years old when that came out, so kinda missed it first time around.
Pretty good. Nothing super memorable though.
Very nice for sending postcards
Time space and place lens very important for this one I assume. Pretty standard blues type arrangements that would've been pretty out there for 1960
Muddy does what muddy do. You could too if yo momma named you muddy too
This is the pace my brain is constantly at
"Bitch told me I'm the goat, I set a coochie trend. I got 6 hoes on the floor, I need a coochie plan." - YN Jay "I'm gonna make you girls lead me by the hand, then the world will know the hoochie coochie man" - Muddy Waters Really delightful live album, classic 12 bar blues which gives so much space for great soloing. Otis Spann's piano work here is outstanding, so lively. Same goes for James Cotton's harmonica playing and Francis Clay's drumming. Waters' band is so good here and they really imbue a lot of these songs with life and energy. Kinda feels like the guitars are a little subdued in the mix, like unless I actively focus on them I might forget, which is maybe the point for these song structures. I have no clue what is actually meant by putting "a tiger in your tank" but I know it'll get you sent to horny jail. A whole will and testament could be written in honor of this performance of "I've Got My Mojo Workin'" but I'll spare the time. Whole set is great, so much swagger, exuberance, and confidence, I really enjoyed this.
Where Rock started. Enjoyed this more than I would have expected
Blues is one of the few genres that hasn’t evolved much over time. Veer too far from the original formula and it’s no longer blues. There are bands playing these songs at bars all over the world today, trying to replicate the energy and character that Muddy brought to them 60+ years ago. Timeless! 4.5
Excellent record. This stuff never gets old. Would have been a treat to hear him play live.
Another enjoyable live album.
Very good, this is what real music should sound like.
Man... what an important recording! Not quite to the level as that BB King, but solid!
Enjoyed this. Really like the guitar sound that he used in this and would love to see someone play like this IRL.
Needed this after the recent recommendations
Great live album. I had forgotten what a good singer Muddy Waters was.
Great blues
Enjoyed this enough and there is a mood where I really enjoy listening to the Blues so could see myself appreciating this much more in a bar with dim lighting and a nice beer.
This is a fantastic live record. Really shows off what Muddy Waters could do.
Solid blues
Live blues by the legend
Delta Blues!
Great blues!
At Newport It sounds amazing, brilliant voice, excellent band Can really understand how influential it was, mainly cos it’s just really good. I Got My Brand on You Hoochie Coochie Man Baby, Please Don’t Go - that really fizzes I Feel So Good Both the Got My Mojos Listened to it this morning while making breakfast and coffee, mmm, really cookin’ dem grits, getting dat skillet hot for dem biscuits and gravy, mmmhmmm, gonna cook me some crayfish, nice’n’hot But I genuinely really enjoyed it - think it will go in my rotation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Blues - im Gegensatz zu Jazz - mag ich sehr gerne. Und dieses Album ist natürlich großartig, auch wenn mir im Allgemeinen Studioalben besser gefallen als Livealben.
I don't know why I didn't expect there to be blues included in this, but I was pleasantly surprised by this. I'm trying to get more into jazz and blues this year and this was a great way to continue that goal. Tiger in Your Tank was great and so was both parts of Got My Mojo Working.
Classic Muddy Waters. Love it
cruise'n down the mississippi on a old steam boat with a rock'n jazz band
A lot of classic 12 bar blues-type stuff, but gorgeously executed. Favourite tracks: I Got My Brand On You, Tiger In Your Tank, I've Got My Mojo Working (both parts; this is a jam!).
Never realized how much this inspired. Enjoyed it.
A man and a guitar throwing down for a bunch of white people. Muddy could play and this is the hits. He's wailing with a pretty good band.
Day1- how cool would it have been to be there just to see Got My Mojo Working
A great easy listen. Even though I am from the area I have never attended the Newport festivals. Tiger in Your Tank and Goodbye Newport stand out. Mellow sound and vibe overall
Nobody would disagree if I say that Muddy Waters is a legend. The man is to blues what Louis Armstrong is to jazz. This album is a testament to what he and his band of virtuosos can do in front of a borderline-violent crowd. Legend says the Newport Festival audience had gone berserk during Little Richard's concert the night before, forcing hours of police intervention. Getting on that stage must have been sick. However, Waters and his band were able to tame them all with their hypnotizing performance. Not only that, Chess, his then discography, taped the concert. The resulting record (this record) was the key to popularizing the Blues in America.
nice
Awesome!
I need to listen to more blues
Alfa blues. Tiger in your Tank is the best song. Blues clues was named after this blues.
Waters is a LEGEND of the blues scene, and this album proves why.
4/5 Some good blues!
Well recorded. Songs are too short but he probably did that on purpose as he was playing to a festival crowd and not necessarily a Muddy Waters' crowd.
Very good musically but I'm not the biggest fan of live albums
Blues seems like one of those genres you have to hear live. Oh, to be born 80 years sooner and see this show.
Not as good as "Hard Again" but still enjoyable. 3.5.
I'm thankful that this project helped me discover Muddy Waters -- I really like blues and this guy is exceptional. 4*. This hit good with mate in the morning.
It's good, but also the kind of music that is 10 times better to listen to live than on your own with a pair of headsets. If I were there in person it would be 5/5, but listening to it 60 years later is only 4/5
Nice jazzy blues. Can't go wrong with that. Good to have Muddy Waters on the radar now. 8/10
The real modrý music, reminds me of my dad.
Nice
Well how pleasant.
Nice classic blues. Doesn’t feel fake, like one Eric who claps. (ok i dont think he does that but the point still stands)
Chilled 😎
Live Blues are fun
Absolutely classic blues, truly incredible stuff
As good as blues music gets
Blues legende! En erg goede muziek, lekker tempo en veel mondharmonica stukjes, krijg zin om te dansen hiervan Vind altijd dat zo'n oude live opname een bijzondere atmosfeer heeft, je waant je echt terug in de tijd, love it Vooral bij I've got my mojo working echt gezellige publiek geluiden Deze plaat kwam een paar jaar uit nadat stereo vinyl breed beschikbaar werd en dat hoor je ook wel hoe die is gemasterd en hoe groot STEREO 3x op de cover staat haha vind ik wel grappig
goed album, top artiest. Sick dat dit album (zo goed al) helemaal live is. En ook de stereo sound erg cool. “I’m your hoochie coochie man” kende ik al, maar dan de niet-live versie, en vind die toch wel nicer denk ik. Ik geef het album een 3,8!
Yeehaw
fun good blues
A classic blues album...live! Excellent.
If you don't like this album you don't like the blues.
I understand that this album captures an important moment in music history, considered the first live blues album. That said, I have studio versions of about 1/2 this album (from Anthology), and prefer those versions. But that’s a comparatively minor quibble, and only keeps this from edging towards a 5. This is a solid 4.
Really liked this one. The kind of album that makes you want to open a bottle of whiskey and unwind
Another genre that isn't my first pick to listen to but always enjoy when I do.
Muddy is doing great here, but I did think there was a bit of redundancy that drops the album.
Solid blues album
Sounded great. Pure musicianship
This is the blues. Rock has nothing on the real blues when it comes to soul because this is generational pain coming through in music form. That’s not meant to take away from rock, but just that we might think we know blues based music but we don’t until we hear real blues. 4/5
Very good album, good listening. Solid
I like the blues and this was a great intro to muddy waters
Great blues album and Muddy Waters influenced rock music in a big way.
Wow, plenty of songs I've heard before without knowing the source. Wonderful album
Not my usual cupnof tea but understand it's importance in music history.
So much fun. Decent quality recording, fantastic musicians, Muddy sounds great.
Classic blues by the legendary Muddy Waters... 63 6ears later and it still sounds smooth.
This album got my mojo working.
4,5. Good blues
Brani Preferiti: - "I've Got My Mojo Working" - "Tiger In Your Tank" Note: Mai sentito parlare di Muddy, di conseguenza la sua ottima voce che accompagnata dal piacevole suono dell'armonica è l'essenza di questo album. Il blues non è una genere complicato da suonare, nel sentire verso la fine degli elementi rock, lo rende ancora più interessante.
This album is really great. You can tell they were just jamming together. Such a foundational piece for blues and rock that would follow within the next several decades.
Amazing! So funky and bluesy, the drive forward from the guitar leads the whole thing but the powerfully steady rhythm section really lets you gets sucked in, along with the live singing which makes you feel as if you’re there and seeing him.
Considered to one of the first..and best. Of the live blues concerts recorded.
Blues bangers that were ripped off by a load of filthy hippies
Old school blues
Great music
Blues🤝
Not really my strong suite. But it's really nice
I like this album (coming from someone who detests “Mannish Boy”.)
Good tunes!
Muddy Waters is obviously a classic bluesman, though Inwonder if this stands so highly above many, lesser known peers. Not to say it isn't great, it is (if you like classic blues). And deserves extra consideration for being one of a handful who truly brought the sound to the world.
i liked it. nice blues music. vibey and chill listening
Good blues. I couldn't listen to this on its own, too much blues for one sitting, but in the background it was fine
4 stars.
Loved it
Very jazzy. Not my style of music but I can appreciate the talent.
Voelt als de blauwdruk voor een blues album. Klinkt fantastisch, maar blues is gewoon niet helemaal voor mij. Wel fijn dat dit album wat vrolijker en meer uptempo voelt dan de gemiddelde bluesnummers. Favorieten: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Baby Please Don't Go, I've Got My Mojo Working
As always, a joy to listen to Muddy Waters. Not as strong an album as Hard Again - which I got 9 albums ago and was an immediate save to my playlist for ever choice. But still pretty darned decent here.
finger snapping, nice and boppy
BLUES!!!! Bluest blauer als traurig-besoffene Schlümpfe
white man stole this sound and made it into rock thats a fact
Not a blues guy, put pretty decent. Has a lot of memorable songs like I’ve Got My Mojo Working, Tiger in Your Tank, and Baby Please Dont Go. The slower songs were more forgettable for myself, but if you’re a fan of classic blues you would love this album front to back.
This is over 60 years old and it still sounds so good. So influential. The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and even the Beatles owe so much to Muddy Waters. It’s a great live set and Muddy works the crowd. Harmonica playing is great. It’s so embedded in popular music it’s hard to step back and realize how important this was. Just listening purely on the merits of the sound, it doesn’t create in me an urge to listen to it frequently, but when I do rediscover it I am reminded of the power of the blues.
A classic bluesy album. Brought me back to my Muddy Waters obsession from college.
4.5
Love Muddy Waters and Chicago blues in general. I don't care for live recordings otherwise this would be a lot closer to a 5/5.
I have never given the blues much attention. Maybe it because the previous 2 albums were torture, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed this album. I have been listening to the blues genre for the last couple days now and need to add some of this to my back patio beers and smoke times. From start to finish all good songs and music. Great harmonica throughout. Just a solid album and live is bonus. I wish I had the opportunity to see in person. Favorites - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man and I've Got My Mojo Working. 4
Classic Blues. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Pretty good blues.A but generic but it has a good energy.
For a live recording from 1960 I am a little shocked at how great this sounds, even today some live music festival recordings don't sound this good it's a genuine surprise.
it definitely got my brbrbrbrojo workin. wish i studied more blues instead of classical in school. i prefer the live versions. fav songs: i got my brand on you, baby please dont go, tiger in your tank, ive got my mojo working (and Pt.2), goodbye newport blues.
What a live album absolutely flawless performance
Jazzy, great vocal cadence.