At Newport 1960

Großartiger Blues und sehr gute Live-Aufnahme!

Unfortunately I'm not much of a blues person.

Recording and mixing is SO good for a live album. You know me, Luke, I'm not a blues man. But this is pretty nice.

Love Muddy Waters. It's funny, he was one of the first on my list and now one of the last. Feels fitting. His voice is fantastic on this release, and the backing band does an amazing job.

I love the cover photo. Muddy looks tight. A famous blues recording historically, because of riots I think, and the band sounds great, Muddy is on, and I like "Mojo Working" a lot. I feel like I need to add the dumb white guy "I just don't get the blues" proviso: the genre has such strict formalisms, and I know the sophisticated subtleties and play within the strict forms are part of the brilliance and pleasure of the genre, so it's on me to learn to hear that, but usually for me it's work with diminishing returns. How deep do I need to dive to 'get' it? Nothing against Waters' kickassery.

I saw we were back with the Blues and my heart sank a little. But actually I ended up really enjoying this. The music just moves, and it has a New Orleans (Delta?) kind of jazzy vibe in places that is awesome, as are Waters’ vocals.

Sounds so fresh, so clean

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

This wasn't bad. Muddy is a killer vocalist and really stole the show. Unfortunately many of the songs didn't have much vibrance or take me back to the live environment (like the 1956 Ellington at Newport). 3/5

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

This is just not for me. Not bad, I'm sure it's good and important. Actually recorded pretty well. High energy for a live show.

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

Awesome, well recorded blues. From the original. What more can you ask for?

I have no Idea from blues. It sounds very important and authentic. But that ist Not really my genre. Sorry for only two stars

Legendary!!!

Doesn’t get more blues than this

-god damn this Muddy Waters guy was horny. i understand him -anyway this was a decent listen. not the absolute best blues i’ve ever heard imo, something i can’t name felt missing -nevertheless it was interesting. something i like about this guy’s style -Favorites are I Got My Brand On You and I Got My Mojo Working

A great live album, compelling blues. Good lyrical storytelling.

Live albums are tricky. Sometimes they sound like they were recorded in a tin can. Sometimes they sound suspiciously clean and shiny. This one surprised me and to be honest it is one of the best live records I think I've heard. It feels like we're there at the Festival with Muddy and the ecstatic crowd. It is incredibly well-recorded and well-mixed without sounding fake. The musicians are tight, but in a dialed-in way. The performance is loaded with so much personality and character. Standouts for me are “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man”, “I Feel So Good”, and “I’ve Got My Mojo Working”.

Excellent songwriting and performing, can see why this is so highly thought of. Would just need a bit more variety in sound and songs to make it better for me.

It's kind of expected that this sort of music treats its lyrical content as an afterthought, but here things are so dire that if I didn't know better I'd think I was being mocked. Like I'm being dared to sing Ive Got My Brand On You to myself in the self checkout queue at Tesco. Ditto with Hoochie Coochie Man - what the hell is the point of any of this? If you're telling me this is all about the musicianship then fine, but you can't also tell me there arent thousands of other people in midcentury America that have made this exact record, or that you couldnt go to Blues night down at your local and hear pretty much the same thing. Please, no more blues.

A difficult listen. Time has rendered the blues the most formulaic and stale of music genres. There’s simply nothing here to get excited about. Sorry Muddy!

Slightly emotional 1 since this album is so far away from the vibe I want right now after just having gone through a significant life event that it’s in a different time zone. Also a much weaker live album than others of the era (shout out Jerry Lee Lewis). Low energy, but I guess that’s just the genre. The other Muddy albums I’ve heard so far from the list were much better than this too

I enjoyed that.

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

Good Delta blues. It's no BB King but nothing is.

Pretty good live album! I'm not usually big on those, but he and his blues sound pretty great here.

This challenge has been a bit of a dry spell for 3s for a while now, and I feel like this isn't an exception. It's good easy listening, but nothing I would ever seek out. Not quite my kind of jazz.

Fiery electric blues that put nearly everything from the following decade to shame. (Looking at you, Aftermath.)

Well, my dad was thrilled that this was on the list. Some good tunes, a bit raw, and you can see the influence everywhere.

Great energy, I loved the live ambience with the brief spoken transitions between tracks. Giving it a 3 because much like an actual jazz fest show, I don't think it quite makes it into my rotation, although it was a good experience and I'm happy to have listened.

Hard to believe something as polished as this could be a live recording, but the energy is unbelievable! 3 for the songs but 4 for the incredible performance. My mojo was going.

I like when he was like “got my hubububllbllhlblhb working”. Dudes got charisma

Some good old classic blues!

Muddy Waters es el primer artista que me sale dos veces. Curioso. Este blues es más simple que el de Hard Again, pero también más ligero de escuchar.

It's blues. It's live. It serves as a historical document of an influential musician performing one of the foundational genres of modern popular music. It's a good performance. It's not something I'm into. Key tracks: Got My Mojo Working

Nice, it's ok.

A good live album with some fun blues!

Muddy Waters is - Muddy Waters. Good album.

you can’t ever go wrong with a blues album. I don’t know why both of them have been live albums though. Muddy is one of the best. His band was full of legends too.

An epic live example of true blues, so good

Not my cup of tea

I'm so brainrotted, you guys. All I can think of when I hear the name Muddy Waters is that Family Guy cutaway where he's having a kidney stone. Why is my brain like this? Anyways, this album's alright! I think I actually prefer this to the Muddy Waters studio album I got a while back. This is like, what, the second time that's happened after Motorhead? Interesting. But yeah, I feel like this album just has more variety and spice to it than Hard Again. The live feel of this album doesn't feel intrusive at all. Muddy just kind of says "thank you" after each song and moves on to the next. That's nice. The energy here is good. Definitely bluesy. The writing's not too bad. I think the album's a little repetitive, but given the fact that it's a live album from 1960, that's not too surprising. It's not too bad here though. The songs are good, as is the instrumentation. This is just a nice listen. It helps get a good picture for the influence of blues on music in later decades. Good listen. Solid 3/5.

Lifted my mood a little

thoughts: i’m not particularly a “live album” guy, but this kind of music lends itself to the format. great vibes here throughout, very easy to find yourself tapping your toes along with the music. i can see how this has become so influential songs: “baby, please don’t go”, “tiger in your tank”, “i’ve got my mojo working” rating: 8.0/10

Someone sold their soul to the devil.

Great performance!

more live blues, nothing mind-blowing but i love how much energy there is in his performance. also one of the songs mentions april 12, 1951 and I can't find any info on what of importance happened that day. favorite song: "i've got my mojo working" overall: 7/10

:)

Not my genre per se, but good voice, solid beats. Bit repetitive in lyrics.

Live jazz blues album is it then. Sunny Afternoon with nothing to do is the best time to get this innit. Yeah. Nice. Everything of this ilk is getting 3 honestly i appreciate a nice blues tune I'm rarely gonna go mad for it.

pleasant and relaxing

awesome final three tracks really good live album crazy that something from 1960 can sound that good

4.1 2x

Was heading toward 5 if not for the duplicate songs

all day listening. so good

Hypocritical to give this a 2* and Elvis' first album 5*? Yes. But fuck it, not in the mood for tutti frutti shite today. Sorry.

can’t get into blues, sorry

Not my thing, but I appreciate it. 2/5 stars.

i like muddy waters, not my usual genre but can’t help but rate it

Not many things better than blues is there?

Loved it! Hadn’t heard much live MW

Muddy Waters is an all time great but I just wasn't feeling this album. There wasn't much "edge" to it.

Nobody does the rockin' blues better than ole Muddy.

pcool, sounds kinda repetitive tbh

So anys 60, no m'ha encantat

I’m typically not partial to a live album but I enjoyed this listen. I guess I’m the bluesy type. This is not something I would have listened to when I was younger but I suppose I’m maturing in my old age. I thought the live/studio mix on one album was weird and I didn’t love the tiger song. I feel like this album totally makes sense being a blueprint/foundation for other artists after it’s time.

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

Feels incredibly influential. Great playing

Too old for me to get into - I know old doesn't necessarily mean bad, but it just sounds kind of dated. Still, I liked the energy of it

Just makes me wanna watch Sinners again.

Muddy is the coolest and this band is hot shit. 4.5/5

Not something I often listen to, it was fun!

Quite nice but nothing too special

i really don’t like the blues but i really do like live music so they kinda cancelled each other out here

Love me some blues

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

Beautiful sound.

classic

such singing :O

I'm not much of a fan of blues, or live records. That being said, I can appreciate this one for what it is, particularly because it's from 1960 and was apparently a pretty landmark record. Waters and Co. can definitely play well and they sound excellent in the recording. The record doesn't feel overlong at all, and the storytelling by Waters is pretty interesting. My favourite was "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man".

Good, if a little stereotypical old blues

it's muddy waters at newpory in 1960. what more do you want

very pleasureable album to listen to

Standouts Papa Was a Rolling Stone

I'd already heard too much bad blues rock before listening to Muddy Waters for the first time, so he comes off as more rock to me than is probably historically accurate. The songs are pretty good, but as someone whose ear isn't really attuned to blues nuances, they all sound more or less the same to me. But I'm sure others would say that about some of my favorites. Between a 3 and a 4 on this one at the time of writing, though I suspect I'll give it the 4 because otherwise I'd feel bad about implying that Disraeli Gears is on the same level.

Voor 1960 natuurlijk een geweldig geluid. Toch ben ik iets meer fan van zijn latere platen.

Live AND blues??? I almost just outright skipped this, but then that wouldn't have been true to this challenge - which is becoming exponentially more challenging by the day... As expected, this was dreadful. Simply repeating the title of the song is NOT good music.

This was fine, not my vibe.

The singing is well done, and its a solid sample of blues. But it does get a bit repetitive and it is a live album. I Got My Brand On You was a good bit of fun. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man was nice and chill. Soon Forgotten had some great piano music. Best song: I Got My Brand On You

I get annoyed at all the derivative blues on this list, but the OG is pretty damn good.

It was a slow burn but I listened to it over and over. I was absolutely shocked at how much I got into it and the time passed quickly. Best songs were “Got my Mojo Working” and”I feel so good” Only issue I have with the album is the short runtime; Only 32 mins

Hugely important and all around fun blues record. I think it’s great how Muddy’s set builds off the energy of his audience. Master class.

Solid live album

Great live set. The obviously didn’t hate everyone who went electric at Newport. I saw a bit of video of this set. He looked so cool. Mojo working was the stand out for me. How cool must it have been to be at this gig in 1960

Absolutely timeless. I love live albums so I might be a little biased. He absolutely crushes this set and it’s fun to hear him whip that crowd up into a frenzy. Him playing the same song twice because the crowd was digging it so much the first time is awesome. Incredible performance and performer.

When one of the biggest rock bands is named after a song and a music magazine bears the same name, then you know how big an influence Muddy Waters has had on music history. I like blues, but I'm not a fan of the genre. However, the album is pure blues and great. Jazz, rock and soul still draw on him and Muddy today

Lovely little bit of blues

Ordentliche Jazz und Blues Kombi. War gut zu hören.

blues, just live blues.

These white people ain’t seen nothin’ like Muddy Waters at his best live, chugging along with a perfectly tight band. This is just pure workmanlike blues, and builds upon itself until the crowdstopper of “I’ve Got My Mojo Working” hits not once but twice, and you can feel the electricity in the audience. In short, it rips, and one hell of a set to show the folk set how real blues works.

when she says its me or the muddy

It’s good

It was not bad! Blues is a genre of music that really do not listen to.

Definitely one of the better ways to get the appeal of Muddy Waters, still sounds fresh 4*

Groovy makin u shake ur head along the rhythm. I actually like to listen to some Blues songs every now and then but listening to a whole Blues album in one sitting seriously makes you think they all sound quite similar which bored me a little bit. Perhaps there are more nuance to each song that I can’t comprehend as a casual music fan. It was nice but no song really stood out to me in particular, even if I know they are classics. It is like I can really vibe with it when it is on but after its complete I totally forget about it. This balances its rank into the middle for me. 5/10 —> 2,5/5 —> Due to respect I am giving 3 instead of 2.

Gott sväng. Skönt New Orleans-piano. Original-blues. Något enformigt i längden. Ska man bara ha ett blues-album så det kanske detta? Är av uppfattningen att live-album inte hör hemma på den här typen av listor.

# Album Name: Live at Newport 1960 # Artist: Muddy Waters # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Really enjoyable listen! I love the sound of this album. It really hit me for a first time listen. # Top Tunes: HC man / Tiger in your tank / Got my mojo working # Would I listen to it again? Oh yeah baby

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

Very casual.

Good live album!

Don't mind blues but all the tracks feel veery similar and they sorta just blend into 1 in my mind

Muddy enthralls a crowd and truly the only way to hear these songs is in a live format. His voice has such a natural bluesy tone, his singing is clear and powerful and captures you in the story of each song. The live band playing with Muddy brings the full energy to the house. Fave Tracks: Baby Please Don't Go; Soon Forgotten; Tiger In Your Tank; I Feel So Good; I've Got My Mojo Working Worst Track: I Got My Brand On You

I mean it's blues

Perfection from front to back.

Great voice...Great band...the energy

A joy to listen to. I should listen to more jazz

Soon Forgotten sums up the story of the first couple of tracks on this. The performances wind up to a great second half that doesn't end perfectly, but is much better. It's a significant recording, maybe a little homogenous, but I'd call it satisfactory and influential rather than enjoyable and groundbreaking.

Franchement j’ai bien aimé, même si c’est difficile à écouter au quotidien, ça ne s’intègre pas trop dans mes playlists

Blues, live 1960 -> 3

An enjoyable Blues performance, with a more jovial vibe which probably misses a little on the personal preference but not faulting the artist for it. 3/5

Great classic blues album. It'd be hard to find a more seminal record than Hoochie Coochie Man and its timeless stop time riff.

An enjoyable live blues album. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.

This was a short punchy blues album. Also loved the guest female vocalist near the end. Just as I was starting to wonder how long the album was, it concluded. Great album for a certain mood.

Blues is not usually my go to for listening. I acknowledge the influence and legacy of Muddy Waters, but much prefer listening to Mississippi John Hurt or Son House. That being said, still a solid blues set from a master.

Great, rollicking set from one of the best of the genre. Muddy and his band probably blew away many of the acts at the Newport Folk festival.

Could hardly believe this is a live album, the band sounds so tight. Enjoyed the hell out of this, especially loved Tiger in your tank and I've got my mojo working. There's a reason Muddy Waters is considered a blues legend, and just this alone can tell you why

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

Not as impactful on me as I'm sure it would have been at the time. He's a legend, and put the blues over fantastically well, influencing generations to follow. But his style of blues is, now, so familiar that I didn't respond with much excitement.

Very soothing and comforting

The music was alright, not quite my style, but the album itself had multiple versions of the same track and it got annoying. After looking into it, apparently that was the reissue. Reissue would be 2 star. Original as intended, without the repeated tracks, would be way more tolerable

Fantastic album.

Amazing live performance

A little too oohhh my dog died blueys for me.

Waters' kraftfulle stemme treffer rett i hjertet. Så mye å gi i alle registre og en intensitet i hele spennet av stemmen. Otis Spann kommer stadig vekk med fortreffelige, små pianoornamenteringer. 'Soon Forgotten' er et høydepunkt. Her får hele bandet komme til med hver sine små detaljer og små linjer. 'Tiger in your Tank' gir albumet litt ekstra tempo, men mister litt retning mot slutten. Energibomben 'I've got my Mojo Working' kommer like gjerne i to runder. Noe som gir mening; det er bare å høre på publikum. Skjønner godt at Jim Morrison tok den til seg og transformerte den om til sitt eget lille mantra. Tvers gjennom solid skive, også for folk som meg som ikke har så mye blues i seg.

Loved the blues vibes and soul of this album! I’d never listened to Muddy Waters before but I dug this album heavy. I would definitely give this a listen again and recommend it to others!

perfection

I like the blues and I can also get bored with the blues pretty quickly. It’s the repetitive nature of the music. (Not that repetition doesn’t happen in other music because it does.) That’s why I get bored with electronic music too. Anyway, Muddy Waters live at Newport flirts with my boredom early on but wins me over in the end with the performance and sound quality. A little annoyed that Mojo was performed twice but I understand he’s doing it for the audience. It’s a nit pick by me. Overall, this was a fun listen, and I’d definitely fire it up again. I’m giving this a 3 rating. 3/5

the sound quality ooooo i miss

makes me think of my dad!

high quality recording of a blues concert recorded at the newport jazz festival in newport, new island. waters has a voice and songwriting style that's pretty distinct from other popular blues and jazz musicians. the crowd is very excited, the performance is very smooth, and muddy waters plays off the entire act with elegance, singing strongly and clearly, talking to the audience in a straightforward manner and telling them what the next song is. while the blues sound isn't still my forte, it's a significant album that makes it worth the listen for me.

If you want to hear the power of a shit-hot Chicago blues band blow away a bunch of white jazz nerds, this is the album to listen to.

literally can’t go wrong with one of the kings of blues, muddy waters the man you are. it can get repetitive but like there’s not much you can do with blues

для любителей блюза.

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

Two solid blues albums in a row, excellent! Live albums are sometimes a little hit or miss for me, but this one was good, 4 stars.

Really enjoyed this one. Great band, including Otis Spann and James Cotton. Muddy sounds fantastic. Great electric blues album!

This was really good, not like fantastic but I would come back to this again.

Dope

OK but a bit derivative

A true legend. Quiet enjoyable.

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

Good blues. Genre impact: Low Decade impact: Low Absolute impact: Low Listenability: High Re-listenability: Med

Live album of Chicago blues ezpz 5

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

Favorite songs: Meanest Woman, I've Got My Mojo Working, Tiger in Your Tank, Soon Forgotten, I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man Least favorite songs: Goodbye Newport Blues 4/5

It felt like a good Southern blues album and its so much better live than the studio version because you can feel the energy of Muddy and the crowd.

I’m not a big fan of live albums or jazz, so this really didn’t do it for me. It objectively sounds good and he’s very talented, it just doesn’t suit my personal taste

A great album for the blues!

This is proper, authentic stuff. Obviously a big influence on all the blues rock of the 60s onwards. Remember watching musicians in a bar in Lisbon play Got My Mojo Working, good to learn the origins.

muddy waters, you're such a vibe

Cracking live album with phenomenal sound for the day. There’s only so much I get out of this type of blues, but I can’t deny it was great toe-tapping time while it lasted.

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

I like the slow jams - the groove is ridiculous on those. The fast stuff is whatever. 1. I Got My Brand on You (4:50) - 7/10 Amazing groove 2. I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man (2:57) - 8/10 Amazing chill 3. Baby, Please Don't Go (3:04) - 8/10 Breakdown in this one is so good, great jam energy 4. Soon Forgotten (4:17) - 7/10 The groove is so good - love how it swells throughout. 5. Tiger in Your Tank (4:32) - 6/10 He put a tiger in my tank? 😳 6. I Feel So Good (3:01) - 6/10 7. I've Got My Mojo Working (4:27) - 6/10 He gets freaky on this one tbh 8. Got My Mojo Working (2:55) - 6/10 Gotta do it a second time apparently 9. Goodbye Newport Blues (4:53) - 5/10 Who's this guy?

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

Certainly a classic. Most of the songs sound the same.

Muddy live is so much better than a studio album. The energy is great, the crowd and improvisation is what makes this soar.

Sexistische eigengeile zak hooi is het eigenlijk, die Muddy Waters

What an incredibly stellar sound and clean recording. Newport folk walked so Woodstock could run.

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

Solid blues album. Extremely influential for its time. I had a fine time listening though nothing very surprising to me. Still, I definitely see its merit in its legacy.

Really cool album, and not something I would have listened to without this list, I don't think.

I don't ever really listen to blues but this may change that. This album was excellent.

Yeah this was really cool.

Surprisingly solid, some absolutely great classic blues instrumentation here, it does sound a little redundant, but due to its repeating of something really solid & its short length it works really well, great live blues record, good shit.

I'm not a fan of live albums. I'm a fan of jazz though.

A real bop - leg bouncing the whole time

Done

Gemensam recension av Muddy och Bluesbreakers. Två bluesalbum i rad. Där många skriver att Bluesbrekers är dåliga (många 1:or med motivering, "A bunch of privileged white dudes signing about how they want to get over on girls while they misappropriate blues music." etc) och på Muddys står det saker som "now this is blues. clapton can fuck off." Så vi fick "turen" att få dessa album, back to back. Först och främst, blues är helt ok. Inte svinbra. För mig kommer det aldrig blir svinbra. Jag tycker dock Muddy är bättre (delvis för att jag säkert påverkats av kommentarerna) mest för att jag inte är såld på allt gitarrtjafs på Bluesbrekaers. Eric Clapton är säkert "God", men jag gillar inte gitarsolon på detta vis. Det har aldrig kittlat skönt. Sen är det mysigare att Muddy är live. Därför är nog Muddy skönare blues, men det blir för mycket att skilja betygen åt, de är båda "meh". Så det blir 3:a på båda. Men på en tiogradig skala hade Muddy fått 6 och Bluesbreakers 5.

Svårt att inte dras med och bli glad av denna och det blir förstås inte sämre av att det är live. Saknas låtar som riktigt sticker ut dock, men en svag fyra är det i alla fall.

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

I'm not generally a fan of live albums, and I don't think this was mixed well. I like the genre well enough, and Muddy Waters is obviously influential, but there are probably better albums of his to have on this "listen before you die" list. I'll listen to some of his other works.

Get this guy an electric guitar.

Pretty good

18-25 year old me would’ve been all over this had I been aware of it back then. I’m not really too well-versed on anything of Muddy’s beyond his well known hits and Electric Mud. It is clear this was an incredibly important album though, due to when it was released; right at the beginning of the sixties and the market it was able to reach; young, aspiring, white (mainly British) musicians and therefore helped shape the sound of the decade and beyond. Its inclusion in this series is very well deserved. Its the case of being my favourite artist’s favourite artist, and thats alright with me. 3/5 will definitely revisit. Standout songs; Got my Brand on You Tiger in Your Tank Got my Mojo working

A good live album. 4 stars or B.

For me, most enjoyment I get from this album comes from knowing that before Muddy did it, no one did it. I've said this about a lot of Blues records in the past, but because the formula they created has been the essential blueprint of all music I love since, the foundation wares after a while.

Muddy Waters lays down the bluesprint At Newport 1960, recording a foundational performance whose impact is almost impossible to appreciate without recognizing how thoroughly his innovations have been absorbed into the musical landscape.

Blues, clásico

8/10.

Usually not a big fan of blues, but Muddy Waters sure is a great singer and guitarist and that backup band absolutely killed it.

pretty good i must say. didn’t really take notes on this one (whoops) but i did like it. pretty jazzy! my head says 3/5 but my heart says 4/5. so i’ll go with 4/5.

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

To me these blues tunes all sound exactly the same. In fact 2 of the tracks on this album WERE exactly the same - I checked. But I accept Muddy Waters has been a huge influence on popular music. A lot if which I like. So I cannot give it a 1.

Favorite Track: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

Really enjoyed it. Listened to it while walking Simon along the boardwalk in Honolulu

For me blues gets too repetitive, but I assume in 1960 it was the coolest thing around.

I still remember hearing about muddy Waters when I was a young girl from the hairdresser. Been a fan ever since!

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

I like Muddy Waters. I loathe live albums. This sounds like they could only record with two mics, gave one for vocals which sound great, and one for the rest of the band as an overheard. Everything else sounds muddy, flat. I've heard board tapes sound better.

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

pretty damn goood

Gorgeous sound, and what a voice. They did all blend together a little bit, and didn't reach my heart like some of this type of music does (Nina Simone I'm looking at you). But wonderful nonetheless, and an incredible live performance. 3.5/5

☀︎pas pour moi ☀︎tous ceux qui disent que le blues c’est dépressif dans leur review, je comprends pas

Favorite was "I've Got My Mojo Working (pt 1.)".

Fine nothing crazy

Super cool. Live.

blewwws oldies electric Fav Songs: I'm Your Hoochi Cochie Man

Muddy Waters is one of the greats and this album is a delight. Hard to find anything to dislike about it. Definitely deserving of its spot on this list.

Muddy Waters. Nuff Said

Amaze

Very nice, very good!

Pretty generic blues album. Not much stood out musically or lyrically.

I can appreciate the musicianship and performance, but not my style.

Simple good blues songs

What a classic

Excellent for it being the 1960s. A fun, classical Blues album that nobody expected to be plagiarized by white men. Favorite Track: "Hoochie Coochie Man".

Super chill

Repetitive but solid, liked bb king’s live album more.

Again not my vibe. I enjoyed the first song and then they just all felt pretty repetitive, then again a lot of the songs were repeated. Wouldn’t listen again

It's hard to evaluate an album like this for a couple of reasons. One, it's a live album, and I honestly don't see the appeal of live albums. Why would I want to hear people making noise over the actual music I'm here for? Why would I want all of the problems that come with mixing live recordings? Why would I want a version where the artist has less control over the finished work? It's also hard to really listen to an album like this six decades later and really understand it. I know how important Muddy Waters is in music history. He's a major influence on blues, rock, and therefore R&B and rap. All of American music would sound different without him. But does the work stand up on its own? Yeah. It does. It's dated, and can get a bit repetitive, and I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man sounds like the literal stereotypical blues parody, but it works. I love where music goes from here, but it still sounds good on its own.

Muy antiguo

Okay

Some decent Delta blues going on here. I enjoyed I Got My Brand On You and Baby Please Don’t Go.

Krispigt inspelad bluesjazz. Men blir lite samma efter ett tag

Good

Repetitive and predictable, meh.

Just Blues. Live Blues at that. Blues isn't my jam. 2/5

Complete

My worries when it comes to music this old is usually that to my modern ears it may sound rudimentary, especially when it comes to production. It's generally hard to not judge it by modern standards, especially in this day and age where music is so easily available. I know of this artist, his name being tossed around as an early influence on the rock and blues bands that would show up in the mid to late 60s and early 70s. My initial fear going into this is that it will be more influential in a historic sense where as the music itself hasn't aged well. I'm hoping the music this has inspired hasn't completely surpassed it, and that there's still some value left there. Heading into this with an open mind. I Got My Brand On You As I expected it doesn't sound great, the recording quality hasn't aged well. This sounds like fairly standard blues to me. It's pleasant, but doesn't exactly inspire. His voice is pretty good, though it's not like I'm completely stunned by it. The band does a great job with the instrumental, they work well with the vocals to create the atmosphere expected of a track like this. Generally a solid performance from all parties. Fine. 3/5 I'm Your Hoochie Cootchie Man This is a classic. Immediately recognizeable. Old school cool. Has some great energy to it. Feels like something that would be great to feature in the background at a gathering of some kind. Good. 4/5 Baby Please Don't Go Charismatic performance from Muddy Waters. He sounds tight and professional. It's a simple song which works for what it is. (There's a minor disturbance somewhere in the recording which through my headseat sounds like my roof is falling down, scared the shit out of me.) Fine. 3/5 Soon Forgotten Another fairly standard blues track. I like the piano a lot here. I'm struggling to find anything to set it apart from similar songs of the era. I guess I could point to the instrumental sections as offering a very well knit arrangement. They really sound like they've been working together for quite some time. The song feels spacious, much credit to each individual performer for knowing which notes to play and where to leave space for others. This of course stretches to Waters himself as well, where ge makes sure the spotlight isn't always on him. Decent. 3.5/5 Tiger In Your Tank It's fun to hear a bit of a bit more dancy, faster pace tempo. I appreciate how he adapts his voice to this style. Shows of some soulful vocal chops that wouldn't be too out of place in a later era. The song has very repetitive lyrics which kind of works to its detriment. I really enjoy the energy of the track, it's a lovely mood lifter after a series of slower bluesier tracks. I wouldn't mind if it was a bit shorter. Decent. 3.5/5 I Feel So Good Don't have much to say that haven't already been said about previous tracks. More of the same really. It's a pleasant listen, just not particularly notable. Fine. 3/5 I've Got My Mojo Working Has some grit and intensity to it. Charismatic vocal perfomance. Can tell not Waters and the band is really giving their all here. Really like how much work the drummer is doing on the track. Really energetic and fun little track. Great. 4.5/5 Got My Mojo Working Pt. 2 A continuation of the previous track. Honestly just feels like a repeat. Felt the previous one ended just fine, this is unecessary. I guess the culture was different back then, and that this is obviously for the crowd, but to me with my modern expectations it's just strange. Fine. 3/5 Goodbye Newport Blues It's a nice little blues song to end off the setlist with. Can't really say I find it exceptional, but it works for what it is. Portrays the feeling of leaving somewhere pretty well, which seems to be the intention of the track. Fine. 3/5 My apprehension towards this album prior to listening to it was mostly unfounded, which came as a great relief. In truth I was pretty scared I wouldn't enjoy this, and while it didn't exactly blow me away I'd say it was a pretty good time. My individual track ratings may not reflect my true feelings about the album as a whole, as this is one of those cases where the album is more than the sum of its parts. Considering this is taken from a live show with no production tricks or gimmicks you'll quickly see the magic is rooted in the performance itself. Muddy Waters and his band were great showmen, and managed to entertain through only their talent alone. This is built purely upon music, enthusiasm for the craft and charisma. It never needs to rely on complicated instrumental passages, or intricate lyricism. It just delivers simple, solid songs in a way which resonates with people through the magic of the blues. Muddy Waters sounds passionate and professional throughout, really going out of his way to create a good show. The quality on display is what I presume inspired the greats that took influences from Waters's work, as they could see the pride and passion he has for performing these songs. In the end this is an important piece of music history. While everything here hasn't necessarily aged all that well I still think its most important elements remain intact. If you're gonna listen to it, listen to it as a whole. It's a solid tracklist which really shines when played in its entirety. 4/5 Fave track. I've Got My Mojo Working Least fave track. I Feel So Good

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

Borderline 3 stars

Izuzetna muzika i izuzetna izvedba, mada ne moj stil. Opet, ne bih ga namjerno često slušala ali mi nimalo ne smeta.

No fat, all the songs were solid. Could easily be a 5-will need to revisit.

Jag kan se hur inflytelserikt detta är men är för egen del rätt ointressant + ogillar livealbum

Jazz fast utan oljud

I just realized this is the first blues album I got on this list, and it's album 99. Almost forgot the genre existed, even though it's a one that I enjoy. This is a live album, which can sometimes be a great thing, there is a number of famously great live album, but most of the time this doesn't deliver in my opinion. This album for example didn't have anything too special to offer for me, I think I would enjoy a studio album more. It's a solid album, fun to listen to, pure Chicago blues, it also influenced a lot of artists of all sorts of genres. You can put this on and forget about it, the songs are smooth, guitar and piano melodies are nice and impactful, the vocals are strong and emotional, nothing is overdone. Muddy is a legend, an easy listen, would give it 3.5 if I could.

Epitome of keep it simple.

norm AWDaw da DA

he is a musician

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

I haven't listened to blues in so long. What a great reminder of how fire this genre is. I love being able to hear how rock has so clearly been influenced by this. GOT MY MOJO WORKIN!

Man, I must be missing the blues gene or something. Everything here is played neatly by the rules of the Blues Book, not a note more or less. Listening to 15 seconds of any of these tracks allows you to perfectly predict just what you'll be listening to for the next four or so minutes, down to the very last formulaic cadence. So really, why even bother listening beyond those opening notes? And sure, I get it, Muddy Waters basically invented that very formula. But then again, I'm not going to be thanking Ronald McDonald or whoever for being the first to invent cheap fast food either.

This was quite good. I'll be adding this to my collection

It's sometimes hard to appreciate music that is so clearly the root of everything that came after it, which this clearly is. Having a full band and great sound quality, make this a really good listen. It's minimal but robust at the same time. It was a delight to listen to and appreciate, but also an album of it's time. Probably would be fun to have on while sitting on the back porch drinking a whiskey. Loved it.

Hey, this Muddy Waters guy is pretty good.

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

Fabulous collection and recording of the missisipi delta maniac mister muddy waters. He's in my rushmore of blue artists, no one quite did it as well as muddy and with as much class. He fit in at Newport!! Hell yeah.

Brilliant live album, folk blues at its finest Muddy is the king of the blues for me and this is a treat from start to finish. Sounds wonderful and the musicianship is outstanding.

Feel like this is a good album but wasn't in the mood unfortunately

Liked the harmonica and banjo, and it was good jazz in general, but didn’t particularly stand out to me, and I was a little disappointed with the lyricism, though I know that’s not everything. Also hilarious as a live album

Another great blues player.

I don't listen to the blues very often, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this album. I'll give it a four because it is good music, even if the blues isn't the most popular genre. When I played the latter half, I actually had a bad day It made me feel a little better.

I don't really like live albums most of the time, so this one is starting on the back foot already. Unfortunately, while the music is alright, it doesn't ever really capture my attention, and as so never gets past it being a live album Standouts I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man I Got My Mojo Working 3/5

My first foray into blues — loved some of the songs in here and the melodies were so crisp. Didn’t really have a chance to sit down and have this wash over me in one sitting — so the broken up nature may have hurt my experience. But yeah — a good listen!

Для любителей джазза и рок-н-ролла. Я к ним точно не отношусь

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

Decent live album, but lacked the spark of Johnny Cash at Fulsome Prison for example.

Slutt med livealbum pls

Very good

*furiously stares at that gorgeous guitar*

Pretty good as far as live albums go. "Tiger In Your Tank" makes me bounce. Favorite track: Tiger In Your Tank

Did not get through it all. But loved what I did

Loved it

Bailed halfway. It’s about the same as the last Muddy Waters album I didn’t care for. Not because it’s bad or unlistenable, or anything Like that. I just don’t care much for blues music. If I need extra “blues” in my life, I’ll pop on the news.

Classics for sure - but I like the louder stuff like the 'Hard Again' album a lot more. Definitely legendary but not a lot of replay value for me: 4.5 stars

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

For just how influential this is it should be here, the fact that it’s as good as its reputation. 4 Star

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

yeah, blues is alive - wenn ich die platte aus den 1960ern höre finde ich beachtlich wie gut das klingt. mir gefällt der mix der songs und nun ja: blues ist einfach zeitlos, muddy waters unvergessen.

Blues Album das Spass macht.

While I'm not a huge fan of Muddy Waters due to some of the lyrical content, you gotta admit that this show is nonstop shit kicking blue goodness. They rip, pain and simple

Read about Issaquena county while listening

I loved this one. I love his sound

Det gynger det her mudrede vand.

Lækker langsom blues på første del. Tempoet skues desværre i vejret på anden halvdel. Albummet bliver aldrig helt så svedigt som jeg kunne ønske mig.

Great classic blues

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

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

Sublime live album of old school blues. Great voice and lovely blues tone. Never listened to Muddy Waters, but will listen to again, for sure. 7.2/10.

Perfect blues album, only complaint was that it wasn’t long enough 10/10

I thought this was a cool record. Like really and truly cool. Not my favourite music of all time, not my favourite performances or performers, not something I want every day, but very very cool. Got My Mojo Workin' is one hell of a track.

Classic live performance from one of the greats.

Muddy Waters has influenced everything to come after him. A great live show.

I didn’t know blues could get you bobbing your head along to the beat. Enjoyed this one a lot.

Good raucous fun. Faves: Tiger In Your Tank, I've Got My Mojo Working

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

Pretty smooth, easy listening. A relatively enjoyable album all round.

Chill

Great live performance. I did realize that he would say a catch phrase and that pretty much was every song on repeat. Even the tempo and sounds of most the songs were very similar with the catch phrase being the only thing that changed. 5/10

Talk about your old school cool, sounded good, but kinda lost me at the end, it ended up sounding like yelling in tune for me there. I enjoyed it overall.

Love me some Muddy Waters

Solid blue album, reminds me of the days at band camp.

A cracking album in fairness to Muddy, but not all to my taste.

Real nice to drive along to in the sunshine

Much better than the BB King disc. I’d prefer a more stripped down version- but Muddy Waters in any context is good blues.

Nice ol' live album 6.5/10

Enjoyed it, but forgot how simple 12 bar blues is. Felt very authentic though. 6/10

A soul legend doing his thing. Hell yeah. 8/10

Puro fuego baby!!!