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I got my mojo workin! *Bbbbbbbbbb* I got my mojo WORKIN!
Great album, though a few tracks repeat if anything I think it adds to the charm.
A highly enjoyable live record by blues legend Muddy Waters. You can hear why is this so influental, it inspiried so many bands in the 60s an 70s after it was released in 1960. Great stuff.
Wonderful live blues album. Muddy Waters is not my favorite blues musician, but there is no doubt he is a true source of inspiration for the genre.
Was pleasantly surprised as I usually don’t like live albums. Love Muddy Waters and this is no exception.
I got my brand on you: classic blues, the piano goes hard and so does the harmonica I'm youre hoochie coochie man: feels like I'm in a jazz club. Love it Baby, please don't go: Soon forgotten Tiger in your tank: this songbwould sp much fun to play and solo on top of. Love the pase and energy. Usually songs like these last few feel repetitive cause he keeps repeating the vocals, but for me it feels more like he's just singing the blues sounds and the words come second. Similar to "salt peanut". The rythm is salt peanut, so we add the words for the crowd, but for sure the rythm was written first I feel so good I've got my mojo working Got my mojo working pt2: my man put a little extra soul into this one👏👏, very nice Goodbye Newport blues: This was really good classic blues. 4 stars. Would be happy to hear this live and on my Playlists, good vibes for sure
It was a perfect album for a cookout 🙏
Excellent recording and enjoyable performance by Muddy. “Soon Forgotten” is a good one. 3.5
this is a genuine blues album that hits all the right spots I think. it has some nice slow jams in there with some real high energy stuff without losing the blue feel. 'Got My Mojo Working pt 2' really sealed the deal with this one i think.
-things to know about me? i love a live album -i LOVE his voice -the bits where he speaks at the end of the songs is lovely and fab -favorites: baby please don’t go, i got my mojo working, meanest woman -always have loved this type of music, but this album isn’t my favorite of them
It's amazing how all of Muddy Waters songs sound the same, with that familiar blues riff and vocal, poetic cadence, but how this album is so good. Great recording on a live album from 63 years ago, too. Muddy is steady on the guitar, and I can see how he influenced so many who came after him. Solid live album.
Great sounding recording. New songs at the time and old ones. Voice sounded great.
Really liked, vibrant and high energy. Fave track was 'I put a tiger in your tank' 🐯 could imagine dancing to this!
Simple but strong. Sounds like a blast, I reckon everyone must wish they were in the room with an instrument, even a tambourine, just to get involved. Or just me? Standout track: I've got my mojo working
Solid album - good vibes
Good stuff and foundational, just older and the instrumentation could be a little more diverse
Liked the style
Pretty good jazz album, first live recorded jazz album
ALBUM RATING: 3.6 ALBUM GRADE: B- TRACK RATINGS: 1. I Got My Brand on You - 3.5 2. I’m Your Hooch Koochie Man - 3.5 3. Baby, Please Don’t Go - 4.0 4. Soon Forgotten - 4.0 5. Tiger in Your Tank - 3.0 6. I Feel So Good - 3.5 7. Got My Mojo Working - 3.5 8. Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2 - 3.5 9. Goodbye Newport Blues - 4.0
Amazing live performance. Sounds great. Great energy. I even looked it up on YouTube and watched a little bit there. I knew the name but not the music. So happy this was on the list
4.25
This is pretty great. Not sure there were any individual standouts but I'd listen to this over and over again. I don't really understand the point of live albums but that's my only knock on this one.
Cool to hear the evolution of music through this record. You can tell what sounds somewhat basic now was really groundbreaking and set the stage for rock and pop to come.
Classic. Tunes that shaped some of todays best music.
Technically impressive in terms of sound quality and influence. It sounds as good as a studio album ten years down the line. Pretty enjoyable, and nothing to dislike, but nothing that grabbed me. A live album creates a unique atmosphere though. 17/04/23
Classic blues album 3.5
One of the all time best with a great live set
Classic Blues, a raw, live performance from the great Muddy Waters! Authentic American blues that obviously had an influence on the British hard rock bands of the late 60's/early 70's such as Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac, the Stones, Hendrix...etc . Put aside your Clapton records and give this a listen, this is the real deal!
8.5/10. muy bueno, canta perfect en todas las canciones.
Love muddy waters. Great music, amazing vocals and just an awesome album (fortunately in good quality despite being a live album)
Can definitely hear how this album and artist influenced so many future guitarists. I've Got My Mojo Working is a standout.
This swings. I'm not often in the mood for blues, but this goes on my list for when I am.
That mojo he got working sure does work on me. Just a landmark, a legend at the peak of his powers.
Muddy Waters is altijd goed! Mooie nummers die lekker klinken.
amazing…so beautiful.
Tämän tälläsen juurevamman tavaran kohdalla tuo live ei haittaa yhtään. Onhan tämä toki luonteeltaan aika tällainen best of -kokoelma. Muddy on väkevä 4/5
Kerrankin keikkalevy, josta tulee semmonen fiilis, että olispa ollu siistiä olla tuolla. Kova meno! 4/5
Pretty cool hearing how riled up the crowd got by Pt. 2 of Mojo. Goodbye Newport Blues is very obviously an inspiration for Zeppelin. Powerful vocals.
Very full sound and nice groove. Flagship 60s stuff right there!
This was cool. Pretty wild to imagine seeing muddy waters play hoochie coochie
This is a really good live album. I'm not a big blues guy but Muddy Waters is pretty undeniable. These are just such catchy, fun songs. Standout Tracks: I Got My Brand On You, I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Baby Please Don't Go, Tiger In Your Tank, I Feel So Good, I've Got My Mojo Working, Meanest Woman
Interesting that this is where so influential. I really wish I were better versed in jazz and blues and could pick out what is markedly important here. In the year 2023, it feels very repetitive. Amazing how the set builds throughout. I like "I've Got My Mojo Working." Very straightforward baselines (standard 12 bar bum ba bam bum), not very complex guitar work. I like the vocal.
Presentado en el festival de Jazz de Newport, es un álbum de Chicago Blues que constantemente es aclamado como uno de los mejores de la historia. Personalmente no escucho ni había escuchado Blues nunca, pero me gustó mucho; tienen una energía diferente…
What a great blues album. Loved the whole thing!
I love Muddy Waters! His clear yet rough vocals I enjoy and there’s small moments throughout that stand out in a powerful blues album.
Good album. Gets a bit repetitive at times but that's fine. Got my mojo watching is the best song on the album. I WANNA PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK
Usually find blues boring, but this was superb. Had me going all the way through.
Prima. Bluesy, luistert lekker weg, lekker muziek maken. Gewoon goed.
quality
HL: "Tiger in Your Tank", "I Got My Brand On You", "I Feel So Good", "Hoochie Coochie Man" Picks up speed like a rollercoaster, then ends on a downbeat "Newport Blues". No sifting through layers with this album, just some good blues vibes. Hard for me to listen to Muddy Waters without imagining Plant/Page or Jagger/Richards prowling nearby with hungry looks in their eyes. January 10, 2023
Classic
absolutely fab, would play in the background of a fancy dinner party im hosting anyday :)
I definitely like me some Muddy Waters, but with the non-live bonus tracks attached to this live album (depending on the version, I guess) it's a good demonstration of how much more I would've enjoyed a collection of non-live version of the same songs. To me the additional "energy" simply doesn't make up for the massive reduction in sound quality or additional possibilities provided by sound engineering. 3.5 stars rounded down for just the live version, 5 stars for the non-live bonus tracks.
Extremely classic blues
Classic
I haven't really listened to much blues before this album, but I really feel like I should listen to more. You can hear the sounds that influenced so many other bands, and it's a fun album all the way through, even the softer songs are just really rock solid. Muddy's voice rings loud and clear throughout all the songs but never seems to drown out the rest of the band, and he seems so cool throughout the entire performance. It's a very high quality recording as well for how old it is. I like this album a lot. Favorite Tracks: Tiger In Your Tank, I Feel So Good, Got My Mojo Working Pt. 2, Goodbye Newport Blues
great album; "I've Got My Mojo Working" really gets it going. Part of the lyrics in "Soon Forgotten" are "The 12th of April in 1951". That's a long, long time ago.
there haven't been many blues albums on this list, but that means the albums that do make the cut have something extra about them. well, this live album performed by muddy waters is something special. the audience in 1960 maybe wasn't as vocally loud as other live albums here, but their excitement in their clapping and call-and-response is evident. while waters' voice isn't as clear due to quality, his joy of singing is infectious. waters is a common influence among the most popular rock and roll musicians, so much so that he's frequently listed as an influence for those inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in addition to be inducted himself as an early influence in 1987. listening to this album, when i hadn't listened to much of waters beforehand, made this clear to me. several of these songs written by waters have been covered and have become concert staples for other artists. the peppy riffs in "i'm your hoochie coochie man" are early rock if i've ever heard it!
Not my typical type of music but enjoyed it
1960?! Wow. And you tell me that was all live? Impressive. Really chill and jazzy composition.
This is a really pleasant listen
non me ne intendo di jazz, ma è ok
Great singing, great voice, nice tunes. Enjoyed every track. Music wasn't impactful to me like that, but was fun still.
The genuine article – it doesn't get much simpler, direct or better than this. The voice is an instrument in itself – dark, deep and resonant – which he uses to great effect with the incantatory phrasings. One loves the big noise from the small combo, and the free bashing of the drummer. The hideously overused word icon certainly applies here, and to this landmark recording. The mojo was working and continues to work. Biggest issue is that it's not long enough but one is certainly not anxious to begrudge MW a relatively brief workday.
Blues in its truest electric form. The man who “invented electricity”. All of this sounds so basic now, but all these decades later, it still kicks with some passion and emotion.
Classic blues album, really enjoyed the listen. Lyrics were really good and top notch blues guitar
Imagine being in the audience, slowly warming up to Water’s charismatic performance until you’re out on the dance floor having the time of your life. As a jazz & blues newbie I can’t say whether this is a good intro point to Muddy Water’s music or to blues in general, but I enjoyed it so much that it’s on regular rotation since I got it last Friday.
Love blues
I like the jazz and vocals.
Muddy!
I was able to listen to most of the album. Really enjoyed this one.
chillen op de titanic
Ik moet echt eens alle live blues classics beluisteren. Deze was al top!
One of my favorite albums of all time
Great and bluesy
Great blues, great guitar.
7/10. I spent a while trying to figure out what a "taggle" was, and why you'd put it in someone's tank before I saw the name of the song.
Yeah that’s definitely the blues. 8/10
Not a mahusive blues fan but this really is very good. Full of filthy innuendo all the way with a top-notch live band. Everything is tight and concise with tons of blues personality from Muddy.
Sick set.
Straight blues. I liked the driving feel. Not too bad.
I like jazz so this was a good album!
Just a solid blues album. I always enjoy when you can hear the crowd, especially in blues recordings. Super fun. Favorite tracks: "Got My Mojo Working Part 1", "Baby, Please Don't Go"
Lovely
good album.
If it happened at Newport Jazz festival in the 50's/60's chances are it probably slap'd. 4.5/5
Classic blues.
That's a great performance - captured so well - and great musicianship
Had heard a couple tracks by him before but never dove deeper. Not really the sort of thing i would have normally sought out, but I'm quite pleased i took the time to listen. Good stuff.
ALBUM RATING: 3.6 ALBUM GRADE: B- TRACK RATINGS: 1. I Got My Brand on You - 3.5 2. I’m Your Hooch Koochie Man - 3.5 3. Baby, Please Don’t Go - 4.0 4. Soon Forgotten - 4.0 5. Tiger in Your Tank - 3.0 6. I Feel So Good - 3.5 7. Got My Mojo Working - 3.5 8. Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2 - 3.5 9. Goodbye Newport Blues - 4.0
Traditional electric blues instrumentation. Was a big influence on many electric blues on rock players. Traditional yet super clean. I love how in blues tunes they talk about their problems, but they don’t usually ever get resolved. Makes for an easier tune to write for sure. Will listen to more Muddy Waters in the future for sure.
Initial thoughts: fun instrumentals, fantastic vocals, couldn’t care less about the lyrics. Feels raw and “alive” since it’s live, which I like. Final thoughts: pretty much exactly the same as the initial thoughts. Every song sounded really similar but I like the style they’re going for so I can’t complain too much.
Blues at its peak.
Love that sound.
I enjoyed this, felt very raw and real.
Nice blues.
Enjoyable.
Listened before: no Enjoyed: yes Listens: 5
Fantastic live energy on this one, you can hear the crowd reacting and dancing and it's no surprise. You can definitely hear a lot of later rock and metal sounds in their early stages on this record.
Essential blues with such assuredness, ruggedness and clarity to the soul and heart of quintessential American music.
I've heard of Muddy Waters, but I'm unsure if I could name some of his songs off the top of my head. I really enjoyed this recording and I definitely want to check out his other discography.
badass blues man. I mean... I wouldn't write a song about having my brand on a woman but you know... different times.
Such fun vibes of classic songs - great live album
Listened to on 8/9/22 4/5 Favorite song: I Feel So Good It started raining during this jazz album and I was SO here for it - easy to listen to and for someone who usually doesn’t like live music this was phenomenal
Great album to listen to if you love blues rock. Especially listening to one of the pioneers for it.
Muddy Waters is a classic, and this is an excellent recording of an excellent performance, that gives a real sense of what it was like in person.
Good
Not a lot of time on my side this week but I did give this a quick listen. Good renditions of Hoochie Koochie and others. Interesting story about the concert too. This album doesn't have a lot of his gems. I assume Muddy won't have any others on the 1001 and he deserves a 4 for his contribution to the Chicago blues scene.
There are some classic blues numbers here, well-delivered. I prefer the slower numbers that give Muddy and his musicians time to stretch out. Muddy's guitar is often less up front but the interplay with the piano and harp is very nice. With BB King at the Regal the insane club crowd stole the show, but here they are more laid back (maybe because 300+ had been arrested for drunkeness the day before). Many of the glowing reviews of this LP talk about the live performance and it's great part of the performance is on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTCIqfsefc
very good blues album. Great sound and enjoyable.
so good and honest
Loving the variety in the albums that are suggested.
I don't consider myself a blues afficionado. Blues to me conjures up images of a weird high school teacher who would roam the campus with a harmonica or listening to the blues. So this is probably the first blues album I have ever listened to. And what an introduction. What an amazing voice and energy. The recording is clear and the musicality is evident. Really enjoyed this.
A glimpse of a master at work. This is the blues. Not at its most flashy but at its realest. Would have been great to be here. Not the most interesting thing I’ve ever heard so I’ll give it a 4.
I can see why he is so influential. As an album not sure I like having the songs repeated a few times, but they are all different.
Very early Blues, which I haven’t listened to much of. The band play perfectly together. ‘Goodbye Newport Blues’ is 100% my favourite. Very mellow and somber, jazzy. Although I did like ‘Soon Forgotten’ too.
Fantastic live blues album.
Yes
Soul food time machine
p53. 1960. 4.5 stars. Damn I love blues, and this is as pure as it gets. Half a point deducted for being a live album, but other than that it's perfect.
Appreciate the amazing guitar, but just not my kinda of music
I’ve actually never heard of Muddy Waters before this and damn, I enjoyed this album. It’s the blues at its finest. I don’t know much about the blues as some others probably do but this is a nice introduction to the genre. There isn’t really a miss on this album, and it’s an album I’ll probably save to go back to. Fav tracks: I’ve got my brand on you, goodbye Newport, meanest lady
Can't really judge blues, whether from the Chicago school or any other school. I understand that the way those sorts of songs are performed is pivotal for someone to dig them, but those nuances are simply not graspable to me. So I yes, I can't really judge, at least subjectively. One of the only blues records I have in my collection is the Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson. I guess that doesn't really make me an expert. But in this live album, Muddy Waters still sounds like the real thing to my admittedly ignorant ears. So I'm gonna trust the real experts when they're saying this particular record just changed the lives of thousands and thousands of youths at the time (including The Stones, Clapton, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and countless others), first in the States and then in the UK. This record was released in 1960, and it's one of the very first blues live album ever recorded. I've also noticed lots of Willie Dixon-penned tracks in there too, so I imagine he's worth checking out as well. And of course, I imagine you'd need to add "Mannish Boy" to all this (or Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man", which is basically the same song), to get a broader picture of the powers of that Chicago School. You gotta start somewhere, right? I can also understand the mystique around this album, given the circumstances in which it was recorded, i.e. during a festival that got almost cancelled because of the rioting that had occured there. There are lots of interesting anecdotes about all that online, but I won't delve into them right now, just do the research yourself if you're interested. The bottom line is that this gig (and recording) could have never existed, and popular music during the sixties and beyond would have been slightly different than what it turned out to be. So the words "culturally relevant" don't even do justice to how important this record is (and for once, this clearly goes beyond personal tastes). Those sorts of stakes are best exemplified through the last despondent track, "Goodbye Newport Blues", written right before the gig, with lyrics by none other than poet Langston Hughes--here sung by pianist Otis Spann (given that Muddy was too exhausted from his overall performance before, a performance which included classics such as "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Got My Brand On You", "Tiger In Your Tank" and two hectic renditions of "I've Got My Mojo Workin'"). Probably referring to the climate of violence around the festival (partly sparked by the police repression), pianist Spann mourns about what a "gloomy day" it is as he sings goodbye to Newport. And yet, as sad as it sounds, something poignant and truly magical is happening here, as magical as the sudden whisps of wind that can be heard in many parts of this quite "barebones" recording (The show occured in the open, by the way, hence those sounds of wind. This can be seen in the photograph for the cover, for example, even though Waters used a different guitar for the gig than the one he's holding for that picture--and there's even an interesting tidbit to learn about that semi-acoustic guitar on the cover, but that's for you to find out as well...). So, why am I focusing on this tiny moment of the recording? Why is it *magical*? The reason is this: during "Goodbye Newport Blues", Spann indeed laments: "What's gonna happen to my music? What's gonna happen to this song?". What's truly magical here is that the answer to that desperate query came in the many waves of great US and UK acts who would feel inspired by this record (and other ones like that) in the years that followed 1960. Those inspired youths all heard Spann's call, as if carried away by that wind which breezes through the speakers as you're spinning this very record. And they answered it, through the great divides of race, class and even an ocean sometimes. "What's gonna happen to my music? What's gonna happen to this song?" Well, what happened is that it changed the world. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: more than 900, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter
This was a fun listen.
A great, laid back listen. Perfect blues to have on while working or reading.
I liked the part where he sang about his mojo for 20 minutes
went by fast
Really holds up
I haven’t gotten into blues but this might just do it. I really love the intro part to the first song.
Hop damn doodle
Really liked this one
One of my favorite works from mid century. Fun tracks front to back.
The first Muddy Waters album I got really introduced his style to me, and I found it pretty inspired and surprisingly engaging. This one (while admittedly released 17 years before the other one) is not as "inspired," so I can't put it at the level of that one, but I do love his command of the blues.
Gran rock de los 60
Pretty cool blues album.
Classic Muddy Waters.
Great waters
Great performance by a great bluesman with a great band. 4 stars.
Solid blues/rock n roll album. While I find it odd that this list leans into too many live albums, this is one of the great one. Heard live these tracks are more interesting to my ears as I find Blues can go a bit samey for me. No disrespect to the genre, just not completely my taste. No doubt a hardcore blues fan would think the same of some of the punk and pop I love. Muddy Waters is at the top of his game here and his backing band are tight. This is good stuff
Blues poderoso
forgot how much i loved the blues
4.0 - I love that by the end Muddy Waters turned a polite crowd into converts. Awesome.
Un dels grans directes editats en vinil, amb un Muddy Waters en plena efervescència presentant-se al públic blanc de Newport per primer cop. Referència ineludible de tot el blues rock que havia de venir en el futur i un dels millors directes de blues de la història
-Cool blues jamming. I particularly like "Tiger In Your Tank" and "I've Got My Mojo Working" -Nice guitar and harmonica jamming -Some of the lyrics were pretty repetitive lol
I don't know that I've ever listened to Muddy Waters. So, let's see how this goes...! Well, he's cited by pretty much every blues/rock singer/guitarist ever, and with good reason. This sounds like where it all would have come from. I'm not a connoisseur of the blues, but this was a great listen. Things that stood out to me were the quality of the recording, and how trashy (in a good way) the snare/hi-hats sound. And, I love the tinkling piano flourishes in all the right places. In addition to the guitar and harmonica chops. It's all good. And, I'll put this on again.
gött häng alltså
Svaka cast. Ja ne bi mogla odsvirat ovak nest.
Bilo kakav blues ima posebno mjesto u mom srcu, pogotovo na mamurne nedjelje.
Most enjoyable Chicago Blues album.
Live, in every sense
A great Blues standard, for a live album it sounds perfect like it could be a studio recording aside from the fact you can hear the crowd getting more and more excited throughout the performance, as well as the little audience interaction bits between songs. What's not to like?
first listen love chicago blues
I love blues, and I especially love it live. This did not disappoint. I could hear the energy and low boil burning in his voice. So soulful and intense without being cliché or generic. Loved it!
Great, stomping blues record. Wish the bass had been better recorded, but that's just me I guess. Watching the video footage from this show on YouTube really made the music come alive for me too.
If you wanted a glimpse into what a popular Blues concert was like, while the artist was still young and at their height of popularity look no further. Muddy Waters croons and sings with an energy and magnetism that make it easy to understand how the genre was so popular, and why his voice is such a big part of it and so timeless.
Loistava!
Great sound for a live album - you can hear everything you need to musically. Simple start with I Got my Brand on You (classic blues style). You get to hear a bit more instrument skill on Baby Please Don't Go (listen 1min in). Soon Forgotten shows even more of Muddy Water's guitar skill in particular. But for me, it's I've Got My Mojo Working (both parts) that really lights it up.
Muy agradable y muy bueno
Thoroughly enjoyed this one!
106. Live at Newport - Muddy Waters 13 tracks I'm not a huge blues fan, but this was great. Some Blues feels a little droney & monotonous to me, but this was punchy and kept me engaged. Really enjoyed it. 4/5
quite good, 4 for sure
Love it but I prefer Howling Wolf
Great composition and showmanship. Muddy Waters was incredible and you can feel the passion and energy from everyone involved.
This was pretty good wish the sound was better but the groove is definitely all there 4 🌟
Classic blues album, some great solos. "I'm Your Hoochie Coohie Man" my favourite song on the album.
It was really interesting to see one of the styles that influenced rock music. A few of the songs are great, although the lyrics mostly exist to accompany the music rather than have any interesting meaning.
Very interesting how raw things were 60 years ago.
There's a charisma to this recording that eases itself across time, space, even the setting for the recording (live albums always capture a different kind of energy, I think. There's an intimacy here that is neither a natural presence on the stage or even in the studio.).
Really good blues. Standout track for me was I've Got My Mojo Working Pt 2.
What an amazing talent. What really gets me is the passion that comes through in his use of coloratura and his voice.
Solid Blues album
Puro blues!
Ya he mencionado que el blues puro no es mi máximo, pero aquí hay una presentación impecable. Waters comienza con "I Got My Brand On You" absolutamente animado y simplemente va construyendo la presentación a partir de esa base. El álbum alcanza su punto máximo con "Tiger In Your Hand", "I Feel So Good" y "Got My Mojo Working". La batería, el piano que casi rebota, la armónica asombrosa y, por supuesto, la guitarra y la voz de Waters son probablemente en esta grabación una de las mejores interpretaciones en vivo que he escuchado. El público parece sentir lo mismo, la banda los lleva a gritos histéricos que generalmente se escucharían en esos públicos de niñas adolescentes viendo a los Beatles o a los Monkees y no de los asistentes a un festival de jazz. Dicho eso, la interpretación es impecable pero tampoco siento que el disco sea perfecto, la selección de canciones a veces es extraña y en particular, como habíamos visto en otros discos de la época, eso de grabar dos versiones de la misma canción no me cuadra del todo. Cerca de la grandeza, el hecho que el blues no sea lo mio quizá es lo que lo detiene de la quinta estrella para mí.
Gran disco en vivo. Es una presentación corta. La mejor es Goodbye Newport Blues. 3.5 que sube.
A very enjoyable listen
Solid blues music
Makes me wanna go to blues night
Carino e divertente
Pretty good blues album. In the most positive sense feels like the zenith of commercialized blues. It captures the essence of the genre without feeling like an over indulgence that you might see in other performances.
kind of hard to appreciate it without the historical context or the taste in blues music, but it's alright, it gets better closer to the end
Clearly impressive. Top of his game. Blues isn’t in my normal listening but easy to listen to and appreciate.
Blues de la vieja escuela.
Hoochie coochie
Finísimo blues
Indisputably hugely influential in its time, another building block for rock n roll and music for decades to come, 4 stars because I assume muddy’s music gets even better
yo that last one slaps
Full of soul. You can hear how crazy the crowd are for it.
Uitstekende blues!
Added!
I am familiar with Muddy Waters' name, but I couldn't tell you what his signature songs are or if I have heard them. The album was good enough. I've heard a version of "Got My Mojo Working", but I'm not sure if it was Waters or someone else. "Got My Mojo Working" and "I Feel So Good" were the highlights for me. I'd spin this record again.
Like Genie from Aladdin (the Robin Williams one, not the Will Smith nonsense) rocking an Everton shirt, eating blueberries and riding a blue whale into the deep blue ocean. All the blues.
Really solid blues live album. They had me at “Mojo”. Really awesome if you like Chicago style blues
Soft 4 stars. A clear inspiration to 90% of the music I listen to today. Also this sounds overtly sexual (put my brand on you? Tiger in your tank?!). He has a great voice.
more bluesy than jazzy but lovin it, 4 stas
The blues ate not my thing. This album does have more going for it than your typical blues guitar album. It's got the feel of a jazz album the piano seems as important as the guitar. But every instrument takes a back seat to Muddy Waters vocal performance. I may well have fou d my favorite blues album. 4.5 🌟
Ascoltare il live di Muddy Waters è stata un'esperienza molto piacevole. (C'è anche il video dello stesso concerto su YouTube e merita di essere visto). Allora, di base a me il blues piace, ma, come spesso accade in questi casi, dopo un po' mi scoccio. In questo caso però, c'è stato l'attenuante del live che gli ha dato quel qualcosa di magico in più: un 3.5 che va a 4. (Comunque non me la sarei sentita di dargli 3).
4
Lovely!
Great
Never listened to any Muddy Waters before (except maybe on the radio or something). I really enjoyed this album! Live blues. What's not to like?
When the blues weren’t sad
Wow. Brilliant from the first moment. Loved the vibes.
Essential blues source
In conclusione: Non ce vuole molto a fa' una carbonara decente, ma te la puoi magnà una volta ogni tanto. Quando arriva lo chef che te fa la carbonara non capisci, è bona sì ma alla fine sembra la tua o quella dell'osteria sotto casa. Però fatto sta che te la magneresti pure tutti i giorni. Il blues è la carbonara e Muddy Waters è lo chef.
Il primo pezzo con questo testo fortemente da maschio anni 50 devo ammettere che mi ha mal disposto e ci sono voluti due ascolti e mezzo per farmela passare. Per il resto è un bel album blues che ha molta energia e i musicisti a supporto mi sono piaciuti molto. E' un disco da 3.5, che stavo per punire con un 3 ma mentre scrivevo ho sentito "Got My mojo working pt2" e metto 4.
Classic Blues.
Já conhecia. Sempre agradável
przyjemniak
Классический блюзовый альбом, со всеми плюсами и минусами для прослушивания в 2021. При правильном настроении при прослушивании дает множество полезного для понимания жанра и его приемов. Но даже без этих умственных ухищрений прослушивание альбома приносит удовольствие.
Nice old blues. Class act.
Just really not into blues, soz :(
Basic bitch blues
"I've got my mojo working", gran canción, divertida, energética, percusiones fuertes y entretenido su in crescendo en 2 partes. De lo demás no sé que más comentar, más que fue disfrutable la escucha en general. Buena variedad entre lo movidito y lo melancólico. Mood: quiero romper una guitarra al final de Tiger in your Tank.
Great Blues album, amazing story. Rollin' Stone
me like the vibes
Blues de la vieja escuela.
Una vez más, no sé bien qué decir por el género, pero se oye que todos se la pasaban bomba. Y eso me parece lindo, cómo la gente conecta con la música que disfruta. O sea, también pienso que hay mucho talento, claro y si bien no se me hace distintiva la voz de Muddy Waters (quizá ya dije una tontería), me agrada en general. Creo que la canción que más disfruté fue "I've Got My Mojo Working". Y pues eso, qué legado dejaron los afroamericanos, sin duda. 8/10
chicago jazz sensation
Tres bon album blues. Un des meilleurs que j’ai entend7 dans cette liste. Probablement car c’est du son live. 4.75
Really solid classic blues record. I can forgive the audio quality since it is made up of live recordings from 1960... there’s no way that’ll sound great. Favorite track(s): “Baby Please Don’t Go,” “Feel So Good,” and “Ive Got My Mojo Working”
Really enjoyed this, also has "Baby, please don't go" which is a fantastic song (in Archer).
I had a good time with this. Just having that little bit of audience interaction makes a world of difference in how I receive this kind of music. “When it was all said and done, the water may have been muddy… but the good times were clear.” - Me writing a review of this show for my local newspaper.
damn, he's good. i still have only so much time for the blues, but that was a good album.
I liked this album, but I usually like the 60s albums so not really a surprise. I will admit that I got a little annoyed by the repeat of some songs, but that’s partially my whole not loving live concert albums.
can't believe I'm giving a live album this high of a rating
Great record
Enjoyed this. Effortless swing, the interplay between the harmonica, piano and bass is a joy. Muddy Waters ties it all together with his deep, rich voice. Will definitely be listening to this again.
Still good tunes, 60 years later.
Great
The roots of Chicago blues. Muddy Waters has a great classic sound with both his guitar and his vocals. He laid the foundation for years to come.
Very good classic blues. What else to say.
I enjoyed it
Amazing.
One of the best
Great blues
It's hard not to enjoy blues music
Мадди не зря классика, этот альбом уже слышал, о это не повод чтобы не переслушать еще раз:)
Blues med stort B, live
Solid electric blues. Great energy.
Good old fashioned blues!
Dude sounds like he was a totes a legend.
Classic, you can really see how and why this influenced so many people. Great stuff
Beautiful blues.
Dat sweet blues
Muddy! He's a great guitarist. Some nice blues on this album.
Smooth
Love a bit of the classic ol’ Blues! Easy to listen to/ have in background!
Brilliant
Very cool
Blues legend. Also have a soft spot for live albums, the energy is always unmatched
Great listen.
Musicality was present throughout. Sitting by the pool on a warm summer night in the dim light and enjoying some scotch atmosphere, but also reading a large book in the comfort of your living room atmosphere.
1/19 Love the energy this live album brings, like a glimpse through time. Certainly a classic. Standout Tracks: I Got My Brand On You, Baby Please Don’t Go, I Feel So Good, I’ve Got My Mojo Working
Great stuff - never heard this before.
Really great blues album, probably Muddy Waters' best from what I've read. 9/10
Passable
I don’t have too much context for Muddy Waters, but I did distinctly like the other one more. I think he was quite a bit older on that one. Fun stuff to hear, either way.
This absolute baller
Hoochie coochie smoochie woochie
Interesting album to start with. Feels like watching the first Superbowl to catch up with the 2026 season. The only song I know by Muddy is Mannish Boy. I can see why people liked the blues genre, it would've definitely got me going back in the day, but a lot of songs drag on and have the same repeating lyrics
A nice, but maybe typical live album.
Very solid live blues album. There's no doubt about Muddy's status as a bona-fide legend of the game, but I couldn't help feeling that most of the songs here sound the same after a while. Probably doesn't help that there are literal repeats to bulk up the runtime. Still, I enjoyed myself and had a real bluesy time.
Solid blues album but at times felt similar sounding
Influential and iconic.
Not the first live album recorded from the Newport Jazz Festival on this list oddly enough. Although it seems that this was one the first popular live blues albums. It starts off slow and similar, with some conventional blues numbers. Around the halfway point however, you can start to sense the energy and pace heating up, as Waters and co. get into more of a groove and really get the crowd going. All to end with another slow blues jam in "Goodbye Newport Blues" It was enjoyable, sure. But I feel like I've heard all of the "greatest" live albums from this era at this point, and thus didn't feel that this one in particular did that much different. I do recall enjoying the other studio album from Muddy Waters on this list quite a bit, though.
Solid blues live album, but nothing really stood out to me to differentiate this from any of the others I’ve heard.
For a 66 year old live recording this sounded pretty great. It was good but didn't blow me away like the live BB King album earlier on this list.
Sure
not bad at all, but jazz still isn't really my thing
08/10/26 Catchy
The way you can hear the timid audience loosen up and start giving into the music by the time Muddy plays Got My Mojo Working is amazing but does not outweigh my disinterest in the blues.
I find this one tricky to judge. We had it on in the car and I liked it at first, but it felt very samey as it went on to the point I didn't really enjoy it. I wanted to try it again and I found a video of the concert on YouTube and out that one. This was better, certainly towards the 2nd half the concert really kicked on and the energy levels rose, but it was still pretty samey, and in fact jumping around I often couldn't tell what song I was on and even some of the phrasing and tunes were very similar. I wanted to like it and I like it a little bit, but I wanted more variation, not in terms of the style necessarily, but if a song is essentially boogie boogie and the vocals come in at the same point on the one of the chorus and have the same number of syllables, well, I can't stay with it too much.
"I Got My Brand on You" is an absolutely alarming allegory. Good blues tho.
a whole buncha meh
Ok
It's fine. I understand it is a classic of its genre, but not for me.
3.5/5. I think this is the first blues record I’ve listened to!
Good live album. I like Muddy Walters and his brand of blues. Probably will listen to it again.
Quite enjoyed this album it was something different.
Me gustó pero no es tan to mi estilo
7/10 idk if its function music
Mojo workin is a great track, I appreciate Muddy’s contribution to blues and rock. Some songs are a bit rudimentary which I understand is because of the time period, but I ding it for that
Respect to Muddy Waters, he has an inimitable voice and influenced some of the great 60’s and 70’s guitarists but listening to an album like this in 2026 it just doesn’t offer much in the way of musical interest, it’s basic, repetitive 4 bar blues with little melody. I think it’s an age thing, my taste really only gets satisfied from tbe mid / late 60’s onward and even then it really hits in 80’s and 90’s so it’s hard to objective judge this. It’s probably essential to some people, was possibly groundbreaking at the time, certainly I imagine it was exciting but that’s an era beyond my pallette 2.8
Decent. But there's only so much blues I can take.
Lekkere energie
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Live
Sweet blues, tasteful *moans, idk it was a pleasant listening experience, made me feel like drinking a coffee while listening to it, overall pretty good but not like LIFE CHANGING
Not much of a blues dude, but this was fun. He has a great voice, and I wish the guitars were a little more loud but otherwise pleasant listen.
nice. just not my usual stuff but it was good
Like the sound overall but nothing really stuck
Obviously a great album, it’s immediately clear a bunch of artists wanted to emulate him. Great voice, especially loved the keys, but I was a bit unenthused and wasn’t excited enough to listen more than once. Lotta the songs feel very similar. I bet it was fun as fuck to be at that live show though.
that was kinda cool. relaxing blues music to work to
Maybe it's the recording equipment of the time, but you can't really capture the spirit of the sound that Muddy Waters seemed to bring. It's got so much heart.
Solid blues
Good tunes but not my style thx
Got my brand on you is nice but a bit slow Got my mojo worming is good 3 star album. It was nice but a but slow for my liking. I liked the live album aspect.
Started off strong, just got to Tiger In Your Tank and the songs are starting to drag on a bit and feel repetitive. I Feel So Good immediately pulled me back in. Some of the songs felt very similar and didn't keep me engaged the whole time. Having the studio versions of some of the same songs at the end felt kinda weird to me too as I just listened to the same songs. Overall a good intro to blues for me, solid 7/10.
Overall: 6/10 It's okay, it's old school blues so it's kind of repetitive. Add in the live album aspect and it's something I can enjoy, but not really love. Fav Song: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Nice early blues
At under 35 mins long this is a good fun listen to a blues great. Yes it is a little samey. Then again some people have tracks that last nearly as long as this album