Product Details

• Actors: Muddy Waters
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hip-O Records
• DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BM7U82
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,235 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Muddy Waters Presentation Available, December 5, 2005

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Perry Celestino (Tahmoor, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muddy Waters: Classic Concerts (DVD)

I am happy to contribute this review. This DVD was released two weeks ago in Australia and it is great. This set was put out by the "Reeling In The Years" people who have done the "Blues Legends" series (Albert King, Freddie King, Memphis Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson) over the last two years. This latest release has Muddy at three stages of his career with three different bands.

It begins with a re-release and an improved sound upgrade of his famous 1960 Newport Jazz Festival concert. It is in Black and White but the sound is now in stereo and song selection are excellent. The band features James Cotton on harp. I think "I'll Put A Tiger In Your Tank" and "Rolling Stone" are particularly good. It also has a great version of Mojo Working as usual with Jimmy Rushing and others contributing.

The DVD then moves to Europe. We see Muddy in the early 1968 at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Here the band has its famous matching Guild Guitars with the long telephone cord leads (I had one!). "Long Distance Call" is particularly good in this set. The band also features the great Otis Spann and footage of this gentleman is very rare. He even sings the T-Bone Walker number "Cold, Cold Feeling", just superb.

Muddy's final concert on this DVD is him at the end of his career in Norway. It is in 1977 at the Molde Jazz Festival. His band has the fabulous Pinetop Perkins and white bluesmen Bob Margolin and Jerry Portnoy. This set is also great and in colour. The crowd, as Europeans can be, is very subdued. The set has great versions of a number of tunes such as "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Blow Wind" and a great version of "Baby Please Don't Go".

This is an essential DVD to own if you are a Blues lover. I have all of Muddy Waters' released material and this is the best. It sounds great and has a comprehensive song selection.It also features very good digital sound and the concerts have over 90-minutes of music. The bonus material has interviews and a great version of "The Blues Had A Baby and They Named It Rock And Roll". It will be released on January 24 in the States. Get this as your New Year's present!

I would love, in the future, to see the release of the famous tribute concert done for Muddy in the late sixties with all the best players of the time such as Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield, Junior Wells, Nick Gravenities, Pinetop Perkins and many more. This has to be put out soon. Parts have been shown in Johnny Winter's Pieces and Bits DVD and the Chicago Blues Reunion DVD put out in 2005.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best blues DVDs, August 1, 2006

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Jerry D. Rosen (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muddy Waters: Classic Concerts (DVD)

This DVD (by Reelin' In The Years Productions) would be worth the cost even if it were just of the Newport festival. As it is, there are three separate classic concerts on the DVD (Newport in 60, Copenhagen in 68 and Norway in 77). The album (and CD) of Muddy at Newport has always been a favorite of mine, and to see it live is amazing. What can I say, it is Muddy with one his all time classic bands including Otis Spann and James Cotton. This is what they sounded like playing in the Chicago clubs. The editing, which includes cutting between the band and the audience reaction, is excellent. This concert took place in July 1960 and it represents one of the first exposures of black blues to white audiences in the US. As a musician,it is interesting to see Muddy and band using classic Gibson and Fender equipment; guitars and amps which are now considered classic vintage equipment and cost thousands of dollars. These guys played blues the way it should be played, with passion and harmony - not mindless noise and soloing. Any beginning blues musician (or rocker) should buy this DVD to see some classic examples. One highlite of show is watching Muddy do a little dance with Cotton. The second and third concerts were shot in Europe and you can see the integration of Muddy's band with Paul Oscher and Jerry Portnoy on harmonica and Bob Margolin on guitar. Margolin is still keeping the Muddy tradition alive today by his excellent work with the Muddy Waters tribute band (which includes some of Muddy's old sidemen). The European concerts occured in 68 and 77 and watching Muddy age adds poignancy to the DVD. There are bonus sections of interviews with Muddy which give a rare glimpse into the man himself and the liner notes (actually a booklet) by Bob Margolin (who is also a writer for the magazine Blues Revue) adds very interesting historical and musical insights. Any music fan must add this DVD to their collection and it is a must have for every blues fan. I would rate this DVD in the same category as my other favorites, namely Freddie King's The Beat and The American Folk Blues Festival DVD's, which were also produced by Reelin' In The Years.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MUDDY WOULD BE PROUD, May 31, 2006

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BILLYBOBUK (PLANO,TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Muddy Waters: Classic Concerts (DVD)

IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THE PREVIOUS REVIEW, THIS IS THE FINEST QUALITY VIDEO/AUDIO RELEASE FROM THE BLUES LEGEND--THE STEREO SOUND FROM NEWPORT IS AMAZING, AND THE 2 EUROPEAN PERFORMANCES ARE EQUALLY WELL PRESENTED--YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR THE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS AS THEY SUPPORT MUDDYS STINGING LEAD GUITAR. THE 3 BONUS ITEMS ARE A GREAT ADDITION THAT IS A RELEASE WORTHY OF THE GREAT MAN, AND SOMETHING HE WOULD BE PROUD OF. HERE WE ARE ALMOST 50YRS AFTER NEWPORT, STILL BEING AMAZED BY IT.