First Recording Sessions 1941-1946 [IMPORT]

Muddy Waters

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Document
• ASIN: B000000J66
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #383,013 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Country Blues

2. I Be's Troubled

3. Ramblin' Kid Blues - Son Simms

4. Rosalie - Son Simms

5. Joe Turner Blues - Son Simms

6. Pearlie May Blues - Son Simms

7. Take a Walk With Me

8. Burr Clover Blues

9. I Be Bound to Write You

10. You're Gonna Miss Me

11. You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days

12. Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You?

13. Country Blues No. 2

14. Mean Red Spider

15. I'm Gonna Cut Your Head - Homer Harris, Muddy Waters

16. Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris, Muddy Waters

17. Tomorrow Will Be Too Late

18. Jitterbug Blues

19. Hard Day Blues

20. Burying Ground Blues

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Muddy Becomes Muddy, January 13, 2009

By	Alfred Johnson (boston, ma) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have spent very little ink over the past year as I go through some of the great acoustic and electric blues guitars and performers on the iconic Muddy Waters. I have explained elsewhere some of my reasoning for this as well for my personal preferences in highlighting other blues artists first. Nevertheless, when all is said and done no one who loves the blues in its various incantations can avoid the influence and importance of Muddy's work. I will argue here that this little compilation of early, mainly pre-Chicago electric blues, Muddy is a worthy historical document on two counts.

First, because it is in chronological order it shows the evolution of Muddy's style away from the traditional country blues sound of the Delta that was becoming passé. Secondly, because some of this pre-Chicago sound is, to this reviewer's ear at least, better than many of his later pieces. As evidence I would point to the pure jam efforts on the classic "Joe Turner's Blues" and "Pearlie May Blues". Then move down to "Mean Spider Blues" and "Come To Me Baby". None of these are in the league of "Mannish Boy" when he got it going but I think this is worthy Muddy. The argument continues.