Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live

Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live
Live album by Muddy Waters
Released	1979
Recorded	Harry Hope's, Cary, IL Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI March 18, 1977 - August 26, 1978
Genre	Electric blues
Length	39:38
Label	Blue Sky Records
Producer	Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters chronology
I'm Ready (1978) Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live (1979) King Bee (1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B+) [2]

Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live is a live album by Muddy Waters. The recording was awarded the Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1979.

Track listing

All tracks composed by McKinley Morganfield; except where indicated

1. "Mannish Boy" (Morganfield, Ellas McDaniel, Mel London) (4:24)
2. "She’s Nineteen Years Old" (5:21)
3. "Nine Below Zero" (Sonny Boy Williamson) (5:21)
4. "Streamline Woman" (4:39)
5. "Howling Wolf" (6:00)
6. "Baby Please Don’t Go" (4:07)
7. "Deep Down in Florida" (9:48)

In 2003 the album was reissued as a two-CD set, the second disc including:

1. "Medley: After Hours/Stormy Monday Blues" (Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne, Robert Bruce, Aaron "T-Bone" Walker) (12:00)
2. "Trouble No More" (2:49)
3. "Champagne and Reefer" (4:52)
4. "Corrina, Corrina" (2:49)
5. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) (3:10)
6. "She Moves Me" (6:19)
7. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (9:30)
8. "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" (C. "Pinetop" Smith) (4:59)
9. "Mad Love" (I Want You To Love Me) (Willie Dixon) (4:16)
10. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Walter Jacobs) (5:21)
11. "Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster) (3:13)

Personnel

• Muddy Waters: slide guitar, vocals
• Johnny Winter: guitar (songs 1, 5, 7), additional vocals (song 1)
• Bob Margolin: guitar
• Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson, guitar (songs 1, 2, 4, 6)
• Calvin "Fuzz" Jones: bass (songs 1, 2, 4-6)
• Willie "Big Eyes" Smith: drums
• Pinetop Perkins: piano
• Jerry Portnoy: harp (songs 1, 2, 4, 6)
• James Cotton: harp (songs 3, 5)
• Charles Calmese: bass (songs 3, 7)

Production staff

• Produced: Johnny Winter
• Mixing, production consultant and engineer: Dave Still
• Mixing assistant: Dave Prentice
• Mastering: Greg Calbi
• Photography: Jim Marshall
• Design: Paula Scher
• Mixed at the Schoolhouse and Hit Factory
• Location recordings by Metro Audio and Record Plant

References

1. Valdivia, Victor W. Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live at AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
2. Muddy Waters Consumer Guide Reviews, Robert Christgau. Retrieved November 1, 2014.