Muddy, Brass & the Blues
1966 studio album by Muddy Waters
Muddy, Brass & the Blues | ||||
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Studio album by Muddy Waters | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | June 22 & 23, 1966 | |||
Studio | Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, IL | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 30:51 | |||
Label | Chess LP 1507 | |||
Producer | Gene Barge, Ralph Bass | |||
Muddy Waters chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Muddy, Brass & the Blues, sometimes referred to as Brass and the Blues, is an album by the blues musician Muddy Waters, released by Chess Records in 1966.[5][6][7]
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote: "Stripped of his guitar once again (the cover photo notwithstanding), Waters proved what a great R&B singer he was—there are moments on this album where he almost crosses over into Otis Redding territory."[1]
Track listing
- "Corine, Corina" (Bob Miller) – 3:38
- "Piney Brown Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 3:16
- "Black Night" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:22
- "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 2:51
- "Going Back to Memphis" (Will Shade) – 2:40
- "Betty and Dupree" (Chuck Willis) – 3:04
- "Sweet Little Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 3:33
- "Take My Advice" (Jesse Anderson, Gene Barge) – 2:56
- "Trouble" – 2:26
- "Hard Loser" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:05
Personnel
- Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
- James Cotton – harmonica
- Otis Spann – piano
- James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn – guitar
- Calvin Jones – bass
- Willie Smith – drums
- Gene Barge – tenor saxophone
- Unknown musicians – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, trombone, organ
References
- ^ a b "Brass and the Blues - Muddy Waters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 58.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1217.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 753, 755.
- ^ Both Sides Now: Chess Album Discography, Part 1 - LP-1425 to LPS-1553 accessed August 27, 2019
- ^ Wirz' American Music: Muddy Waters Discography accessed August 27, 2019
- ^ Wight, P. & Rothwell, F. The Complete Muddy Waters Discography accessed August 27, 2019
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- 1960
- Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"
- 1964
- Folk Singer
- 1966
- Muddy, Brass & the Blues
- 1967
- Super Blues With Bo Diddley and Little Walter
- 1968
- The Super Super Blues Band With Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley
- Electric Mud
- 1969
- After the Rain
- Fathers and Sons
- 1972
- The London Muddy Waters Sessions
- 1973
- Can't Get No Grindin'
- 1974
- "Unk" in Funk
- 1975
- The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
- 1977
- Hard Again
- 1978
- I'm Ready
- 1981
- King Bee
- 1960
- At Newport 1960
- 1969
- Fathers and Sons
- 1971
- Live at Mr. Kelly's
- 1979
- Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live
- 2007
- Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down
- 2012
- Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981
- 1958
- The Best of Muddy Waters
- 1966
- The Real Folk Blues
- 1967
- More Real Folk Blues
- 1971
- McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
- 1993
- The Complete Plantation Recordings
- 2000
- Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection
- 2001
- The Anthology (1947–1972)
- 1950
- "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
- "Rollin' Stone"
- "Walkin' Blues"
- 1951
- "Long Distance Call"
- 1953
- "Baby Please Don't Go"
- 1954
- "Hoochie Coochie Man"
- "I Just Want to Make Love to You"
- "I'm Ready"
- 1955
- "Mannish Boy"
- 1956
- "Trouble No More"
- "Forty Days and Forty Nights"
- "Rock Me"
- "Got My Mojo Working"
- 1962
- "You Shook Me"
- 1963
- "You Need Love"