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