How Muddy Waters Came Roaring Back With ‘Hard Again’
Released 45 years ago today, Muddy Waters’ ‘Hard Again’ marked the kind of comeback you expect from the great ones.
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James Cotton, Shemekia Copeland, Gary Clark Jr. + others – Muddy Waters 100 (2015)
The forthcoming centennial tribute ‘Muddy Waters 100’ finds a series of guest stars adding new dimension to his stirring blues legacy.
Little Walter – The Blues World of Little Walter (1988): Forgotten Series
Remembering lesser-known sides from Muddy Waters harpist Little Walter, who hurtled his instrument forward before dying today in 1968.
Joe Bonamassa, “Tiger in Your Tank” (2015): One Track Mind
This lead song from ‘Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks’ makes clear the difficulty Joe Bonamassa — really, anybody — has in taking on Muddy Waters.
Mud Morganfield + Kim Wilson – For Pops [A Tribute to Muddy Waters] (2014)
The late Muddy Waters is in the blood, soul and heart of Mud Morganfield.
Johnny Winter – True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story (2014)
You want to know the Johnny Winter story? Listen to the blues stuff, and there’s a heaping helping of it here.
Desert Island Discs: Blues and Blues Rock Edition
It probably goes without saying that, once you found yourself stranded on a distant island, there would be blues. And every kind, too — Delta, dirty, city, country, grease-popping, Texas crunching, let-it-all-hang low, you name it. You May Also Like: How Eric Clapton’s ‘Me and Mr. Johnson’ Made the CaseRead More
Heritage Blues Orchestra – And Still I Rise (2012)
This begins, as most blues albums do, with a stamping rhythm and this heartfelt lyric in celebration of a bunch of stuff that’s not good for you. Only then, that chewed-clean template is joined by these bright blasts of shiny brass newness. You May Also Like: Alister Spence and SatokoRead More
Thousands of legendary recordings from folklorist Alan Lomax will be available for streaming soon
Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his life making priceless recordings of some of the most important early figures in American music — from his famed recordings of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter to Jelly Roll Morton, from Muddy Waters to Woody Guthrie. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Johnny Winter Goes in Depth on ‘Roots,’ Woodstock and His Breakthrough Moment
Johnny Winter joined us for a discussion on his terrific 2011 album, his biggest successes and biggest regrets – and why he always got in a fight in Dallas.
