Here's how big Muddy was-when The Rolling Stones first went to America and stayed with Muddy Waters in Chicago. The Rolling Stones also also got their name from a Muddy Waters song. The Stones even performed with Muddy in 1981. "Live at The Checkerboard Lounge" documents that. Muddy was in ill health in 1981. He died 18 months after that performance. But the look of total worship that Mick shows Muddy is priceless. A late career Muddy song said it best, "The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock n Roll."
Muddy came from The South during The Great Migration to Chicago. His generation took the acoustic Blues and plugged in the Electric Guitar. Without Muddy, John Lee Hooker, BB King and more, Rock n Roll would have been so very different.
I got into blues as a kid via the blues played by rock musicians like Clapton and Hendrix and Peter Green, who would mention Muddy Waters in interviews. What an amazing name, I thought! I didn't even he know he was the 'McKinley Morganfield' who'd written some of my favourite Cream tunes. I'd read he was on Chess Records, which were simply unavailable in South Africa back then, but I was I was 17 my mother went to Chicago and I begged her to find Chess Records and bring back Muddy albums. She came back with a pile of Chess records that included Muddy, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Jimmy Reed . . . the hairs on the back of my neck stood up when I heard this stuff. I actually found it hard to listen to Clapton etc playing blues after that, they seemed watered-down by comparison. I went deep into blues and spent decades playing in blues bands, it hugely shaped how I hear music. Muddy still makes me stop everything and pay attention, and the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up. Great video, thanks Warren!
I saw Muddy live twice...what a privilege it was. Once in a 5000 seat auditorium in Daytona Beach , Florida I was close to the stage. The second time was an appearace in a big arena in Boston...with the Allman Brothers, incredible artist.
Classic moment on the Newport album when the crowd cheers for an encore right after “Got My Mojo Workin’” and Muddy just plays the song again. Awesome!
What an amazing journey and crazy well documented trip you just released, thank you so much for going further in enlightening us in such important and inspiring people, you're helping their legacy to live on with the grace he definitely deserves
Thanks for another great breakdown / history of another of my blues hero's. My introduction to the Blues came when my Dad and me (1956/7) drove our little Austin 7 to an army camp on the south coast of Kent, my uncle was stationed there. We returned to London with hugh wind up gramophone and a stack of 78 rpm record's. Dad an me got home, wound up the the machine and placed the needle gently on the first record, You ain't nothing but a hound dog roared. I was around 7 years old and life was never going to be the same. Little Richard, Jerry Lee, and and dozens more now classics followed, no Muddy but he came later for me. There was one record though that was truly more in the blues camp and that was, "Blues From The Gutter", a 10 inch 78 I played over and over. What possessed a 7 year to be taken by songs of drug taking, whiskey and hard times is open to speculation but the gruff eloquencey of Champion Jack Dupree's singing and piano playing done for me. He was my first introduction to blue and although obscure compared with Muddy, this interesting musicians life is definitely worth a bio...
@@Producelikeapro Took your advice and tried Hard Again. I know of Muddy Waters and have heard some songs in the past but those didn't click in a substantial way. But Mannish Boy, which begins the Hard Again album, just blew my socks away! Will definitely go through the whole album later on tonight! Thanks for the recommendation; it is always great to get that "top record" recommendation for an artist with huge catalogue, otherwise you might keep on trying the not-so-recommendable records time and again.
Great video. I got into Muddy in the early 90s when I found 'The Real Folk Blues' compilation in my local library. Its still my favourite collection of Muddy recordings.
Great video!! I was fortunate enough to see him play at a small venue in North Vancouver, British Columbia around 1977. Best live show I ever saw in my life. He had some great musicians playing with him and the energy of the performance was amazing. I remember being super impressed with Muddy's slide guitar playing. I even got to chat with him briefly...seemed like a true gentleman.
Great video! One of my fondest musical memories was seeing Muddy play the Roxy in LA in May of 78. We sat right up front and just soaked in watching a musical legend.
Wonderful tribute to this amazing artist. Thank you so much Warren. I never saw him live. :( But, I did get to see Buddy Guy, he used to play Antone's in Austin regularly.
I saw Buddy Guy at Antone’s! And James Cotton and Pinetop Perkins and Albert Collins and many more, when it was on Guadalupe St. What a nightclub. Clifford Antone opened a record store there too, where you could get records you couldn’t find anywhere else.
@@lathedauphinot6820 I saw those folks too! And Stevie Vaughan, and Carlos Santana, and all the others at Antone's on Guadalupe. Clifford was a wonderful man.
@@Producelikeapro Folk Singer is incredible. I've been buying up old EV mics these past few years. I LOVE them for home recording. I hope you didn't just drive up the prices! 🤫
Love your enthusiasm and passion, its a never ending journey that I am still on, from the moment I walked into a suitably decrepit group house and the Allmans were doing Stormy Monday on their Live at the Fillmore, I have been on that train, and it takes you to so many places, what joy there is to be found, thanks Warren you always bring a smile to my face.
Wow. Muddy Waters is one of my favorite blues artists. I used to listen a lot of his records being a student. "Fathers and sons" and "Folk Singer " are the albums I value the most. That's how blues should be performed.
Remarkable video Warren, Alan Lomax and also later Harry Smith did a great service to music by saving these masterpieces by all these artist. Make one of these on Buddy Holly when you can I know it will be awesome. :) Thank you Warren keep up the great work.
Warren, thank you for this amazing exposé on the late great Muddy Waters. My first knowledge of Muddy was in 1978 when my band made gear buying trip to Chicago. It would be years later when I really comprehend who Muddy was and what his music is. In 1980 I moved to Dallas, TX and by chance alone stumbled into Charlie’s Guitars on Harry Hines. Charlie’s was an experience and time of learning for me. I remember having went to an audition on Friday night that didn’t work out and the next morning sitting out by the storm drain with Charlie Wirz and him telling me everything he ever heard me play was blues and that was not going to get me a metal gig. So I started hanging out at blues joints and it fit. In 1985 I swore off playing guitar and music, moved to Chicago and got a job. One day a guy showed up at my door based on a referral from a friend and it started my real education of the blues. I was first introduced to Sunnyland Slim and Pinetop and then Lefty Dizz. Dizz schooled me and connected me with Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells, and a host of other Chicago blues players including Muddy’s son. My introduction to these men was on gigs and at the “Board” 43rd and King, the Checker Board. That was a place and a real experience when it was there run by LC Thurman. My favorite gigs were with Lefty. When you watch the Stones with Muddy you will see Lefty every bit the part with Mick, Keith, and Ronny that night. I can’t remember how many times I played on that same stage with Lefty and Junior. Thank you for bringing back a ton of memories for me.
Excellent video. I have been a Muddy Waters fan for a long time. Hard Again blew my mind and still does. I am a Bass player and due to today's technology being able to jam along with Muddy and the other incredible players on that record is a gift from God.
Yes, the feel of that album is unmatched! I was just driving listening to the album, it just puts a huge smile on your face! An amazing artist at the top of his game with the best musicians the recorded so well! What a truly wonderful masterpiece
Thank you for the excellent retrospective on McKinley Morganfield. Long ago, at the Fresh Air Tavern in Seattle..I was awed to see Freddy King performing and, while walking back to my seat with a pitcher I glanced left and there he was alone at a table..looking at me so I say.."McKinley Morganfield !" and he says, "C'mon over sit down and have a beer"...so we talked and had some beers...he was hangin' out with Freddy on his tour..., a huge momentous occurance in all my life...very nice, warm, unpretentious guy...and, as a guitarist,,,puts a little pep in your slide !
Excellent, Warren. I met (and eventually played with) Johnny and Edgar when I was about 16-ish. In Johnny's room at their parent's home, there was a bookcase literally filled floor to ceiling, wall to wall with old traditional blues records by Black artists. I don't think Johnny listened to any other genres back then except for songs that he'd learn for his cover band gigs.
Ive said it before and Im gonna say it again. Love this series and now youe added saying goodbye in swedish a couple of episodes ago. Much appreciated :)
Muddy Waters son, Big Bill Morganfield released his 1st recording in the early 2000's. I was proud to be a sponsor & cooked the food for the release concert.
Thankyou for this video Warren! I started listening to the blues early in life, thanks to buying Free's "Tons of sobs" It took me to Robert Johnson & all the way up to Muddy & beyond! Once again thanks!
Thank you so much for this. Just one thing to add. IMHO, a must listen is muddy’s re-recording of ‘Walking in the park’ on Johnny Winter’s ‘Nothin but the blues’ album from the late 70’s. It’s my favorite muddy waters recording, and features a real sweet, swingin’ groove that feels a bit different from most of his more famous grooves.
I've been enjoying your look at the careers of great musicians outside of the usual pop subjects. I look forward to a future edition on Duke Ellington, please, please.
@@Producelikeapro Deke Leonard wrote a book called The Twang Dynasty where he spoke about the blues players that had influenced him. If you ever see a copy check it out.
@@Producelikeapro I had the chance to see some of the best blues musicians, BB King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy. they all came to Buenos Aires to play in the 90´s. But just like you I wish I´d seen Muddy Live, that must have been something!
‘Hard Again’ was the record that showed me the light too. It came out when I was 12, but I didn’t know better and didn’t buy it until I was 15: credit The Rolling Stones. From the very beginning of “Mannish Boy”… “Oooooohhhhhh yeah!!” Then that first crunch when everything hits at once and crushes the air from your lungs, it was so natural and powerful and beautiful and different… Johnny Winter (“Yeah, we got that one down!!!”) deserved a ticket to Heaven for getting that record made.
When I visited Clarksdale Mississippi back in '08 - I pulled an old piece of metal out of the ground at Muddy Waters' childhood home. I've yet to make a belt-buckle out of it, but I will one day. ;)
That’s very cool!! He truly was one of the greatest of all time!! I was driving through LA listening to Muddy yesterday with the biggest smile on my face singing along! What a huge talent!
Wow, thanks for introducing me to Muddy Waters. I cranked his album "Hard Again" (s'pose it's about his discovering the little blue pill). Up until now, I didn't go near his music, assuming it would all sound: crusty old wax cylinder.. (prolly early stuff was). Only took me over half a century, but now I'm a fan.
"Hard Again" sounds like a group of friends who are having way too much fun. Johnny Winter and crew stripped it all down. Guitar and a drummer who is so, so deep in the groove. Muddy can just hang back and be. Everyone knows what the music is supposed to be and "Hard Again" is just a stunner in full.
So true! Just an absolutely incredible work of art! One of the greatest albums ever made! The first time I heard I got goosebumps, still do just thinking about it!!!
I just purchased "Hard Again" based on this video. I'm certainly not new to blues, but for some reason I had never heard this album before. Wow! Right from the first track, the energy and groove is infectious. I was stamping my feet and bobbing my head to it, at work, pre-coffee. There was more life in the first song than most artists have in 10 albums. Brilliant!
@@Producelikeapro The re-recording of "Mannish Boy" is neck and neck with the original. Hearing Muddy go "Wooo!!" then the drum kicks in-WOW! Muddy wasn't a musician. He was a shaman.
Not sure you could call him a contemporary of Robert Johnson etc. He would have been a small child when Johnson died. You could definitely say it about Howling Wolf, Sister Rosette Tharpe et al. though
Thanks Warren, great episode! I’m a huge Muddy fan as well. I would vacuum the blues section looking for Muddy. Spot on with the reference to Mr Guy, I also got into Buddy through the Folk Singer album. Great music, and Johnny Winter was very proud of rebooting Muddy’s career as well. Cheers!
I was hoping you would do the blues. Hard Again is amazing. I've been a blues fan since I was a kid in the 70's but I got Hard Again when it came out on CD and was blown away by Can't be satisfied. The slide part is brilliant! Played by Johnny Winter ... and they sound like they're having the time of their lives in the studio, laughing and joking with each other. at the end of the song when Muddy says something like "oh you were picking yo' ass off..." love it! Thanks for putting out this video.
@@ProducelikeaproMuddy Waters amazing blues singer to me he is the best blues singer ever Hard Again is a great album king bee I’m ready without Muddy there whould never be The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Eric Clapton there whouldnt be Rock N Roll the stones even named there band after the Muddy Song Rollin Stone if it wasn’t for Muddy Waters Howlin Wolf Robert Johnson Bo Diddley there whouldnt be Rock N Roll
wow, this is gold for me. Not only I can learn about music pro, mix and tips with you. Also, you can put in our rardar the most important changes on music history. Thanks!
Thank you! I have been watching a documentary about another singer that inspired rock and roll as we know it. She also deserves a video by your good self: Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Peace.
@@Producelikeapro I know! Thank you! What about ... Joan Armatrading? I still listen to her self-styled album from 1976 and the song "Love And Affection" still sounds timeless.
@@Producelikeapro Thank you. I have always wondered why Joan Armatrading does not get the recognition she deserves ... She should be up there with Elton John! After all, she has been releasing albums since 1972 ... That is 50 years of working in the music industry!
Mojo working was one of the first songs I learnt. You mentioned 2 other artists that would be worth a look; Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon. In a similar vein; T-Bone Walker. Keep 'em coming.
Richard Wayne Penniman, Glen Goodman, Judy Garland, Loui Armstrong, Fats Waller, John Lennon, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey
Fantastic deep dive! Came to know him in the 60s became a fan and got to see him a few times and meet him and share a drink with him at an obscure venue in rural Massachusetts. Still have Mojo Woikin and Hootchie Kootchie man in my rep.. Spent many an hour listenin to Muddy there was a lot of incredible soul in him! You forgot Muddy and the Wolf album with Muddy on one side with Mike Bloomfield and Co. maybe with some of Mud's band and Wolf with Clapton and Wyman, Watts and Hubert Sumlin. Anyway Long Distance call on Muddy's side is absolutely EPIC! I thought Electric Mud was a bit hokey and jive even as a jaded 16 yr old blues purist! Anyhow good exploration any guitarist worth his or her salt should investigate Mckinley Morganfield!!
Thank you Warren for this important historical rundown. For the casual fan, I really suggest starting with the Hard Again LP and working from there. Do explore tho. You will not regret it.
The PBS documentary American Epic is an excellent 4 part series about the early history of field recording, where record-label talent scouts and semi-professional song catchers/music lovers like Alan Lomax fanned out to isolated parts of the country looking for people to record. The 3rd episode has a great story about the rediscovery of Mississippi John Hurt. An excellent series which fills in some of the gaps of other styles of music that weren't covered in Ken Burn's country music documentary, such as Hawaiian and Cajun music. The final episode of the series features a lovingly restored 1929 Western Electric portable recording system in gleaming brass and gold. Famous musicians such as Elton John, Willie and Waylon, and Jack White show up to record direct to disc onto a 78 RPM record, through one shared microphone. I streamed it from the Prime channel.
I recently listened to the Chess Years singles album amd man! There's everything in this album. All is said, everything modern comes from there. And besides the historic and cultural importance, it's great to listen to these songs from the oldest to the latest and this be able to follow his own evolution. Muddy Waters is fundamental and should be taught in school !
I have a suggestion. Could you please compile your artists and songs that changed music into a playlist you regularly add to? I would like to see a single page of these videos I can share with people.
Imagine all the music that would have been lost if not for Alan Lomax and a few others. And props to all the British rockers in the 60s who gave credit to the old Blues guys and consequently got a lot of young American kids into music from our own country.
If you are interested in how this happened, I strongly recommend the book Roots, Radicals and Rockers by Billy Bragg. It is spectacularly insightful and connected a lot of the dots for me.
All it took was just one static-electricity spark from the brush as you wiped away the shavings from the disc-cutter, and you'd have a really hot hit record on your hands!
Hey Warren, have you read Billy Braggs book ‘Roots, Radicals and Rockers’? (I know it sounds like a Rancid album) Definitely worth getting. It’ll help with your Lonnie Donnegan episode as well!
Who do you think are some of the most important artists ever? Share below
Not an artist. But you speak of Alan Lomax. His research and recordings are immeasurable in their importance.
@Produce Like A Pro Boston After all, they helped create the timeless 80's rock sound, along with Van Halen.
Robert Johnson was one of the most important artist ever. He is one of my guitar influence and he is a Legend.
Robert Fripp, Brian Wilson, Billy Gibons
Someday Les Paul needs the profile treatment. For his totality.
Here's how big Muddy was-when The Rolling Stones first went to America and stayed with Muddy Waters in Chicago. The Rolling Stones also also got their name from a Muddy Waters song.
The Stones even performed with Muddy in 1981. "Live at The Checkerboard Lounge" documents that. Muddy was in ill health in 1981. He died 18 months after that performance. But the look of total worship that Mick shows Muddy is priceless.
A late career Muddy song said it best, "The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock n Roll."
Very well said!
So much history that needs to be shared! Great look at such an incredible artist
Thanks Conor! You Rock!
I've got so much to learn about Muddy Waters! And it starts here 😎
Muddy came from The South during The Great Migration to Chicago. His generation took the acoustic Blues and plugged in the Electric Guitar. Without Muddy, John Lee Hooker, BB King and more, Rock n Roll would have been so very different.
Fantastic Eric!
I got into blues as a kid via the blues played by rock musicians like Clapton and Hendrix and Peter Green, who would mention Muddy Waters in interviews. What an amazing name, I thought! I didn't even he know he was the 'McKinley Morganfield' who'd written some of my favourite Cream tunes. I'd read he was on Chess Records, which were simply unavailable in South Africa back then, but I was I was 17 my mother went to Chicago and I begged her to find Chess Records and bring back Muddy albums. She came back with a pile of Chess records that included Muddy, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Jimmy Reed . . . the hairs on the back of my neck stood up when I heard this stuff. I actually found it hard to listen to Clapton etc playing blues after that, they seemed watered-down by comparison. I went deep into blues and spent decades playing in blues bands, it hugely shaped how I hear music. Muddy still makes me stop everything and pay attention, and the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up. Great video, thanks Warren!
That's a great comment !
I saw Muddy live twice...what a privilege it was. Once in a 5000 seat auditorium in Daytona Beach , Florida I was close to the stage. The second time was an appearace in a big arena in Boston...with the Allman Brothers, incredible artist.
Thank you.
Muddy was a Man !
No doubt!
Classic moment on the Newport album when the crowd cheers for an encore right after “Got My Mojo Workin’” and Muddy just plays the song again. Awesome!
Yes Muddy Waters is THE MAN!! Thank you Warren for this incredible episode, his music is forever with us on the road! ✌
Thanks ever so much! Couldn't agree more!
What an amazing journey and crazy well documented trip you just released, thank you so much for going further in enlightening us in such important and inspiring people, you're helping their legacy to live on with the grace he definitely deserves
Little Water, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, and Muddy on the same songs? WOW! No wonder they were so good.
Thanks for another great breakdown / history of another of my blues hero's.
My introduction to the Blues came when my Dad and me (1956/7) drove our little Austin 7 to an army camp on the south coast of Kent, my uncle was stationed there.
We returned to London with hugh wind up gramophone and a stack of 78 rpm record's.
Dad an me got home, wound up the the machine and placed the needle gently on the first record, You ain't nothing but a hound dog roared.
I was around 7 years old and life was never going to be the same.
Little Richard, Jerry Lee, and and dozens more now classics followed, no Muddy but he came later for me.
There was one record though that was truly more in the blues camp and that was, "Blues From The Gutter", a 10 inch 78 I played over and over. What possessed a 7 year to be taken by songs of drug taking, whiskey and hard times is open to speculation but the gruff eloquencey of Champion Jack Dupree's singing and piano playing done for me.
He was my first introduction to blue and although obscure compared with Muddy, this interesting musicians life is definitely worth a bio...
The enthusiasm in this episode in particular seems to know no bounds. Infectious!
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
@@Producelikeapro Took your advice and tried Hard Again. I know of Muddy Waters and have heard some songs in the past but those didn't click in a substantial way. But Mannish Boy, which begins the Hard Again album, just blew my socks away! Will definitely go through the whole album later on tonight!
Thanks for the recommendation; it is always great to get that "top record" recommendation for an artist with huge catalogue, otherwise you might keep on trying the not-so-recommendable records time and again.
@@jannelonnqvist2947 wow! Thanks for hearing! I'm such a huge Muddy fan and that album certainly blew my socks off as well!
This is phenomenal! My father is a big Muddy Waters fan and I can't wait to share this amazing 'musicography' with him! Thank you very much
Please do! Thanks ever so much!
Great video. I got into Muddy in the early 90s when I found 'The Real Folk Blues' compilation in my local library. Its still my favourite collection of Muddy recordings.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Great video!! I was fortunate enough to see him play at a small venue in North Vancouver, British Columbia around 1977. Best live show I ever saw in my life. He had some great musicians playing with him and the energy of the performance was amazing. I remember being super impressed with Muddy's slide guitar playing. I even got to chat with him briefly...seemed like a true gentleman.
Wow! That’s absolutely amazing
Thank You!!! Muddy Waters is KING!!!
Great video! One of my fondest musical memories was seeing Muddy play the Roxy in LA in May of 78. We sat right up front and just soaked in watching a musical legend.
Wonderful tribute to this amazing artist. Thank you so much Warren. I never saw him live. :( But, I did get to see Buddy Guy, he used to play Antone's in Austin regularly.
Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed it
I saw Buddy Guy at Antone’s! And James Cotton and Pinetop Perkins and Albert Collins and many more, when it was on Guadalupe St. What a nightclub. Clifford Antone opened a record store there too, where you could get records you couldn’t find anywhere else.
@@lathedauphinot6820 I saw those folks too! And Stevie Vaughan, and Carlos Santana, and all the others at Antone's on Guadalupe. Clifford was a wonderful man.
My favorite blues artist. He has a voice and delivery that is hard to top
Agreed 100%!
@@Producelikeapro Folk Singer is incredible. I've been buying up old EV mics these past few years. I LOVE them for home recording. I hope you didn't just drive up the prices! 🤫
@@Producelikeapro last one... I discovered "Electric Mud" in the 90s while at college. Loved it! Still do!
Love your enthusiasm and passion, its a never ending journey that I am still on, from the moment I walked into a suitably decrepit group house and the Allmans were doing Stormy Monday on their Live at the Fillmore, I have been on that train, and it takes you to so many places, what joy there is to be found, thanks Warren you always bring a smile to my face.
Thanks Mel! That means a lot! I really appreciate it
Great tribute to a legend. Long live the blues! Have a nice weekend.
Wow. Muddy Waters is one of my favorite blues artists. I used to listen a lot of his records being a student. "Fathers and sons" and "Folk Singer " are the albums I value the most. That's how blues should be performed.
Thank you for these documentaries (which I believe they are). My kids will be even more appreciative.
Thanks ever so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! I love making these about such amazing musicians
Remarkable video Warren, Alan Lomax and also later Harry Smith did a great service to music by saving these masterpieces by all these artist. Make one of these on Buddy Holly when you can I know it will be awesome. :) Thank you Warren keep up the great work.
Thanks Rob! Glad you enjoyed it
Warren, thank you for this amazing exposé on the late great Muddy Waters. My first knowledge of Muddy was in 1978 when my band made gear buying trip to Chicago. It would be years later when I really comprehend who Muddy was and what his music is.
In 1980 I moved to Dallas, TX and by chance alone stumbled into Charlie’s Guitars on Harry Hines. Charlie’s was an experience and time of learning for me. I remember having went to an audition on Friday night that didn’t work out and the next morning sitting out by the storm drain with Charlie Wirz and him telling me everything he ever heard me play was blues and that was not going to get me a metal gig. So I started hanging out at blues joints and it fit.
In 1985 I swore off playing guitar and music, moved to Chicago and got a job. One day a guy showed up at my door based on a referral from a friend and it started my real education of the blues. I was first introduced to Sunnyland Slim and Pinetop and then Lefty Dizz. Dizz schooled me and connected me with Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells, and a host of other Chicago blues players including Muddy’s son. My introduction to these men was on gigs and at the “Board” 43rd and King, the Checker Board. That was a place and a real experience when it was there run by LC Thurman.
My favorite gigs were with Lefty. When you watch the Stones with Muddy you will see Lefty every bit the part with Mick, Keith, and Ronny that night. I can’t remember how many times I played on that same stage with Lefty and Junior.
Thank you for bringing back a ton of memories for me.
I absolutely loved this narration and documentary styled history of Muddy Waters. I hung on every word..
Great video! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wow! Thanks ever so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video. I have been a Muddy Waters fan for a long time. Hard Again blew my mind and still does. I am a Bass player and due to today's technology being able to jam along with Muddy and the other incredible players on that record is a gift from God.
Yes, the feel of that album is unmatched! I was just driving listening to the album, it just puts a huge smile on your face! An amazing artist at the top of his game with the best musicians the recorded so well! What a truly wonderful masterpiece
Thank you for the excellent retrospective on McKinley Morganfield.
Long ago, at the Fresh Air Tavern in Seattle..I was awed to see Freddy King performing and, while walking back to my seat with a pitcher I glanced left and there he was alone at a table..looking at me so I say.."McKinley Morganfield !" and he says, "C'mon over sit down and have a beer"...so we talked and had some beers...he was hangin' out with Freddy on his tour..., a huge momentous occurance in all my life...very nice, warm, unpretentious guy...and, as a guitarist,,,puts a little pep in your slide !
Wow!! Absolutely amazing
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Excellent, Warren. I met (and eventually played with) Johnny and Edgar when I was about 16-ish. In Johnny's room at their parent's home, there was a bookcase literally filled floor to ceiling, wall to wall with old traditional blues records by Black artists. I don't think Johnny listened to any other genres back then except for songs that he'd learn for his cover band gigs.
Aint't that a man! THE MAN! Great job, MUDDY belongs on the Blues MOUNT RUSHMORE.
Sir Warren , thank you for this! 💞
Thanks ever so much
Ive said it before and Im gonna say it again. Love this series and now youe added saying goodbye in swedish a couple of episodes ago. Much appreciated :)
Thanks ever so much!
Just behind the beat and completely on top of the subject - totally excellent and thank you so much for your great video!!
Yes!! Thanks ever so much
What can I say? This has easily become one of my favorite series now. Keep on spreading the word! ;-)
Thanks ever so much Wes!
Muddy Waters music and talent will influence people for ever. What a great video Warren. Cheers
Agreed 100%!
Muddy Waters son, Big Bill Morganfield released his 1st recording in the early 2000's. I was proud to be a sponsor & cooked the food for the release concert.
Thanks ever so much!
Excellent presentation to camera Warren! Interesting, informative, & well put together. A lot of research gone into that! 🙏
Thanks ever so much Dave!!
Thankyou for this video Warren! I started listening to the blues early in life, thanks to buying Free's "Tons of sobs" It took me to Robert Johnson & all the way up to Muddy & beyond! Once again thanks!
Thank You Warren!!!
Thanks ever so much
He’s the reason I went out and bought my first guitar.
Great reason indeed
Thank you so much for this. Just one thing to add. IMHO, a must listen is muddy’s re-recording of ‘Walking in the park’ on Johnny Winter’s ‘Nothin but the blues’ album from the late 70’s. It’s my favorite muddy waters recording, and features a real sweet, swingin’ groove that feels a bit different from most of his more famous grooves.
Yes, agreed, amazing
Muddy Waters got me into the Blues and slide guitar.
How you tell these stories, each time its a trip. Thanks so much for these episodes, you are a true storyteller alright!
Another excellent episode Warren. Thanks for posting.
Thanks ever so much
my favorite of Muddy collaborations was the YEARS he spent with Johnny Winter
Yes, all of those albums are masterpieces
I learned to play guitar by playing along to Hard Again. Masterpiece
Absolutely!! Complete masterpiece
Thanks for sharing!!!!🤘
Great video. Thanks very much! He is an icon, and was crucial for so, so many influential artists.
Agreed 100%! Incredible talent
Impressive research...and brilliant presentation...thanks again Warren...
Thanks Peter! We appreciate it
Really great musician and definitely very important!
Absolutely!
Pure Gold.
Son House has to be one of my favourite Blues guitarists. you have references him alot.
Agreed 100%!
Great stuff as always.
Thanks ever so much
Love your Channel
Keep up the Good Work. Greetings from Germany
Vielen Danke
I've been enjoying your look at the careers of great musicians outside of the usual pop subjects. I look forward to a future edition on Duke Ellington, please, please.
I'm flying to Dallas and just listened to the video. Great job! Thanks!
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
Brilliant. Thank you!
Thanks ever so much
@@Producelikeapro Deke Leonard wrote a book called The Twang Dynasty where he spoke about the blues players that had influenced him. If you ever see a copy check it out.
Excellent history lesson. Thank you professor Huart!
Thanks John!
Love these stories.
Thanks Scott
Thanks for the great history lesson. Really enjoyed this!
Nicely done ♡♡
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliant video of one of my heroes, once again: thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Wow, thank you!
@@Producelikeapro I remember buying the "Muddy Mississippi Waters Live" cassette back in the late 80's, It blew my mind!!
@@AngelHadzi yes, so amazing
@@Producelikeapro I had the chance to see some of the best blues musicians, BB King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy. they all came to Buenos Aires to play in the 90´s. But just like you I wish I´d seen Muddy Live, that must have been something!
‘Hard Again’ was the record that showed me the light too. It came out when I was 12, but I didn’t know better and didn’t buy it until I was 15: credit The Rolling Stones. From the very beginning of “Mannish Boy”… “Oooooohhhhhh yeah!!” Then that first crunch when everything hits at once and crushes the air from your lungs, it was so natural and powerful and beautiful and different… Johnny Winter (“Yeah, we got that one down!!!”) deserved a ticket to Heaven for getting that record made.
Great job. Mudd is like listening to an experiment.
Cheers!
Pure genius
When I visited Clarksdale Mississippi back in '08 - I pulled an old piece of metal out of the ground at Muddy Waters' childhood home. I've yet to make a belt-buckle out of it, but I will one day. ;)
That’s very cool!! He truly was one of the greatest of all time!! I was driving through LA listening to Muddy yesterday with the biggest smile on my face singing along! What a huge talent!
@@Producelikeapro - Thank you, Warren - Yes, Mud' certainly was...and still is! I wrote you on Facebook - check it. ;)
Thanks for the video! I will listen to one of his albums right now. 😎👍
Amazing! That makes me happy
Wow, thanks for introducing me to Muddy Waters. I cranked his album "Hard Again" (s'pose it's about his discovering the little blue pill).
Up until now, I didn't go near his music, assuming it would all sound: crusty old wax cylinder.. (prolly early stuff was).
Only took me over half a century, but now I'm a fan.
That’s amazing to hear!
So glad you became a fan!
Thanks for another awesome video. These videos will become a bible for forthcoming producers /recording engineers 👌
Thanks ever so much
The grand finale is very much in the vein of the 10-minute "Modern man blues" closing jam that 10CC played in Hammersmith Odeon ;) Thank you!
Magnifico estudio y vídeo
Great video. You mentioned the Band, they would be an interesting topic. Thanks.
Absolutely! Stay tuned!
Just spectacular! My best friend is a blues saxophonist who adores Muddy. BTW we're in Stl
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that
"Hard Again" sounds like a group of friends who are having way too much fun. Johnny Winter and crew stripped it all down. Guitar and a drummer who is so, so deep in the groove. Muddy can just hang back and be. Everyone knows what the music is supposed to be and "Hard Again" is just a stunner in full.
So true! Just an absolutely incredible work of art! One of the greatest albums ever made! The first time I heard I got goosebumps, still do just thinking about it!!!
I just purchased "Hard Again" based on this video. I'm certainly not new to blues, but for some reason I had never heard this album before. Wow! Right from the first track, the energy and groove is infectious. I was stamping my feet and bobbing my head to it, at work, pre-coffee. There was more life in the first song than most artists have in 10 albums. Brilliant!
@@Producelikeapro The re-recording of "Mannish Boy" is neck and neck with the original. Hearing Muddy go "Wooo!!" then the drum kicks in-WOW! Muddy wasn't a musician. He was a shaman.
Not sure you could call him a contemporary of Robert Johnson etc. He would have been a small child when Johnson died. You could definitely say it about Howling Wolf, Sister Rosette Tharpe et al. though
Inventor of the electric Blues
Yes Sir
Thanks Warren, great episode! I’m a huge Muddy fan as well. I would vacuum the blues section looking for Muddy. Spot on with the reference to Mr Guy, I also got into Buddy through the Folk Singer album. Great music, and Johnny Winter was very proud of rebooting Muddy’s career as well. Cheers!
An icon, no doubt, but despite what I knew about Muddy, this vid told me a great deal I didn't. Hugely interesting. Well done, and thanks
Thanks ever so much
I was hoping you would do the blues. Hard Again is amazing. I've been a blues fan since I was a kid in the 70's but I got Hard Again when it came out on CD and was blown away by Can't be satisfied. The slide part is brilliant! Played by Johnny Winter ... and they sound like they're having the time of their lives in the studio, laughing and joking with each other. at the end of the song when Muddy says something like "oh you were picking yo' ass off..." love it! Thanks for putting out this video.
Thanks ever so much! Agreed, what a masterpiece! Truly amazing
@@Producelikeapro love your channel.
@@createlovehappy Thanks ever so much! Did you watch our Robert Johnson video? th-cam.com/video/xyavojO_Slc/w-d-xo.html
@@Producelikeapro yes. I saw that one too. I love the song … you better Come on in my kitchen, it’s going to be rainin outdoors…
@@ProducelikeaproMuddy Waters amazing blues singer to me he is the best blues singer ever Hard Again is a great album king bee I’m ready without Muddy there whould never be The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Eric Clapton there whouldnt be Rock N Roll the stones even named there band after the Muddy Song Rollin Stone if it wasn’t for Muddy Waters Howlin Wolf Robert Johnson Bo Diddley there whouldnt be Rock N Roll
If you did Muddy you have definitely got to do Wolf.
On the list!
wow, this is gold for me. Not only I can learn about music pro, mix and tips with you. Also, you can put in our rardar the most important changes on music history. Thanks!
Thanks ever so much!
"Hard Again" is easily one of the BEST blues records ever. Remember the line in the movie "Crossroads?" "Muddy Waters invented ELECTRICITY!"
Oh yes, I remember that line!!
Thank you! I have been watching a documentary about another singer that inspired rock and roll as we know it. She also deserves a video by your good self: Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Peace.
Yes! I've already done an episode on her:- th-cam.com/video/oH2wHaC_z3U/w-d-xo.html
@@Producelikeapro I know! Thank you! What about ... Joan Armatrading? I still listen to her self-styled album from 1976 and the song "Love And Affection" still sounds timeless.
@@m17434 huge fan! Love and Affection is a masterpiece
@@Producelikeapro Thank you. I have always wondered why Joan Armatrading does not get the recognition she deserves ... She should be up there with Elton John! After all, she has been releasing albums since 1972 ... That is 50 years of working in the music industry!
@@m17434 it will come as soon as I can get to it!!
Mojo working was one of the first songs I learnt. You mentioned 2 other artists that would be worth a look; Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon. In a similar vein; T-Bone Walker. Keep 'em coming.
Richard Wayne Penniman, Glen Goodman, Judy Garland, Loui Armstrong, Fats Waller, John Lennon, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey
Fantastic deep dive! Came to know him in the 60s became a fan and got to see him a few times and meet him and share a drink with him at an obscure venue in rural Massachusetts. Still have Mojo Woikin and Hootchie Kootchie man in my rep.. Spent many an hour listenin to Muddy there was a lot of incredible soul in him! You forgot Muddy and the Wolf album with Muddy on one side with Mike Bloomfield and Co. maybe with some of Mud's band and Wolf with Clapton and Wyman, Watts and Hubert Sumlin. Anyway Long Distance call on Muddy's side is absolutely EPIC! I thought Electric Mud was a bit hokey and jive even as a jaded 16 yr old blues purist! Anyhow good exploration any guitarist worth his or her salt should investigate Mckinley Morganfield!!
Thank you Warren for this important historical rundown. For the casual fan, I really suggest starting with the Hard Again LP and working from there. Do explore tho. You will not regret it.
Saw him live!
AMAZING!!
The PBS documentary American Epic is an excellent 4 part series about the early history of field recording, where record-label talent scouts and semi-professional song catchers/music lovers like Alan Lomax fanned out to isolated parts of the country looking for people to record. The 3rd episode has a great story about the rediscovery of Mississippi John Hurt. An excellent series which fills in some of the gaps of other styles of music that weren't covered in Ken Burn's country music documentary, such as Hawaiian and Cajun music. The final episode of the series features a lovingly restored 1929 Western Electric portable recording system in gleaming brass and gold. Famous musicians such as Elton John, Willie and Waylon, and Jack White show up to record direct to disc onto a 78 RPM record, through one shared microphone. I streamed it from the Prime channel.
Thanks ever so much for sharing! I'll have to check that out!
I recently listened to the Chess Years singles album amd man! There's everything in this album. All is said, everything modern comes from there. And besides the historic and cultural importance, it's great to listen to these songs from the oldest to the latest and this be able to follow his own evolution. Muddy Waters is fundamental and should be taught in school !
Superb video.High on great information.Thank you ! I have to see where T Bone Walker's timeline was in comparison.Cos I love T Bone.
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I have a suggestion. Could you please compile your artists and songs that changed music into a playlist you regularly add to? I would like to see a single page of these videos I can share with people.
Hi Roger, they are always out into one playlist. If you go to the home page you find it. Thanks ever so much for your wonderful support
Imagine all the music that would have been lost if not for Alan Lomax and a few others. And props to all the British rockers in the 60s who gave credit to the old Blues guys and consequently got a lot of young American kids into music from our own country.
If you are interested in how this happened, I strongly recommend the book Roots, Radicals and Rockers by Billy Bragg.
It is spectacularly insightful and connected a lot of the dots for me.
It says a lot about America too.
All it took was just one static-electricity spark from the brush as you wiped away the shavings from the disc-cutter, and you'd have a really hot hit record on your hands!
Hey Warren, have you read Billy Braggs book ‘Roots, Radicals and Rockers’? (I know it sounds like a Rancid album)
Definitely worth getting. It’ll help with your Lonnie Donnegan episode as well!
Can you do a series on PRODUCERS who changed music?
What a story damn...
Incredible talent
@@Producelikeapro that band he had was deadly,I would of loved to of seen that live
Aloha!
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I live in Newport, Rhode Island .
Fantastic!