British guitarist reacts to Muddy Waters, an inspirational blues LEGEND!!
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- Tonight I'm taking a look at a legend of the blues, Mr. Muddy Waters!
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Muddy + Johnny = best combination ever. How as a young man you know this blows me away (as an old guy) your insight is cool. Way cool! You get it!
Fil never seems to let me down, he can put into words what I can only hear! I'm 60 and have enjoyed a whole lot because he does get it and his analyses I find detail his musical knowledge!
Wise beyond his years.
Couldn't agree more. My favorite guitar-related channel BY FAR! Fil uses very plain speech to describe very complicated things (the key to communication), which in many instances, only a guitarist would know; plus, he describes the finer nuances accurately, regardless of genra -- a real guitar-head; actually, a real music-head -- my kind of people!
As a social researcher, I've been thinking of conducting a study about this channel (w concent of course). Fil doesn't demonstrate a negative attitude and that evokes the same behavior in his viewers. Check out the responses in his comment section -- typically mild mannered. Seeing that we are on TH-cam: mostly a cesspool of hatred, it's a rather remarkable phenomenon haha.
Love the channel; love the Mud!
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Excuse me for breaking into this thread. Fil, you do get it. I think loving my brother's 50s records my Dad's Billie Holliday to Duke Ellington and right up through my generation (67 here) and beyond, I got it when my Dad interrupted a card game to have everyone hear his favorite trombone solo, there's just enthusiasm for music that's timeless and helps new musicians create.
He had such an extraordinary influence on American and British guitarist and bands. 👍😎
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I saw Muddy perform countless times going back to the early 70's. I had many oppurtunities to speak with Muddy. A TRUE GENTLEMAN. I recorded a set he did at the Quiet Knight in Chicago shortly before he died. Muddy after he did his regular set did a solo set with his red Tele and just sat on his stool and played 7 solo songs. All featured stinging slide guitar...almost micro tonal slides...nit these big wide solo lines...more like Bloomfield. And you know where Bloomfield got it from! There is,a fantastic version of Hoochie Coochie Man by Hendrix from a nightclub jam....very rare and hard to find. Its from 68. Jimi sings and plays great lead guitar. Also someone plays slide guitar behind it but its not known who. Its not the BBC version with Alexis Korner playing the slide. Another version which is extremely good is with the Band Of Gypsys. Its from the Baggy Rehearsals. And around 7 or more versions are out there by Jimi from 67-68.
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I had the pleasure of seeing Muddy live opening for Eric Clapton in 1979. Also saw John Lee Hooker in 1984 too. The guy playing the solo was getting a cool Albert King vibrato with the Bigsby.
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Muddy opening for Clapton? Should have been the other way around. Teacher before student.
In 1958, Muddy Waters was pallbearer at the funeral of Big Bill Broonzy, a man who helped him get started on the Chicago music scene. Big Bill played strictly old time acoustic blues, wrote over 300 songs, was a great singer and true blues pioneer. Had he lived a generation later he would have been a major star.
Muddy has that thing that words fail to describe. and he knows it and plays with it, wonderful to see.
Muddy is my favorite blues artist. He exhibited so much feeling.
I personally believe that music is all about communicating emotion. No one understood this more than Muddy Waters, and BB King.
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When the blues were just that, he can lay down a lick! Plus, I like his dirty talk:)
His lyrics are rich and so humorous !
What can you say really. That voice is so unreal A true legend. Fil. You are On the top of your game. Very enjoyable to watch.
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Saw him 1980 Johnson City, TN with Eric Clapton and His Band. They did 2 encores and paper next day said it was only show on tour that they both jammed together on stage. Corrupted our friend David for life that night . It was great. Long Distance Call!😄
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I’m always impressed with how tight Muddy Waters’ bands were, with everyone playing together to support the vocal. Think of all the musicians who passed through his band and were schooled in the art. I feel blessed that I was able to see MW live several times in the 60s and 70s. My favourite song is “You Can’t Spend What You Ain’t Got,” followed by “Same Thing.”
Please add to the video list the analysis of one of his classic slide guitar solos.
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Now you've gone and done it...Muddy, THE MAN! We share the same birthday. Johnny Winter, my first guitar god, was my high school connection, back when he produced & played on 3 of Muddy's Grammy winning records. Back in the early '80's, I had the privilege of seeing him live, twice. I've gone to thousands of live shows, but few performers exude his kind of raw, sheer magnetism...seriously! He played a lot of slide guitar one of those two shows...such a killer stylist! Johnny tried to coax him to play more open tunings, but he was older and set in his standard tuning ways. I saw Paul Rodgers on that same Muddy Waters tour, with Little Feat's great, Ritchie Hayward.
Fil, I'd like to suggest an analysis of an overlooked blues guitar great and former Muddy Waters alumni...John Lee Hooker's cousin, Earl Hooker. The man many Chicago blues insiders cited as the best player in town!
I saw Muddy playing with exactly this line-up in a bar in St. Louis -- front row center. What an honor! This film brings back memories. Muddy, T-Bone, Gatemouth and Hooker provided the blueprints for everyone else to follow.
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Muddy is the main reason I play a Telecaster. BB is why I own a 335. Even the Rolling Stones took their name from his version of Catfish Blues called "Rolling Stone", SRV used "Double Trouble". Muddy is absolutely great.
Another old man here who grew up in NYC who appreciates your teaching. I saw Muddy and JL Hooker on the same bill at Lincoln Center and was Amazed. Thanks so much FIL.
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I went to see Muddy Waters in the late 70's or early 80's at a bar in Algonquin Illinois called Harry Hope's . I went to the men's room which was down a hallway. I met Muddy Water coming out of the men's room and shook his hand. I said to him "It's great to meet you." He said to me, "It's great to meet you." He had a wonderful face. I also saw Albert King at the same place.
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MUDDY WATERS AND JOHNNY WINTER IS TO DIE FOR, ......
Thanks. Muddy is awesome!
You should react to his Newport folk festival performance of Got My Mojo Working. I believe it was 1960. AMAZING!
Right on Fil Love Muddy what a voice.
Muddy Waters is one of the most influential musicians of the last century. You can hear his influence in rock, country, R&B, and jazz today. He was one of the influences in my guitar playing when I was younger (1960's).
I think Johnny Winter deserves some credit for again bringing Muddy's music to a new generation with the 2 albums they recorded together. Muddy once said about Johnny, "that's my son". Rory Gallagher also recorded the London Sessions with Muddy and ? Didn't? he buy his caddy from him?. Had to get my Rory plug in! Gary Moore was obviously one of the all time greats but the 2nd greatest guitarist from Ireland but I digress{again} . Thanks for the analysis and the video.
Yes those Johnny Winters albums with Muddy are great. It was three albums four if the you count the live one they did with James Cotton.
Yes Rory did do sessions with Muddy and indeed he purchased his 69 Catty
@@eddietruly8807 And Rory just happens to be my favorite guitarist which I realize is a dead giveaway.
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@@chriso5374 Is Gary Moore Irish? I thought he was born in Northern Ireland, which is a foreign country. Ah, sure, we're all Irish? Fucking Fantasy Ireland.
He is epic!!! So awesome!
There is an old old Austin City Limits program with Johnny Winter playing and yelling in the the background. Muddy call Johnny his son and they truly loved each other. It's great! Johnny does some of his best playing on it and on his studio albums. If you can find it is well worth it. Keep it up Fil! Love your videos!
Hi Fil! Muddy Waters, you've got more than just a legend here, you've got a real bluesman! Cheers!
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Hey Fil! Fathers and Sons Album I wore it out. I was fortunate to see Muddy live in Seattle.Thanks!!
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Thank you sharing this blues guitar legend and super performer. Relaxed style and seductive voice. Absolutely wonderful. It keeps it real
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Yo, Fil: Love me some Muddy Waters. It was some time in the early 80's that I realized that my entire record collection at that time was mostly British Rock (despite being an American) and that every LP had at least one obviously straight Blues track i.e. numbered Led Zeppelin, early Savoy Brown, early Jethro Tull. The Blues mean a lot to me.
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Fil, once again, spot on! Amazing how many musicians have been influenced by this legend! 🤘
FWIW- if you ever get the opportunity, pack your bags and get to Memphis, TN- Beale street. You'll understand why!
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Chicago has a hoppin blues tradition also.
Analysis of so many great influences guarantees a great music lover. TYVM for introducing your audience to so many legends.
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Many are inspired by Muddy. I come to you through Bo Diddly, a truly special guitar player, singer and human being. Unfortunately you forgot to mention 1 musician (guitarist, harmonica) and singer who started making music through a Muddy Water record. He is 1 of the club of 27 and is always forgotten. Despite having an even bigger influence on the music world, even now. His life story is unique and scary at the same time. A nature lover like no one else has been in the music world after him. What a BLIND OWL we must be. Alan Wilson RIP. I don't believe you've discussed this man yet. Greetings from the Netherlands.🌷
Fil, you ROCK! I am a huge Muddy fan. My favorite album/CD is 'They Call Me Muddy Waters'. There's not one bad song on it. You can listen to Zeppelin after that specific cd and literally pick pieces of songs that are all Muddy! I'm not sure of the verbiage to use, as I'm not formally educated musically in any way, but music is a huge part of my life, and always has been. I'm so happy to have found your channel. Richie Kotzen and Muddy Waters in one week! Life is good. 😍🤟
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Such a great point about vibrato and emotiveness. After listening to Jimi for hours a day my whole life it is always so eye opening to listen to his influences. Catfish Blues cover by jimi is one of my favorites. The bends and whammy bar vibrato along with the vibrato of jimi's voice make for a rollercoaster of emotion. According to one of his girlfriends in an interview somewhere jimi worked really hard to sound like Muddy and get the vibrato in his voice. Jimi listened incessantly to Muddy just like the rest of us and you can totally hear it in his playing. :)
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My friend Fil.... I seriously respect your music education.
I’ll be 60 in January. I learn something on all your videos. 🤘🔥☠️
And your LOTR dedication. 👏
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bluesland artists 🤘 just great 🎸
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Fil knows his history.
Muddy's Chess records band is the best Blues band ever recorded. Jimmy Rogers-Guitar, Willie Dixon-Bass, Otis Spann- piano, Little Water - harmonica, Elgin Edmonds - drums
Buddy Guy was in Muddy's band in the late 50's.
Muddy influenced EVERYBODY
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Have you heard the Muddy album Folk Singer? It's just Muddy and Buddy Guy on acoustic. An absolutely wonderful album.
He was great! What an inspiration!👍😎🎸🎶
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A damn good one tonight, you can never go wrong with a blues analysis! Him and really only a handful of others start the family tree, the genre has produced some real Legends♡
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back in the day(1968?) me and the boys dropped some acid and went to Seattle's Eagles Auditorium to see Spirit, the opening act was Muddy Waters. Our only blues experience was covers by yardbirds,animals,cream,etc. These guys were wearing matching maroon suits,white shirts,and thin black ties. And man oh man, we were all blown away. After the concert we were all talking about our new discovery... "the blues" ;)
Thanks Fil. Muddy Waters is one of the all time greats, that's for sure. Although there's no fancy lead break on it (just phenomenal driving rhythm) check out his rendition of "Mannish Boy" on The Band's Last Waltz movie.
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Loving this ~ and your reactions as well, it's a bluesy night here in Sasquatch country, Pacific Northwest ~ oh, yeah ~
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Two of my _all-time_ favorite Blues songs is Muddy's 'Black Night', which cuts right through me everytime, and the version of 'Mannish Boy' he did with Johnny Winter yelling in the background, from the album 'Hard Again'.
Loving the expertise you bring to these videos, always interesting, dude!
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His guitarist Bob Margolin is still touring and has that Muddy vibe like no one else. Gets you chills every time. Muddy was the man.
There is nothing more to he said about Muddy, he had the voice, the attitude.
On the road to 30K..Good one again! Thanks Fil! Oh yeaaaaaaah!!!!!
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Great pick. My favorite era of blues!
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Straight up awesomeness.
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You gotta love John Lee Hooker! You are the man, thank you for turning on young people to the Masters. I'm 62, nothing better ever than Muddy...
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Everybody walking, strolling, and then rag and turn around, but it really is how the group works together to make a song.
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Great review as usual Fil. I always enjoy them. Check out Jimmy Vaugh. He is Stevies brother. He highly revered by all the old blues guys. He carries on the tradition of old style blues guitar. Was Stevies favorite playersand inspiration.
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Aside from him being one of the quintessential pioneers of the music we listen to today, "Muddy Waters" is the most kickass blues name of all time. I guess that's why he's the Hoochie Coochie Man!
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Wednesday, May 11, 1977 at the Roxy (still have the ticket stud) Muddy Water join by Greg Allman, 45 minutes. Thank you Gerald Wilson.
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Saw Muddy Waters at Le Coq d'Or on Yonge St in Toronto. We had just finished a session at RCA Studios, so a bunch of us went to see him. When we walked in the band was sitting at a table drinking; the place was empty! Since there were 7 of us, 5 or fewer and they wouldn't be required under union rules to play, they got up and started playing; they looked pissed off to start with, but they got into it; a few more people came in and Muddy got serious; he sounded great. One of the best REAL bluesmen, not just some white dude playing blues-style.
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A bit off topic: another guy who gave a number of people their start and also does a great rendition of Hoochie Coochie Man is Long John Baldry. Great voice for blues, great on stage presence and always a great band behind him. Elton John got his name from Long John and the drummer (Elton) when he played with them.
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I kept seeing your youtube channel whenever I would look at videos and kept passing you by until one day, I gave it a shot and I was really surprised at how interesting your videos are. I regularly watch your channel now. Great work.
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Soulful! Just beautiful to listen to.l Love how Muddy sings and tells a story, absolute brilliance! The king of the blues! Really enjoyed this Fil, thank you!!👌👌👌
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Fil your positivity is contagious!
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I only saw Muddy once I think 1979 opening for Bonnie Raitt, ticket should have been reversed but Bonnie had Muddys harmonica player sit in Jerry Portnoy.
Thanks, good video as always. An idea for you to consider, a power trio analysis, it's interesting to see how the players work together to Fill all the spaces.
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Only Howlin' Wolf can be compared to his greatest Chicago Blues rival Muddy Waters,he was a great slide guitar player also,as well as that voice and harmonica.
Don't forget the Jeff Beck Group did "You Shook Me" and Taste did "Catfish Blues."
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Andy McKinney whenever I'm down: I blast Rory doing Catfish Blues live, can't be sad after that
His contributions to the genre are timeless and still relevant today.. the album Folk Singer is phenomenal🤟🏻.
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Complete wizard
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My favorite Bluesman of all time. Wish you'd picked one where he played more though.
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Father of the blues ❤The great Muddy waters ❤ . I hope to see some from Godfather of the Blues The great Son House too.
Another great post Phil thanks
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If no one else has mentioned it, check out for analysis the live tv recording in 1966 of Muddy (with another legend James Cotton awesome on harmonica) killin' it with Got My Mojo Working.
gonna do a patreon contribution!
Fil, you are always amazing, but as a vocalist myself, when you started talking about vibrato and emotive relationship with others, connecting with your listener, you just absolutely blew me away!!! You get it, you really do! You continuously never fail to amaze me. Again, especially at your young age, and in various genres and time periods not even within your own years!
Thanks Gwendolyn! ☺
Talk about the blues, Muddy Waters is the blues.
So love your videos.
So many, haven't gotten to half your material yet.
But glad you've done so many that there's always a new one i haven't seen and get to enjoy a new old one.
So glad you did MW.
These pioneers are still being studied to this day trying to figure out not just his sound, but how he got his sound to cause all sorts of emitions like he could.
Clapton has done a very good and super awesome version of Hoochie Coochie.
It's hard to believe for some folks there could be a better version of this.
And though I'm not sure why, nobody will ever do it as percect as Muddy Waters did.
Or as as Robert Johnson was able to do.
Keep uo this informative, fun channel as long as you can btw!
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In my blues collection I have alot of the Chess stuff. Muddy. Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf. Chicago Blues 50's era is the best!! I"ve seen plenty of video's of Muddy playing slide. In my Chess collection I have more Muddy than anybody else else. Also the stuff he recorded on Blue Sky with Johnny Winter in the 70's. Oh yea I have the Paul Rodgers album Muddy Water Blues!!
Muddy Waters is a legend.
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P. S. Austin City Limits is a long running PBS series .
As a guitar player, I think blues piano is just fucking awesome!! Such a cool accompaniment to a song.
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fil, would like to see you do a guitar cover of still a fool, his best song, i think
Another good analysis, Fil.
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Blues had a baby , named it Rock and Roll
The man responsible for electrifying the Country Blues.
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Muddy is the man. Thanks for doing this. By the way, I'm pretty sure that was Luther Johnson playing the lead. It's too bad you didn't use a video with Muddy playing lead on slide, but I'm not complaining; this is great. I saw him 3 times. Nothing like Muddy and his band on a great night. When he passed it in 1983, it really upset me.
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A young friend of mine said that, "the blues was copied from rock and roll." I had to disabuse him of that notion.
The Band also had Muddy at their Last Waltz concert/film to sing "Mannish Boy." Martin Scorsese was directing the film and didn't recognize the title of the song so he called for the camera operators to shutdown and reload their film during the performance. Scorsese then recognized the iconic song when Muddy started to sing it. Scorsese started shouting into his director's mic asking if anyone was still filming. Luckily one of the camera operators had gotten so annoyed by Scorsese's constant directions that he had taken his headset off and didn't hear the order to stop filming and he was still rolling. Scorsese said, "I lucked out on that one."
Haha he did indeed!
Most non-blues devotees have no idea how good of a guitar ripper Muddy was...they think he was only a singer.
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So so so good, so good! Damn. If your going on a blues kick, which would rock, got check out Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, not sure if he fits your channel, he does fit listening to though! 🤟
I was thinking the same. For some reason I've been listening to Gatemouth this past week! Haven't listened to him in a long time.
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There's some pretty cool footage of Clarence and Roy Clark playing together. Seems like an odd pairing till you see it and then it makes complete sense.
Awesome video! Have u ever reacted to Eddie Hazel's version of California Dreaming? He's an awesome guitarist from the band Funkadelic!😁😁 I love the mamas and the papas version but Eddie Hazel's version takes the song to a whole other level!☺☺😊
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Mr. Waters is GOAT.....
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LOL, my daughter and I used to talk to each other in blues voice: "Well you know you gotta do your homework, ba nyrnyrnry." "But I wanna watch House now ba nyrnyrnry" ...
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how could players back then be that messed up and play so good....amazing
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Excellent commentary on a blues legend! I would really like to hear your thoughts on another group of musical legends... Plant and Page of the supergroup Led Zeppelin. Perhaps you could break down one of their live performances and offer some insight into their music😎👍
It's difficult because of the restrictions on the copyrights unfortunately!
Once again, thanks for highlighting all these great artists. Still have all my old vinyl Muddy and Howling albums. Your videos have showcased people that I've overlooked in the past (utube is wonderful for finding new artists). From one of your other shows I found an artists I hadn't known, Sue Foley - an older style of blues - this clip shows off her skill on the guitar - also rounds out the artists with another lady - th-cam.com/video/f9r62Xc287s/w-d-xo.html
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Matt "Guitar" Murphy on lead guitar
Hey Fil! You should look up a video from Hee-Haw with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Roy Clark doing the A-Train! Great playing by them and the backing band!
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I love blues. But my favorite is the really old time.
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Hell to the yayuh !
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Insanely great pick, Fil. Oftentimes i'll chime in without viewing the whole thing but this was different. Muddy was so important. Loved the ABB mention. That cover of this track was among the many life changing tracks in my life. First i thought it was Johnny Winter due to the late Great Berry Oakley's vocal. Then years later ('08) i was bored with how my CyberTwin sounded one afternoon and jammed on this track from Beginnings using an OD bought just because the reviews were all great, a Bad Monkey thru a semi-clean Fender setting (BF Bassman). Tone for years. Have to mention Johnny Winter since as a GP reader, i have the co-cover shot during what i believe was the Hard Again release. man, a later issue showed him as a pall bearer for MacKinley Morganfields funeral, the man known as Muddy Waters.
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Check out Armik. He plays flamenco/jazz. Incredible technique.
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Genial
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If u don’t get goosebumps listening to muddy then u have no soul.
Of course the stones got there name from a muddy song.
Keith was once asked if he could who’s life would he love to live and u guessed it. Yes of course it’s muddy. Fil u had a few of my kind of cats on the last week or so and the others u always turning me onto new cats. Fantastic fil 👍👍👍.
As always ✌️&❤️ fae🏴
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Should have known u knew the stones story but I didn’t no the. Magazine took there name from him either.
Mike Bloomfield &mick Taylor plz fil.
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