36 >> B&R >> 200 37 >> B&R >> 200 THE COMPLETE MUDDY WATERS DISCOGRAPHY Compiled by Phil Wight and Fred Rothwell THE germ of the idea for this discography was first spawned back in the early 1980s. Lacking any cohesive post 1966 Muddy listing (1966 being the ‘cut off’ point for the first edition of Leadbitter and Slaven’s ‘Blues Records’) I decided to compile a post 1966 Muddy Waters discography, the aim being to possibly publish it in Pickin’ The Blues magazine. Fred got in touch with me in answer to a query in PTB; he had been working on a Muddy disco on his own so we decided to pool resources. We took the decision to make it really comprehensive by including all the sessions Muddy had played on, not just issues under his own name, and to list as many issues and reissues as possible. Unfortunately PTB ceased publication and the manuscript was hawked around several places but never found a home. Finally Blues & Rhythm took the plunge and in 1991 it was published as an A5 size booklet under the Blues & Rhythm imprint. It sold very well, garnered a lot of praise and ran to two printings. Since then we have tried to keep it up to date as possible, adding a lot of new material and generally correcting mistakes. It was also published as part of Sandra Tooze’s Muddy biography. For this re-publication the decision was taken to remove all reissue details of long gone LPs, EPs etc and in most cases only list the original issue (whether it be 78, 45, LP or CD), with significant CD reissues added for certain sessions. No doubt there will be errors, we can’t claim to have got it 100 per cent correct so if anyone has new information feel free to contact Fred or me via B&R. Mention must also be made of the excellent research done by Scott Dirks, Tony Glover and Ward Gaines, the authors of ‘Blues With A Feeling – The Little Walter Story’, which has been of tremendous help in correctly identifying the harmonica players on many of the Chess sessions. Phil Wight MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD McKinley Morganfield vcl-1, speech-2, gtr-3; Son Simms speech-4, gtr-5; Alan Lomax speech-6; John Work speech-7 Stovall, Miss. circa 24-31 Aug. 1941 4769-A-1(a) Country Blues -1-3 LC, AAFS 18, AFSL4, Testament LP2210, MCA CD 9344 4769-A-1(b) Interview No.1 -2-3-6 LC, MCA CHD 9344 4769-A-2(a) I Be’s Troubled -1-3 LC, MFS 18, AFSL4, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 9344 4769-A-2(b) Interview No. 2 -2-4-6-7 LC, MCA CHD 9344 4770-B-1 Burr Clover Farm Blues LC, MCA CHD 9344 -1-2-3-4-5 4770-B-2 Interview No. 3 -2-4-7 LC, MCA CHD 9344 SON SIMMS FOUR McKinley Morganfield gtr, vcl-1; Percy Thomas gtr, vcl-2; Son Simms violin; Louis Ford mandolin, vcl-3; group members foot-tapping, vcl interjections-4 Stovall, Miss., Fri. 24 July 1942 Ramblin’ Kid Blues LC, MCA CHD9344 (partial) -1-4 6628-A-6 Ramblin’ Kid Blues -1-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-A-7 Rosalie -1-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-A-8 Joe Turner -3-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-B-1 Pearlie May Blues -2 LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD McKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr, speech-1; Son Simms gtr-2; Charles Berry gtr- 3; Stovall, Miss., Fri. 24 July 1942 6628-B-2 Take A Walk With Me -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 9344 6628-B-3 Burr Clover Blues -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 9344 Interview No. 4 -1 MCA CHD 9344 6629-A-1 I Be Bound To Write LC, Testament LP 2210, To You -3 MCA CHD 9344 6629-A-2 I Be Bound To Write LC, MCA CHD 9344 To You -3 6629-A-3 You’re Gonna Miss Me LC, Testament LP 2210, When I’m Gone MCA CHD 9344 MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD McKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr; prob. Charles Berry gtr-1 prob. Clarksdale. Miss., poss. 20-24 July 1942 6666-A-3 You Got To Take Sick And LC, Testament LP 2210, Die Some Of These Days MCA CHD 9344 6666-B-1 Why Don’t You Live So LC, Testament LP 2210, God Can Use You MCA CHD 9344 6666-K2 Country Blues LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 9344 6667-A-1 You’re Gonna Miss Me LC, MCA CHD 9344 When I’m Gone 6667-F3 32-20 Blues -1 LC, MCA CHD 9344 JAMES ‘SWEET LUCY’ CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; prob. Alex Atkins alto sax; prob. Lee Brown pno; unk. clarinet; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass Chicago, 1946 1597 Mean Red Spider 20th Century 20-51 B Reverse by James ‘Sweet Lucy’ Carter. HOMER HARRIS Homer Harris vcl; Muddy Waters gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; James Clark pno; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946 CCO4649 I’m Gonna Cut Your Head Testament LP 2207 CCO4650 Atomic Bomb Blues Testament LP 2207 CCO4651 Tomorrow Will Be Too Late Testament LP 2207 MUDDY WATERS Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; poss Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; James Clark pno; prob. Judge Riley drum Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept 1946 CCO4652-1 Jitterbug Blues Testament LP 2207 CCO4653-1 Hard Day Blues Testament LP 2207 CCO4654-1 Burying Ground Blues Testament LP 2207 JAMES (BEALE STREET) CLARK James Clark pno, vcl; Muddy Waters gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946 CCO4655-1 Come To Me Baby Columbia 37391, 30020, (What Evil Have I Done) Testament LP 2207 CCO4656-1 You Can’t Make The Grade Columbia 37391, 30020, Testament LP 2207 SUNNY LAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATER Sunnyland Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass; unk, drums Chicago, 1947 U7056 Johnson Machine Gun Aristocrat 1301 U7057 Fly Right, Little Girl Aristocrat 1301 MUDDY WATER WITH SUNNYLAND SLIM Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Sunnyland Slim pno; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass; unk. drums Chicago, 1947 U7058 Gypsy Woman Aristocrat 1302 U7059 Little Anna Mae Aristocrat 1302 MUDDY WATERS Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass, Sunnyland Slim pno Chicago, April 1948 U7108 Good Lookin’ Woman Chess LP 680002 U7109 Mean Disposition Chess LP 2057 SUNNYLAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATERS Sunnyland Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass Chicago, April 1948 U7110 She Ain’t Nowhere Aristocrat 1304 U7111 My Baby, My Baby Aristocrat 1304 MUDDY WATERS WITH RYTHM (SIC) ACCOMPANIMENT Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass Chicago, April 1948 U7112 I Can’t Be Satisfied (Looking Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514 For My Baby – Chess 1514) U7113 I Feel Like Going Home Aristocrat 1305
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THE COMPLETE MUDDY WATERS DISCOGRAPHY
Compiled by Phil Wight and Fred RothwellTHE germ of the idea for this discography was first spawned back in the early 1980s. Lacking any cohesive post 1966 Muddy listing (1966 being the ‘cut off’ point for the first edition of Leadbitter and Slaven’s ‘Blues Records’) I decided to compile a post 1966 Muddy Waters discography, the aim being to possibly publish it in Pickin’ The Blues magazine. Fred got in touch with me in answer to a query in PTB; he had been working on a Muddy disco on his own so we decided to pool resources. We took the decision to make it really comprehensive by including all the sessions Muddy had played on, not just issues under his own name, and to list as many issues and reissues as possible. Unfortunately PTB ceased publication and the manuscript was hawked around several places but never found a home.Finally Blues & Rhythm took the plunge and in 1991 it was published as an A5 size booklet
under the Blues & Rhythm imprint. It sold very well, garnered a lot of praise and ran to two printings. Since then we have tried to keep it up to date as possible, adding a lot of new material and generally correcting mistakes. It was also published as part of Sandra Tooze’s Muddy biography.For this re-publication the decision was taken to remove all reissue details of long gone LPs,
EPs etc and in most cases only list the original issue (whether it be 78, 45, LP or CD), with significant CD reissues added for certain sessions. No doubt there will be errors, we can’t claim to have got it 100 per cent correct so if anyone has new information feel free to contact Fred or me via B&R.Mention must also be made of the excellent research done by Scott Dirks, Tony Glover and
Ward Gaines, the authors of ‘Blues With A Feeling – The Little Walter Story’, which has been of tremendous help in correctly identifying the harmonica players on many of the Chess sessions.
Phil Wight
MCKINLEY MORGANFIELDMcKinley Morganfield vcl-1, speech-2, gtr-3; Son Simms speech-4, gtr-5; Alan Lomax speech-6; John Work speech-7
SON SIMMS FOURMcKinley Morganfield gtr, vcl-1; Percy Thomas gtr, vcl-2; Son Simms violin; Louis Ford mandolin, vcl-3; group members foot-tapping, vcl interjections-4
MCKINLEY MORGANFIELDMcKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr, speech-1; Son Simms gtr-2; Charles Berry gtr-3; Stovall, Miss., Fri. 24 July 1942
6628-B-2 Take A Walk With Me -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 93446628-B-3 Burr Clover Blues -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 9344 Interview No. 4 -1 MCA CHD 93446629-A-1 I Be Bound To Write LC, Testament LP 2210, To You -3 MCA CHD 9344 6629-A-2 I Be Bound To Write LC, MCA CHD 9344 To You -3 6629-A-3 You’re Gonna Miss Me LC, Testament LP 2210, When I’m Gone MCA CHD 9344
MCKINLEY MORGANFIELDMcKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr; prob. Charles Berry gtr-1
prob. Clarksdale. Miss., poss. 20-24 July 1942
6666-A-3 You Got To Take Sick And LC, Testament LP 2210, Die Some Of These Days MCA CHD 93446666-B-1 Why Don’t You Live So LC, Testament LP 2210, God Can Use You MCA CHD 93446666-K2 Country Blues LC, Testament LP 2210, MCA CHD 93446667-A-1 You’re Gonna Miss Me LC, MCA CHD 9344 When I’m Gone 6667-F3 32-20 Blues -1 LC, MCA CHD 9344
JAMES ‘SWEET LUCY’ CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRAMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; prob. Alex Atkins alto sax; prob. Lee Brown pno; unk. clarinet; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass
Chicago, 1946
1597 Mean Red Spider 20th Century 20-51 B Reverse by James ‘Sweet Lucy’ Carter.
HOMER HARRISHomer Harris vcl; Muddy Waters gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; James Clark pno; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946
CCO4649 I’m Gonna Cut Your Head Testament LP 2207CCO4650 Atomic Bomb Blues Testament LP 2207CCO4651 Tomorrow Will Be Too Late Testament LP 2207
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; poss Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; James Clark pno; prob. Judge Riley drum
Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept 1946
CCO4652-1 Jitterbug Blues Testament LP 2207CCO4653-1 Hard Day Blues Testament LP 2207CCO4654-1 Burying Ground Blues Testament LP 2207
CCO4655-1 Come To Me Baby Columbia 37391, 30020, (What Evil Have I Done) Testament LP 2207CCO4656-1 You Can’t Make The Grade Columbia 37391, 30020, Testament LP 2207
SUNNY LAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATERSunnyland Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass; unk, drums
Chicago, 1947
U7056 Johnson Machine Gun Aristocrat 1301U7057 Fly Right, Little Girl Aristocrat 1301
MUDDY WATER WITH SUNNYLAND SLIMMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Sunnyland Slim pno; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass; unk. drums
Chicago, 1947
U7058 Gypsy Woman Aristocrat 1302U7059 Little Anna Mae Aristocrat 1302
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass, Sunnyland Slim pno
Chicago, April 1948
U7108 Good Lookin’ Woman Chess LP 680002U7109 Mean Disposition Chess LP 2057
SUNNYLAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATERSSunnyland Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest ‘Big’Crawford, bass
Chicago, April 1948
U7110 She Ain’t Nowhere Aristocrat 1304U7111 My Baby, My Baby Aristocrat 1304
MUDDY WATERS WITH RYTHM (SIC) ACCOMPANIMENTMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass
Chicago, April 1948
U7112 I Can’t Be Satisfied (Looking Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514 For My Baby – Chess 1514)U7113 I Feel Like Going Home Aristocrat 1305
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ST. LOUIS JIMMY WITH MUDDY WATERS AND HIS BLUES COMBOSt. Louis Jimmy Oden vcl; Oliver Alcorn tenor sax; Sunnyland Slim pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass
Chicago 1948
UB9290A Florida Hurricane Aristocrat 7001UB9293A So Nice And Kind Aristocrat 7001
SUNNY LAND SLIM AND MUDDY WATER Little Walter vcl, hca; Muddy Waters vcl-1, gtr; Sunnyland Slim vcl-1, pno; Floyd Jones gtr, Leroy Foster drums
Chicago 1948
A Blue Baby Tempo Tone 1002B I Want My Baby -1 Tempo Tone 1002
MUDDY WATERS AND RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENTMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass
Chicago, Autumn 1948
U7131 Train Fare Home Aristocrat 1306 (Train Fare Home Blues)U7132 Down South Blues Chess LP 1511U7133 Kind Hearted Woman Chess LP 1511U7134 Sittin’ Here And Drinkin’ Aristocrat 1306 (Whiskey Blues)
U7148R You’re Gonna Miss Me (When Aristocrat 1307 I’m Dead And Gone)U7149R Mean Red Spider Aristocrat 1307U7150 Standin’ Here Tremblin’ Chess LP2057U7151R Streamline Woman Aristocrat 1310U7152 Hard Days Chess LP 6641174U7153R Muddy Jumps One (inst.) Aristocrat 1310
LEROY FOSTER AND MUDDY WATERSLeroy Foster vcl, gtr; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass Chicago, Tues. 30 Nov. 1948
U7154R Locked Out Boogie Aristocrat 1234U7155R Shady Grove Blues Aristocrat 1234
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass
Chicago, c. July 1949
U7199 Little Geneva Aristocrat 1311U7200 Canary Bird Aristocrat 1311U7201 Burying Ground Chess LP 6641174U7202 You Gonna Need My Help Chess MCA CHD2-9348
LITTLE JOHNNY (JONES)Johnny Jones vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Leroy Foster gtr, bass drum, hi-hat
Chicago, Summer 1949
U7213 Big Town Playboy Aristocrat 405U7214 Shelby County Blues Aristocrat 405
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Johnny Jones pno; Leroy Foster gtr, bass drum, hi-hat-1
Chicago, Summer 1949
U7215 Screamin’ And Cryin’ -1 Aristocrat 406U7216 Where’s My Woman Been -1 Aristocrat 406U7217 Last Time I Fool Around Chess LP 6641174 With You It has been suggested that the 2nd gtr on mx U7217 may be Tampa Red.
JIMMY ROGERSJimmy Rogers vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass; poss. Sunnyland Slim or Little Johnny Jones pno; unk. drums
Chicago,1949
1218-2 Ludella Regal (unissued) Biograph LP 12035
BABY FACE (SAVOY) OR BABY FACE LEROY TRIO OR LITTLE WALTER (HERALD) OR LITTLE WALTER TRIO (PARKWAY 502, REGAL)
Baby Face Leroy Foster vcl-1, drums; Little Walter vcl-2, hca-3, gtr-4, Muddy Waters vcl-5, gtr, vcl comment-6
Chicago, Jan.1950
R-1357 Bad Acting Woman -2 -4 Regal 3296H-511 I Just Keep Loving Her -2 -3 Parkway 502, Herald 403H-512 Boll Weevil -1 -3 Parkway 104, Herald 404H-513 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Part 1 Parkway 501, Herald 404 (Rollin’ Blues) -1 -2 -3 -5H-514 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Parkway 501 Part 2 -1 -2 -3 -5H-515 Red Headed Woman -1 -3 Parkway 104, Savoy 1122H-516 Muskadine Blues (Take A Regal 3296, Herald 403 Walk With Me) -2 -4H-517 Moonshine Blues Parkway 502, Savoy 1122 (Moonshine Baby) -2 -4 -6H-511 remastered as H-1004; H-512 as H-1007; H-514 as H-1006; H-515 as SBL-4460; H-516 as R-1356, H-1005; H-517 as SBL-4459. Although Herald 404 has matrix H514 in the wax it is matrix H513 that plays
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass-1; drums-2 (poss. Elgin Evans)
Chicago, Feb.1950
U7235 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Aristocrat 412 Part 1 -1-2U7236 Rollin’ and Tumblin’ Aristocrat 412 Part 2 -1-2U7237 Rollin’ Stone Chess 1426 Rollin’ Stone (alt. take) Chess LP 624474U7238 Walkin’ Blues -1 Chess 1426
MUDDY WATERS (1434) OR MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass, speech-1
Chicago, Summer 1950
U7261 You’re Gonna Need My Help I Chess 1434 Said (Gonna Need My Help) U7262 Sad Letter Blues Chess 1434U7263 Early Morning Blues-1 Chess 1490 (Before Daybreak) U7264 Appealing Blues Chess 1468 (Hello Little Girl)
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl-1, speech-2, gtr; Little Walter speech-1, hca; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass
Chicago, Mon. 23 Oct. 1950
U7275 Louisiana Blues -1 Chess 1441U7276 Evan’s Shuffle (Inst.) -2 Chess 1441 (Ebony Boogie)Part of the intro to U7275 is missing on some issues.
JIMMY ROGERSJimmy Rogers vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca -1, gtr-2, speech -3; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass
Chicago, Tues. 23 Jan. 1951
U7304 Long Distance Call -1-3 Chess 1452U7305 Too Young To Know -1 Chess 1452U7306 Honey Bee -2 Chess 1468U7307 Howling Wolf- -3 Chess LP 1553
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca-1, speech-2, gtr-3; Len Chess bass drum
Chicago, Wed. 11 July 1951
U7357 Country Boy Chess 1509 (All Night Long) -1-2U7358 She Moves Me -1 Chess 1490U7359 My Fault -1-2 Chess 1480U7360 Still A Fool -2-3 Chess 1480
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter vcl-1, hca; Jimmy Rogers vcl-1, gtr-2; Elgin Evans drums-2
Chicago, Sat. 29 Dec. 1951
U7413 They Call Me Muddy Waters -2 Chess LP 1553U7414 All Night Long Chess 1509 All Night Long (alt take) -2 Chess LP 6641047 All Night Long (alt take) -2 Chess MCA CD 0881123012U7415 Stuff You Gotta Watch -1-2 Chess LP 6641174 (Gal You Gotta Watch)U7416 Lonesome Day -2 Chess LP 6641174
LITTLE WALTER AND HIS NIGHT CATSLittle Walter vcl-1, hca; Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers gtr; Elgin Evans drums
Chicago, May 1952
U7437 Juke (Your Cat Will Play) Checker 758 Juke (alt. take 3) Chess MCA CD 2-9357U7438 Can’t Hold Out Much Checker 758 Longer -1 (Think Of Me) Can’t Hold Out Much Chess MCA CD 2-9357 Longer -1 (alt. take)
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Elgin Evans drums Chicago, May 1952
U7439 Please Have Mercy Chess 1514
JIMMY ROGERSJimmy Rogers vcl, gtr; Po' Bob Woodfork gtr; Henry Gray pno; Willie Dixon bass; A.J. Gladney drums
Chicago, 17 Aug. 1952
U7444 Mistreated Baby Chess LP 207U7445 The Last Time Chess 1519U7446 What's The Matter Chess LLP 207U7447 Out On The Road Chess 1519Muddy Waters has claimed to be the '2nd vocal' on 'The Last Time', if this is so then he may also be the second guitarist and not Bob Woodfork
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Junior Wells hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Elgin Evans drums Chicago, Wed. 17 Sept. 1952
U7476 Who’s Gonna Be Your Chess 1542 Sweet Man U7477 Standing Around Crying Chess 1526U7478 Gone To Main Street Chess 1526U7479 Iodine In My Coffee Chess LP 6641174
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Walter Horton hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; poss. Willie Nix drums
Chicago, poss. 9 Jan. 1953
U4332 Flood Chess LP 6641174U4333 My Life Is Ruined (Land Lady) Chess LP 1511U4334 She’s All Right Chess 1537 She’s All Right (alt take) Chess LP 1511U4335 Sad, Sad Day Chess 1537 Sad Sad Day (alt) MCA Chess CD 2-9393
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MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Elgin Evans drums Chicago, Mon. 4 May 1953
U7501A Turn The Lamp Down Low Chess 1542 (Baby Please Don’t Go) Baby Please Don’t Go (alt take) Argo LP 4034U7502 Loving Man Chess 1585
JIMMY ROGERSJimmy Rogers vcl, gtr, Muddy Waters gtr, Little Walter hca; Willie Dixon bass; Elgin Evans drums
Chicago, Mon. 4 May 1953
U7503 Left Me With A Broken Heart Chess 1543U7504 Act Like You Love Me Chess 1543 Act Like You Love Me (alt take) Chess MCA CD 2-9372
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Elgin Evans
Chicago, Thur. 24 Sept. 1953
U7551 Blow Wind Blow Chess 1550U7552 Mad Love (I Want You To Chess 1550 Love Me)
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl. gtr; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann; Willie Dixon bass; Elgin Evans or Fred Below drums
Chicago, Thur. 7 Jan 1954
U7589 I’m Your Hoochie Chess 1560 Coochie Man I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Chess LP 624474 Man (alt take)15035 Hootchie Kootchie Man Chess 1973 (U7589 with brass dubbed on)U7590 She’s So Pretty Chess 1560Pressings exist of U7589 titled 'I'm Your Hoochie Kooche Man' and I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man' The alt take of U7589 may have been issued on a ‘light blue’ repressing of Chess 1560
JIMMY ROGERS (AND HIS ROCKING FOUR-CHESS 1574)Jimmy Rogers vcl, gtr: Muddy Waters gtr; Little Walter hca; Henry Gray or Johnny Jones pno; Willie Dixon bass; Elgin Evans or Fred Below drums
Chicago, Thur. 7 Jan. 1954
U7591 Blues All Day Long Chess 1616 (Blues Leave Me Alone)U7592 Chicago Bound Chess 1574
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Little Walter hca; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Elgin Evans or Fred Below drums
Chicago, Tues. 13 April 1954
U7630 Just Make Love To Me (I Just Chess 1571 Want To Make Love To You)U7631 Oh Yeh (Oh Yeah) -1 Chess 1571
JIMMY ROGERSJimmy Rogers gtr, vcl; poss. Muddy Waters gtr; Little Walter hca; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Elgin Evans or Fred Below drums
1441-4 ‘Bout The Break Of Day States 139 (Early in The Morning)1442-1 Lord Lord (Lawdy Lawdy) (alt) Delmark CD DD6401442-2 Lord Lord (Lawdy Lawdy) States 1391443-7 So All Alone (Baby So Long) States 143 (Prison Bars All Around Me)1444-3 Blues Hit Big Town (slow) Delmark LP 640 (Goin’ Back To Tennessee)1444-5 Blues Hit Big Town (fast) Delmark LP 640 (Goin’ Back To Tennessee)On LP640, 1443-7 uses intercut intro. from unissued take 6; Muddy Waters probably does not play on all tracks.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Fred Below drums
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Fred Below drums
Chicago, Sept. 1954
U7746 I’m A Natural Born Lover Chess 1585U7747 Ooh Wee Chess 1724Probably from previous session mastered at later date
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; poss. Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Thur. 3 Feb 1955
U7783 This Pain Chess LPs 6040-6050U7784 Young Fashioned Ways Chess 1602 (Old Fashioned Ways)U7785 I Want To Be Loved Chess 1596 I Want To Be Loved (alt) MCA Chess CD 088112649-2U7797 My Eyes (Keep Me In Chess 1596 Trouble)
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl; Junior Wells hca; Otis Spann pno; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Willie Dixon bass; Francis Clay drums; vocal chorus
Chicago, Tues. 24 May 1955
U7846 Manish Boy Chess 1602
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSONSonny Boy Williamson vcl, hca; Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Fred Below drums
Chicago, Fri. 12 Aug 1955
U7889 Work With Me Chess LP 6641125U7890 Don’t Start Me To Talkin’ Checker 824U7891 All My Love in Vain Checker 824U7892 Good Evening Everybody Chess LP 6641125U7893 You Killing Me (On My Feet) Chess LP 6641125
MUDDY WATERS (AND HIS GUITAR – CHESS 1612)Muddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Thur. 3 Nov. 1955
U7937 I Got To Find My Baby Chess 1644U7938 Sugar Sweet (I Can’t Call Her Sugar) Chess 1612U7939 Trouble No More Chess 1612U7940 Clouds in My Heart Chess 1724
MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITARMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; James Cotton 2nd hca-1; Pat Hare gtr; Hubert Sumlin gtr; Otis Spann pno-2, Willie Dixon bass; poss. Fred Below drums
Chicago, Jan. 1956
8012 Forty Days And Forty Nights -2 Chess 16208013 All Aboard -1 Chess 1620
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Hubert Sumlin gtr; Pat Hare gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Odie Payne drums
Chicago, July 1956
8147 Just To Be With You Chess 16448148 Don’t Go No Farther Chess 16308149 Diamonds At Your Feet Chess 1630
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Hubert Sumlin gtr; Pat Hare gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Sat. 1 Dec 1956
8388 I Live The Life I Love Chess 1680 (I Love The Life I Live)8389 Rock Me Chess 16528390 (Not by Muddy Waters)8391 (Not by Muddy Waters)8392 Look What You’ve Done Chess 17588393 Got My Mojo Working Chess 1652
MUDDY WATERS (AND HIS GUITAR-CHESS 1667)Muddy Waters vcl; Marcus Johnson tenor sax; unk. tenor sax; James Cotton hca-1; Otis Spann pno; Pat Hare gtr; prob. Robert Lockwood gtr-2; Willie Dixon bass; poss. Fred Below drums
Chicago, May/June, 1957
8510 Good News Chess 16678511 Evil -1 Chess 16808512 Come Home Baby, I Wish Chess 1667 You Would8513 Let Me Hang Around -1 -2 Chess LP 2057
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; James Cotton hca; Otis Spann pno; Pat Hare gtr; Willie Dixon bass; poss. Fred Below drums
Chicago, 1958
8732 I Won’t Go On Chess 16928733 She’s Got It Chess 1692 She’s Got It (alt) Hip-o Select/Chess B0002758-28734 Born Lover Chess LP2057
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Otis Spann pno; Pat Hare gtr; Luther Tucker gtr; Willie Dixon bass; George Hunter drums
Chicago, Aug. 1958
8979 She’s Nineteen Years Old Chess 17048980 Close To You Chess 17049140 Walking Thru The Park Chess 1718 (Walking In The Park)
LITTLE WALTER AND HIS JUKESLittle Walter vcl-1, hca; Muddy Waters slide gtr; Luther Tucker gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Aug. 1958
8981 Key To The Highway -1 Checker 9048982 Rock Bottom Checker 904 Rock Bottom (alt take) LRdB LP 20179141 Walkin’ On LRdB LP 2012 (Rock Bottom-alt. take) Instrumental (Poss. Juke- unissued incomplete take)An alt. take of 8982 appeared on a ‘light blue’ repressing of Checker 904, but not all ‘light blue’ repressings are alt. takes, 8982 extended on some LP issues.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; Graham Burbridge drums; Chris Barber trombone-1; Monty Sunshine clarinet-1; Pat Halcox trumpet-1; Eddie Smith banjo-1; Dick Smith bass-1; Ottilie Patterson vcl-2
Live at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, Sun. 26 Oct. 1958
Hoochie Coochie Man -1 Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Blow Wind Blow Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Long Distance Call Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Baby Please Don’t Go Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Blues Before Sunrise Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Rollin’ Stone (Muddy solo) Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 I Can’t Be Satisfied Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 I Feel Like Going Home Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Walking Thru The Park -1 Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058 Encore -1-2 Krazy Kat LP 7405, MW CD 261058
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca; Luther Tucker gtr; Otis Spann piano; Andrew Stephenson bass; Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Jan. 1959
Blues Before Sunrise Chess LP 680002 (2 false starts, studio dialogue)9193 Blues Before Sunrise Chess LP 6800029194 Mean Mistreater Chess 17189195 Crawlin’ Kingsnake Chess LP 1553-6050 Crawlin’ Kingsnake (alt take) Chess MCA CHD2-9348
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Isaac Washington hca; Otis Spann pno; Al Hall bass; Shep Sheppard drums; Alan Lomax m.c. Live at Carnegie Hall. NYC. Fri. 3 April 1959
Hoochie Coochie Man United Artists LP3050, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Goin’ Down (Walkin’ United Artists LP 3050, Through The Park) Capitol CD CPD 8 29375‘Goin’ Down’ is correctly retitled, ‘Walkin’ Through The Park’ on the Capitol CD issue. Some sources list James Cotton as the harp player on this session.
MEMPHIS SLIMMemphis Slim vcl, pno; Otis Spann pno-1; Muddy Waters gtr; Al Hall bass; Shep Sheppard drums
Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, Fri. 3 April 1959
Boogie Woogie United Artists LP 3050, Memphis -1 (inst.) Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 The Saddest Blues United Artists LP 3050, (Rollin’ And Tumblin’) Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 How Long United Artists LP 3050, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 ‘The Saddest Blues’ correctly retitled ‘Rollin’ And Tumblin’ on the Capitol CD.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; James Cotton hca; Pat Hare gtr; Otis Spann pno; Andrew Stephenson bass; Francis Clay drums; unk maracas-1
Chicago, June 1959
9502 Lonesome Road Blues Chess LP 14449503 Mopper’s Blues Chess LP 14449504 Take The Bitter With The Sweet Chess 1733 Take The Bitter With Chess LP 680002 The Sweet (false start, studio dialogue) Take The Bitter With Chess LP 680002 The Sweet (alt take) 9505 She’s Into Something -1 Chess 1733 She’s Into Something -1 (alt) Chess LP’s 6040-6050
42 >> B&R >> 200 43 >> B&R >> 200
9506 Southbound Train Chess LP 14449510 Just A Dream Chess LP 1444 (On My Mind)9511 I Feel So Good Chess 17489512 Hey, Hey Chess LP 14449513 Love Affair Chess 17589514 Recipe For Love Chess 1739 Recipe For Love Chess LP’s 6040-6050 (alt. take)Organ overdubbed on Chess 1748 issue of 9511
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; James Cotton hca-1; Pat Hare gtr, acoustic gtr-2; Otis Spann pno-1; Andrew Stephenson bass; Willie Smith drums
Chicago, July/Aug 1959
9639 Baby, I Done Got Wise -1 Chess LP 14449640 Tell Me Baby -2 Chess 17399641 When I Get To Thinking -1 Chess 17489642 Double Trouble -1 Chess LP 1444 Double Trouble (alt. take) -1 Chess CD CHD4-9340
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr-1; Little Walter hca; Jimmy Rogers gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon 2nd vcl-2; Andrew Stephenson bass; Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Sat. 23 April 1960
10030 Woman Wanted -1 Chess 177410031 Read Way Back -2 Chess 1752 Read Way Back Chess CD 2-9348 (alt – undubbed)10032 I’m Your Doctor Chess 175210033 Deep Down in My Heart -1 Chess LP 2057All titles are reissued on Chess LPs 6040-6050. This issue also has 8 takes of mx 10030, of which only 2 (takes 3 and 8) are complete, and nine takes of mx 10031, of which only two (takes 7 and 9) are complete, plus a complete instrumental take of mx 10031 plus studio dialogue. This material was issued on a bonus LP which was issued with a limited number of the 6040-6050 box sets. Willie Dixon’s 2nd vocal on mx 10031 may possibly have been added at a later date.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr-1; James Cotton hca; Pat Hare gtr; Otis Spann pno; Andrew Stephenson bass; Francis Clay drums
Chicago, Tues. 7 June 1960
10293 Tiger in Your Tank -1 Chess 176510294 Soon Forgotten Chess LPs 6040-605010295 Meanest Woman Chess 176510296 I Got My Brand On You Chess LPs 6040-6050
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; James Cotton hca; Pat Hare gtr; Otis Spann pno, vcl-1; Andrew Stephenson bass; Francis Clay drums; Langston Hughes mc.
Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, Sun. 3 July 1960
I Got My Brand On You Chess LP 1449 I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man Chess LP 1449 Baby Please Don’t Go Chess LP 1449 Soon Forgotten Chess LP 1449 I Wanna Put A Tiger In Chess LP 1449 Your Tank I Feel So Good Chess LP 144910544 Got My Mojo Working Part 1 Chess 1774, LP 1449 Got My Mojo Working Part 2 Chess LP 1449 Goodbye Newport Blues -1 Chess LP 1449On ‘Goodbye Newport Blues’ Lafayette Thomas can be faintly heard playing guitar.
OTIS SPANN (MUDDY WATERS AND OTIS SPANN – CHARLY)Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; James Cotton hca; Pat Hare gtr; Otis Spann pno; Andrew Stephenson bass; Francis Clay drums; Langston Hughes mc.
Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, Sun. 3 July 1960
Catfish Blues JSP LP 1070, Charly CD CDRB 6
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; James Cotton hca-1; Otis Spann pno; unk. bass; poss. Francis Clay or Casey Jones drums
New York City, circa Jan-Feb 1961
Rock Me -1 United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Sunrise Blues United Artists LP 3137, (Blow Wind Blow) Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 ‘Sunrise Blues’ correctly retitled ‘Blow Wind Blow’ on Capitol CD CPD 8 29375
MEMPHIS SLIMMemphis Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; unk. bass; poss. Francis Clay or Casey Jones drums
New York City, circa Jan-Feb 1961
John Henry United Artists LP 3137,
Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Stack Alee United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 How Long United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 All This Piano Boogie (inst.) United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Bye Bye Baby United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Love My Baby United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 When The Sun Goes Down United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Someday Baby United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Slim’s Slow Blues (inst.) United Artists LP 3137, Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 Gee Ain’t It Hard To Find United Artists LP 3137, Somebody Capitol CD CPD 8 29375United Artists LP 3137 was also issued in a stereo version as LP 6137.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Marcus Johnson, Boyd Atkins tenor sax; Matt Murphy gtr; Otis Spann pno: Milton Rector bass: Al Duncan drums
Chicago, July/Aug. 1961
11012 Real Love Chess LPs 6040-605011013 Lonesome Bedroom Blues Chess 1796 (Lonesome Room Blues) Chess LPs 6040-605011014 Messin’ With The Man Chess 179611015 Untitled unissued
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; AC Reed tenor sax; John ‘Big Moose’ Walker organ; unk. gtr; Earnest Johnson bass; Casey Jones drums; female vcl group
Chicago, Jan. 1962
U11446 Going Home Chess 1819U11447 Down By The Deep Blue Chess LPs 6040-6050 Sea U11448 Muddy Waters Twist Chess 1827U11449 Tough Times Chess 1819
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters dubbed vcl on instrumental track; Earl Hooker gtr; AC Reed tenor sax; John ‘Big Moose Walker organ; Lafayette Leake pno; Willie Dixon bass; Bobby Little drums
Chicago, dubbed vcl Wed. 27 June 1962
U11711 You Shook Me Chess 1827 You Shook Me (alt. take) Chess LP 680002Original instrumental track of above recorded Chicago, poss. Wed. 3 May 1961 and later issued as :-
EARL HOOKER26-205 Blue Guitar Age 29106
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters dubbed vcl on instrumental track; Earl Hooker gtr; AC Reed tenor sax-1; Jackie Brenston baritone sax-1; John Big Moose’ Walker organ; Earnest Johnson bass; Casey Jones drums; dubbed percussion-2; bird imitations-3
Chicago, dubbed vcl Fri.12 Oct. 1962
U11836 You Need Love -2 Chess 1839U11837 Little Brown Bird -1-3 Chess 1839U11838 Black Angel -1 unissuedOriginal instrumental tracks of above recorded Chicago, July 1962
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; James Cotton hca; Luther Tucker gtr; Otis Spann pno; Willie Dixon bass; Willie Smith drums; band vcl-1
Chicago, Thur. 2 May 1963
U12442 Five Long Years Chess 1862U12443 Brown Skin Woman Chess LPs 6040-6050U12444 Twenty Four Hours Chess 1862U12445 Coming Round The Chess LPs 6040-6050 Mountain-1 U12446 Let Me Hang Around Chess LPs 6040-6050
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr-1; prob. James Cotton hca; prob. Luther Tucker gtr; Otis Spann pno; prob. Willie Dixon bass; prob. Willie Smith drums. Chicago, Thur. 6 June 1963
12479 Elevate Me Mama Chess LPs 6040-6050 Elevate Me Mama (alt take) Chess LP 680002 12480 So Glad I’m Living Chess LPs 6040-605012481 My Love Strikes Chess LPs 6040-6050 Like Lightning12482 Early In The Morning Chess LPs 6040-605012483 One More Mile Chess LPs 6040-505012484 Thirteen Highway Chess LPs 6040-605012485 You Don’t Have To Go Chess LPs 6040-6050 You Don’t Have To Chess LP 680002 Go (alt take)12486 Things I Used To Do -1 Chess LPs 6040-6050
BLUES FROM BIG BILL’SMuddy Waters vcl; Willie Dixon vcl-1; Jarrett Gibson tenor sax; Donald Hankins baritone sax; Otis Spann pno; Buddy Guy gtr, vcl-1; Jack Meyers bass; Fred Below drums
Live at ‘Copa Cabana’ Chicago, Fri.26 July 1963
12574 Wee Wee Baby -1 Argo LP 403112575 Got My Mojo Working Argo LP 4031 Sitting And Thinking Argo LP 4031 Clouds In My Heart Argo LP 4031 She’s Nineteen Years Old Argo LP 4031
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Buddy Guy gtr; Willie Dixon bass-1; Clifton James drums-1 Chicago, Sept. 1963
12838 My Home Is In The Delta -1 Chess LP 148312839 Long Distance -1 Chess LP 148312840 My Captain Chess LP 148312841 Good Morning Little School Girl -1 Chess LP 148312642 You Gonna Need My Help -1 Chess LP 148312843 Cold Weather Blues Chess LP 148312844 Big Leg Woman Chess LP 148312845 Country Boy -1 Chess LP 148312846 Feel Like Going Home Chess LP 1483 (Muddy solo)
MUDDY WATERS/AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1963Muddy Waters vcl; Otis Spann pno; Matt Murphy gtr; Willie Dixon bass: Billy Stepney drums; band vcl-1 Hellbron, Germany, Thur. 3 Oct. 1963
Blow Wind Blow Armando Curzio Editore LP 13 Five Long Years Armando Curzio Editore LP 13 Got My Mojo Working -1 Armando Curzio Editore LP 13
MUDDY WATERS/AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1963Muddy Waters vcl; Otis Spann pno; Matt Murphy gtr; Willie Dixon bass: Billy Stepney drums; band vcl-1
Trouble No More Black Bear LP 901 Five Long Years Black Bear LP 901 Got My Mojo Working -1 Black Bear LP 901
MUDDY WATERS/AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1963Muddy Waters vcl, gtr.
Bremen, Germany, Sun. 13 Oct. 1963
Captain, Captain ACT CD 92042 Catfish Blues ACT CD 92052
Add; Otis Spann pno; Matt Murphy gtr; Willie Dixon bass; Billy Stepney drums; band vcl-1 Got My Mojo Working -1 unissued Five Long Years Fontana LP 5204 In The City (Blow Wind Blow) ACT CD 92052 I Feel Like Cryin’ (My Home Is In The Delta) ACT CD 92052Titles as given on CD, the correct titles are in brackets
MUDDY WATERS/AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL 1963Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Sonny Boy Williamson hca; Otis Spann pno; Matt Murphy gtr; Willie Dixon bass: Billy Stepney drums; band vcl-1 Baden-Baden, Germany, Oct.1963
Sonny Boy And Muddy’s Mojo -1 (Got My Black Bear LP 903 Mojo Working) Captain, Captain (Muddy solo) Black Bear LP 901‘Sonny Boy And Muddy’s Mojo’ is probably from the German TV show that was issued on DVD in 2003
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr; Willie Dixon bass; SP Leary drums
Chicago, Thur. 9 April 1964
13150 The Same Thing Chess 189513151 You Can’t Lose What Chess 1895 You Ain’t Never Had
DR33230 Natural Days Decca LP 4615DR33231 Meet Me In The Bottom Decca LP 4615DR33232 I Got A Feeling Decca LP 4615DR33233 Keep Your Hand Decca LP 4615 Out of My PocketDR33234 Sarah Street Decca LP4615 Sarah Street (alt take) unissued DR33235 Jangleboogie- Decca LP 4615DR33236 Nobody Knows Black Magic LP 9004DR33237 The Blues Don’t Like Nobody Decca LP 4615DR33238 T 99 -1 Decca LP 4615DR33239 My Home is In The Delta Ace of Clubs LP 1220DR33240 Mojo Rock ‘n’ Roll Decca LP 4681DR33241 Pretty Girls Everywhere -3 Decca 11772, LP4681DR33242 Country Boy Ace of Clubs LP1220DR33243 Spann’s Boogie Decca LP4615DR33244 Stir’s Me Up -3 Decca 11972, LP 4681DR33245 I’d Rather Be The Devil Black Magic LP 9004DR33246 I Came From Clarksdale Decca LP 4615DR33247 Rock Me Mama Decca LP 4615DR33248 Get Out Of My Way unissuedDR33249 Lost Sheep In The Fold Decca LP 4615DR33250 Keep Your Hand Decca 11972 Out Of My Pocket DR33251 T 99 unissuedDR39340 You’re Gonna Need My Help -2 Ace of Clubs LP 1220
Personnel as above plus, Spit James gtr; Steve Gregory sax; Bud Beadle sax; Rod Lee tpt overdubbed 1968/1969, and retitled as below on Deram LP1036 :- No Sense In Worrying (Natural Days); Mr Highway Man (Meet Me In The Bottom); Everything Gonna Be Alright (I Got A Feeling ); Iced Nehi (Jangleboogie); Dollar 25 (The Blues Don’t Like Nobody); Lucky So And So (T 99); Sometimes I Wonder (I Came From Clarksdale); Wagon Wheel (Rock Me Mama); What Will Become Of Me? (Lost Sheep In The Fold); Crack Your Head (Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket) DR33244 has Jimmy Page hca, bass, gtr dubbed on, DR33250 has Jimmy Page gtr, dubbed on.
Country Boy LRC CD 9050 Baby Please Don’t Go LRC CD 9050 Hoochie Coochie Man LRC CD 9050 Sittin’ And Thinkin’ (Tiger In Your Tank) LRC CD 9050 19 Years Old LRC CD 9050 Good Looking Woman (Rollin’ Stone) LRC CD 29077Titles as given on CD’s, the correct titles are in brackets. ‘Good Looking Woman’ is wrongly credited to Otis Spann on the LRC CD.
Baby Back To Me SJ CD 1037 (Blow Wind Blow) Good Looking Woman SJ CD 1037 (Rollin' Stone)Titles as given on CD, the correct titles are in brackets.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr -3; J T Brown tenor sax-1, clarinet-2; Sam Lawhorn gtr; James Cotton hca; Otis Spann pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr-4; Milton Rector bass; SP Leary drums
Chicago, Oct 1964
13473 My John The Conquer Chess 1914 Root -1-413474 Short Dress Woman -2-4 Chess 191413475 Put Me In Your Lay Away -2 -3 Chess 1921 (Put Me On Your Lay Away Plan)
OTIS SPANNOtis Spann pno, vcl; Muddy Waters gtr; James Cotton vcl-1, hca; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr, Milton Rector bass; SP Leary drums; band vcls-2.
Chicago, Sat. 21 Nov. 1964
The Blues Never Die Prestige LP 7391 I Got A Feeling Prestige LP 7391, 45-348 One More Mile To Go -1-2 Prestige LP 7391 Feeling Good-1 Prestige LP 7391 After Awhile Prestige LP 7391 Dust My Broom -1 Prestige LP 7391 Straighten Up Baby -1 Prestige LP 7391, 45-348 Come On Prestige LP 7391 Must Have Been The Devil Prestige LP 7391 Lightnin’ (inst.) Prestige LP 7391 I’m Ready -1 (no guitar) Prestige LP 7391Muddy Waters is listed as ‘Dirty Rivers’ on the Prestige release. Muddy probably doesn't play on all cuts but he can be heard on the ‘band vocal’ on ‘One More Mile To Go’.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; James Cotton hca; Otis Spann pno; probably Sam Lawhorn, James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums Chicago, Tues. 18 May 1965
13932 My Dog Can’t Bark Chess 193713933 Roll Me Over Baby Chess CD CHD 2-934813934 Come Back Baby (Lets Talk It Over) Chess CD CHD 2-934813935 I Got A Rich Man’s Woman Chess 1937
WILLIE MAE ‘BIG MAMA’ THORNTONWillie Mae Thornton vcl, drums-1 hca -2; James Cotton hca; Muddy Waters gtr; Sam Lawhorn gtr; Otis Spann pno; Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson bass; Francis Clay drums
San Francisco, Mon. 25 April 1966
I’m Feeling Alright Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 I'm Feeling Alright (fast version) Arhoolie CD 9043 Sometimes I Have A Heartache Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Black Rat (take 2) Arhoolie CD 9043 Black Rat (take 4) Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Life Goes On Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Bumble Bee (Big Mama's Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Bumble Bee Blues) Wrapped Tight Arhoolie CD 9043 Everything Gonna Be Alright -1 Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Gimme A Penny (take 5) Arhoolie CD 9043 Gimme A Penny (take 6) Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Looking The World Over Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Big Mama's Shuffle -2 Arhoolie CD 9043 Since I Fell For You Arhoolie CD 9043 I Feel The Way I Feel Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Guide Me Home Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 Big Mama's Blues Arhoolie LP 1032, CD 9043 (My Love) -2‘My Love’ appears only on first and third LP pressings, it is replaced by ‘Guide Me Home’ on second LP pressing. Muddy Waters probably does not play on all tracks.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; James Cotton hca; Otis Spann pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; poss. Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums Chicago, Wed. 22 June 1966
14628 Making Friends Chess 210714629 That’s Why I Don’t Mind Chess CD CHD4-9340 Betty And Dupree unissued Trouble, Trouble Chess LP 68506, Chess CD CHD 2-9348 Black Night Chess LP 680002 Trouble In Mind Chess CD CHD 2-9348 Take My Advice unissued Hard Loser unissued Going Back To Memphis (Memphis Blues) Chess LP 624801 Piney Brown Blues unissued Sweet Little Angel (no hca) unissued Corine, Corina (Coreena) Chess LP68506‘Trouble, Trouble’ and ‘Trouble In Mind’ described as ‘hornless remixes’ on the CD CHD 2-9348 release.
Gene Barge tenor sax, unknown alto sax, baritone sax, trumpet, trombone, organ-1, (possibly Charles Stepney) dubbed on above session Chicago, Thur. 23 June 1966
14857 Betty And Dupree -1 Chess LP 150714658 Trouble Trouble -1 Chess LP 150714859 Black Night Chess 169.522, Chess LP 150714860 Trouble in Mind Chess LP 150714861 Take My Advice Chess LP 150714862 Hard Loser Chess LP 150714363 Going Back To Memphis Chess 169.522, Chess LP 150714864 Piney Brown Blues -1 Chess LP 150714865 Sweet Little Angel -1 Chess LP 150714886 Corine, Corina -1 Chess 1973, Chess LP1507
MUDDY WATERS15035 See matrix 7589
JOHN LEE HOOKERJohn Lee Hooker vcl, gtr; Muddy Waters, Sam Lawhorn, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr; Otis Spann pno; Mac Arnold bass; Francis Clay drums
New York City, Tues. 30 Aug. 1966
I’m Bad Like Jesse James Bluesway LP 6002 She’s Long, She’s Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) Bluesway LP 6002 When My First Wife Left Me Bluesway LP 6002 Heartaches and Misery Bluesway LP 6002 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Bluesway LP 6002 I Don’t Want No Trouble Bluesway LP 6002 I’ll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Bluesway LP 6002 Seven Days Bluesway LP 6002Although listed on the LP sleeve, George Smith does not play on this session. This session purports to be a live recording at the Cafe Au-Go-Go, but is in fact a studio recording with an audience present.
OTIS SPANNOtis Spann pno, vcl; George Smith hca-1; Muddy Waters, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Mac Arnold bass; Francis Clay drums
New York City, Tues. 30 Aug. 1966
13547 Popcorn Man -1 Bluesway LP 600313548 Brand New House -1 Bluesway LP 600313549 T’Aint Nobody’s Biz-ness -1 Bluesway LP 600313550 Spann Blues -1 Bluesway LP 6003135511355213553 Down On Sarah Street -1 Bluesway LP 600313554 Steel Mill Blues Bluesway LP 60031355513556 My Home is In The Delta Bluesway LP 6003 Chicago Blues Bluesway LP 6003
Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues) -1 Bluesway LP 6003This session purports to be a live recording at the Cafe Au-Go-Go, but is in fact a studio recording with an audience present.
MUDDY WATERS BLUES BANDVictoria Spivey vcl-1; George Smith vcl-2, hca; Otis Spann vol-3, pno, organ; Sam Lawhorn, Muddy Waters gtr; Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson vcl-4, bass; Francis Clay drums
New York City, Sat. 25 Nov. 1966
Chicago Slide Spivey LP 1008 Creepin’ Snake -4 Spivey LP 1008 Look Out Victoria -2 Spivey LP 1008 You Done Lost Your Good Spivey LP 1008 Thing Now-3 Take Webster’s Word For It -1 Spivey LP 1008 Take Webster’s Word For It -1 Spivey LP 1026 (alt. take) Theme Spivey LP 1008 Ain’t Nobody’s Business Spivey LP 1008 What I Do -3 Born In Georgia -4 Spivey LP 1008 Trouble Hurts-1 Spivey LP 1008 Watermelon Man Spivey LP 1008 Old Ugly Man Like Me-2 Spivey LP 1008 Gave It All To Me -4 Spivey LP 1008 Gave It All To Me -4 (alt take) Spivey LP 1035 Yes Sir! Boss Spivey LP 1009Muddy Waters probably does not play on all tracks, he is listed on sleeve of LP1008 as ‘Main Stream’. The first two songs feature Otis Spann accompanied by bass and drums only
SUPER BLUES/LITTLE WALTER (RED LIGHTNIN’)Muddy Waters vcl-1, speech-5, gtr; Bo Diddley vcl-2, gtr; Little Walter vcl-3, speech-5, hca; Otis Spann pno; Buddy Guy gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; Frank Kirkland drums; Cookie Vee tambourine, backing vcl -4
Chicago, Jan. 1967
15498 My Babe -1-2-3-4 Checker LP 300815499 Hoocher Coocher unissued15500 I’m A Man -1-2 Checker LP 300815501 Blues With A Feeling unissued15502 Who Do You Love -1-2-3 Checker LP 3008 (omit piano) 15503 Juke Chess CD CHD 916815504 Make Love To Me unissued.15505 Long Distance Call -1-2-3 Checker LP 300815506 Bo Diddley -2-5 (omit pno) Checker LP 300815507 I Just Want To Make Love Checker LP 3008 To You -1-2-3-4 15525 You Don’t Love Me -1-2-3-4 Checker LP 300815526 You Can’t Judge A Book Checker LP 3008 By The Cover -1-215527 Sad Hours (studio dialogue Red Lightnin EP 0027 precedes the track on Chess CD CHD 9168 the Chess CD release)
OTIS SPANNOtis Spann vcl-1, pno; Muddy Waters vcl-2, gtr; possibly Sam Lawhorn, James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr; possibly Paul Oscher hca-2; possibly Sonny Wimberley bass; poss. Francis Clay or Willie Smith drums; band vcl-3
Date and location unknown, poss. 1967
Kansas City -1 Testament TCD 6001 Tin Pan Alley -1 Testament TCD 6001 5 Long Years -2 Testament TCD 6001 Live The Life I Love -2 Testament TCD 6001 I Wanna Go Home -1-2-3 Testament TCD 6001 Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had -2 Testament TCD 6001 High Rising (inst.) Testament TCD 6001
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Little Walter hca; Otis Spann pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; Willie Smith drums; Pinetop Perkins organ-2
Chicago, 1967
15655 It’s All Over -1 Chess LP 155315656 County Jail -2 Chess LP 155315657 Two Steps Forward -2 Chess 210715658 Blind Man -2 Chess LP 1553
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Little Walter hca-1; Otis Spann pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Earnest Johnson bass; Willie Smith drums; unk. organ-2 (poss. Pinetop Perkins)
Chicago. 1967
15840 Find Yourself Another Fool -1 Chess LP 155315841 Kinfolk’s Blues -1 Chess LP 155315842 Birdnest On The Ground -2 Chess 201815843 When The Eagle Flies Chess 2018
46 >> B&R >> 200 47 >> B&R >> 200
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; poss. George Smith hca; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; SP Leary drums
Live at Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1967
THE SUPER SUPER BLUES BAND/HOWLIN WOLF (LP 624804)Muddy Waters gtr, vcl-1; Bo Diddley gtr, vcl-2; Howlin Wolf hca, acoustic gtr -6, vcl-3; Otis Spann pno; Hubert Sumlin gtr-4; prob. Buddy Guy bass; Frank Kirkland drums; Cookie Vee tambourine, backing vocal-5
Chicago, Sept 1967
16224 The Red Rooster -1-2-3-4-6 Checker LP 3010, Chess 16952016225 Diddley Daddy -1-2-3 -5 Checker LP 301016226 Ooh Baby/Wrecking My Love Checker LP 3010 Life -1-2-3-5 (no pno)16227 Spoonful -1-3-4 Checker LP 301016228 Goin’ Down Slow -1-2-3-5 Checker LP 301015229 Sweet Little Angel -1-2-3-5 Checker LP 3010, (Sweet Black Angel) Chess LP 62480416444 Long Distance Call -1-2-3-4-5 Checker LP 3010
LUTHER ‘GEORGIA BOY SNAKE’ JOHNSON WITH THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BANDMuddy Waters gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca, vcl-1; Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr, vcl-2; Otis Spann pno; Sam Lawhorn gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; Francis Clay drums
New York City, Sept.1967
Long Distance Call -2 Douglas LP 781 Chicken Shack (inst.) Douglas LP 781 Love n’ Trouble -2 Douglas LP 781 Mini Dress -2 Douglas LP 781 Looking For My Baby -2 (no hca) Douglas LP 781 Watch Dog -1 Douglas LP 781 Mud In Your Ear (inst.) Douglas LP 781 I’m So Glad -1 Douglas LP 781 Love Without Jealousy -1 Douglas LP 781 Excuse Me Baby -2 (no hca) Douglas LP 781Muddy Waters probably does not play on all tracks.
Gypsy Woman -1-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Little Anna Mae -1-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 My Home Is On The Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Delta (sic) -1-5 Take A Little Walk -1-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Mean Disposition -3-1-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Laverne (Why Do You Treat Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Me So Mean?) -4-5 Leavin’ In The Mornin’ -4-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Got A Sweet Little Girl -3-4-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Bad Lovin’ Trouble -2-3 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Nothin’ Bother Me -2-3 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 Crazy ‘Bout You Baby -3-5 Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2Informal recordings made by Michael Nerenberg at 624 Prince Arthur Street Rooming House and as a consequence the identification of guitarists, and especially the second guitarist on Spann’s two numbers, is problematical. Mean Disposition is a medley of that number and 'You Gonna Need My Help'. On 'Bad Lovin’ Trouble' Spann actually sings 'Bad Luck And Trouble', whilst an off-mike telephone ring on 'Nothin’ Bother Me' is audible.
OTIS SPANNOtis Spann vcl, pno; Lucille Spann vcl-1; St Louis Jimmy vcl-2; Muddy Waters, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson, Sam Lawhorn gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums New York City, Mon. 20 Nov. 1967
14415 Heart Loaded With Trouble -2 Bluesway LP 601314416 Shimmy Baby -1 Bluesway LP 601314417 I’m A Fool -1 Bluesway LP 601314418 Looks Like Twins Bluesway LP 601314419 Doctor Blues Bluesway LP 601314420 My Man -1 Bluesway LP 601314421 Down To Earth -1 Bluesway LP 601314422 Diving Duck Bluesway LP 601314423 Nobody Knows Bluesway LP 6013
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Paul Oscher hca; Otis Spann pno; Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson, James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr; S.P. Leary drums Washington DC circa 1967/68
Long Distance Call Smithsonian Institution LP 100
OTIS SPANNOtis Spann vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; prob. Willie Dixon bassposs. recorded in Chicago at tribute concert for Doctor Martin Luther King, 1968
Been A Long, Long Time Testament TCD 6001 Look Under My Bed Testament TCD 6001 Tribute To Martin Luther King Testament TCD 6001 Sarah Street Testament TCD 6001 Worried Life Blues Testament TCD 6001
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; others unk.
Chicago, Feb.1968
16739 Let’s Spend The Night Together unissued
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; poss. Gene Barge soprano sax-1; unk. flute-2; Phil Upchurch, Roland Faulkner, Pete Cosey gtr; Charles Stepney organ; unk. tambourine-3; unk. harp-4; unk. pno-5; Louis Satterfield bass; Morris Jennings drums Chicago, May 1968
17062 I Just Want To Make Love To You Cadet LP 31417063 Hoochie Coochie Man -1 Cadet LP 31417064 Let’s Spend The Night Together Cadet LP 314
17065 She’s Alright -2-3 Cadet LP 31417066 I’m A Man -4-5 Cadet LP 31417067 Herbert Harper’s Free Cadet LP 314 Press -3-517068 Tom Cat -1-5 Cadet LP 31417069 Same Thing -5 Cadet LP 314Harp in this incidence is the stringed instrument, NOT a harmonica.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr.
Live at Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island July 1968
Walkin' Blues Vanguard CD 277005 I Can’t Be Satisfied Vanguard CD 277005
GEORGE SMITHGeorge Smith vcl, hca; Otis Spann pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums
University of California, Los Angeles, Wed. 2 Oct 1968
Can’t Hold Out Much Longer World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288
University of California, Los Angeles, Wed. 2 Oct 1968
Love With A Feeling Capitol CD 836288
GEORGE SMITHGeorge Smith vcl, hca; Otis Spann pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Marshall Hooks gtr-1; Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr-2; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums
University of California, Los Angeles, Thur. 3 Oct 1968
Juke -1 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Key To The Highway -1 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Everything Gonna Be Alright -1-2 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Tell Me Mama -1-2 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Last Night -1-2 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 8362 88 You Better Watch Yourself -1-2 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 West Helena Woman -1 World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Goin’ Down Slow Capitol CD 836288 Just A Feelin’ Capitol CD 836288
GEORGE SMITHGeorge Smith vcl, hca; Otis Spann pno; Muddy Waters, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums
University of California, Los Angeles, Fri. 4 Oct. 1968
My Babe World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Too Late World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288 Mellow Down Easy World Pacific LP 21887, Capitol CD 836288
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann vcl-1, pno; Paul Oscher hca; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums; band vcl-2
BBC 2 TV Broadcast, ‘Jazz At The Maltings’, The Maltings Theatre, Snape, England, Mon. 21 Oct. 1968
Blues Riff (inst. incomplete) Black Bear LP 902 Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Black Bear LP 902 Never Had Bloodstains On The Wall -1 Black Bear LP 902 Hoochie Coochie Man Black Bear LP 902 Got My Mojo Working -2 Black Bear LP 902 Long Distance Call Black Bear LP 902 Country Boy Black Bear LP 902 Five Long Years (incomplete) Black Bear LP 902
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann vcl-1 pno; Paul Oscher hca; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Luther ‘Georgia BoySnake’ Johnson gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums; band vcl-2
Live at ‘Salle Pleyel’ Paris, France, Mon. 4 Nov 1968
Presentation Andre Francis France’s Concert LP 121 Back To The Chicken France’s Concert LP 121 Shack (inst.)
Train Fare Home France’s Concert LP 121 Hoochie Coochie Man France’s Concert LP 121 Blow Wind Blow France’s Concert LP 121 Long Distance Call France’s Concert LP 121 Ring Up-1 France’s Concert LP 121 Worried Life Blues -1 France’s Concert LP 121 Got My Mojo Working -2 France’s Concert LP 121 Got My Mojo Working France’s Concert LP 121 (encore) -2
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; Paul Oscher hca; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums
Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, November 1968
Country Boy Chess LP680002
LUTHER JOHNSON WITH THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BANDMuddy Waters gtr; Luther ‘Georgia Boy-Snake’ Johnson gtr, vcl -1; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison gtr; Paul Oscher hca; Otis Spann pno; Sonny Wimberley bass; S.P. Leary drums
New York City 1968
Comin’ Home Baby Douglas LP 789 Remember Me -1 (no hca) Douglas LP 789 Natural Wig -1 Douglas LP 789 Blues For Hippies -1 Douglas LP 789 Sting It Douglas LP 789 Top Of The Boogaloo Douglas LP 789 Digging My Potatoes -1 Douglas LP 789 Sad Day Uptown (no hca) -1 Douglas LP 789 Evil -1 Douglas LP 789 Why’d You Do Me -1 Douglas LP 789 (Snake on LP789 sleeve) Snake -1 Muse LP 5021
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Paul Oscher hca; Otis Spann pno-2; Charles Stepney organ-3; Phil Upchurch, Pete Cosey gtr; Louis Satterfield bass; Morris Jennings drums
Chicago, Jan. 1969
17581 Screamin’ And Cryin’ -1 Cadet LP 32017582 Rolling Stone unissued17583 Bottom Of The Sea -3 Cadet LP 32017584 Honey Bee -1 Cadet LP 32017585 Plane Fare Home unissued17586 Streamline Woman unissued17587 Mojo unissued17588 My Sweet Man unissued17589 Buzzing unissued17690 I Am The Blues -2 Cadet LP 320
48 >> B&R >> 200 49 >> B&R >> 200
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Paul Oscher hca; Otis Spann pno-2; Charles Stepney organ-3; Phil Upchurch, Pete Cosey gtr; Louis Satterfield bass; Morris Jennings drums
Chicago, Feb. 1969
17705 Ramblin’ Mind -3 Cadet LP 32017706 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ -1 Cadet LP 32017707 Blues And Trouble -1 Cadet LP 32017708 Hurtin’ Soul -2-3 Cadet LP 32017709 Need More Woman unissued
FATHERS AND SONSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; Paul Butterfield hca; Mike Bloomfield gtr; Paul Asbell gtr-2; Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn bass; Sam Lay drums
Chicago, Mon. 21 April 1969
17782 Sad Letter unissued17783 Walkin’ Thru The Park -2 Chess LP 12717784 Standing Around Crying Chess LP 12717785 Live The Life I Love MCA Chess CD 088112648-2
FATHERS AND SONSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; Paul Butterfield hca; Jeff Carp hca-1; Mike Bloomfield gtr; Paul Asbell gtr-2; Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn bass; Phil Upchurch bass-3; Sam Lay drums
Chicago, Tues. 22 April 1969
17786 Twenty Four Hours Chess LP 12717787 Country Boy MCA Chess CD 088112648-217788 Sugar Sweet -2 Chess LP 127 Sugar Sweet (alt. take) -2 Chess LP 68000217789 Forty Days And Forty Nights -2 Chess LP 12717790 All Aboard -1-3 Chess LP 127 All Aboard (alt. take) -1-3 Chess LP 68000217791 Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Chess LP 127 Never Had 17792 I Wanna Go Home unissued
FATHERS AND SONSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; Paul Butterfield hca; Mike Bloomfield gtr; Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn bass; Sam Lay drums
Chicago, Wed. 23 April 1969
17793 Oh Yeah MCA Chess CD 088112648-217794 Mean Disposition Chess LP 12717795 Blow Wind Blow Chess LP 12717796 I’m Ready Chess LP 12717797 I Feel So Good Chess 208517798 Someday Baby unissued
FATHERS AND SONSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Otis Spann pno; Paul Butterfield hca; Mike Bloomfield gtr; Donald Dunn bass; Sam Lay drums; band vcls-1; Buddy Miles drums-2
Live at ‘Super Cosmic Joy Scout Jamboree’, Chicago, Thur. 24 April 1969
17799 Hoochie Coochie Man unissued17800 Long Distance Call Chess LP 12717801 Baby Please Don’t Go Chess LP 12717802 The Same Thing Chess LP 12717803 Got My Mojo Working Part 1 -1 Chess LP 12717803 Got My Mojo Working Part 2 -1-2 Chess LP 12717804 Honey Bee Chess LP 127
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Paul Oscher hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno-1; Sam Lawhorn, James’Pee Wee’ Madison gtr; Sonny Wimberley bass; Willie Smith drums Chicago, circa 1969
Mojo Sunnyland LP 100 Sun Rose This Morning -1 Sunnyland LP 100correct title of ‘Sun Rose This Morning’ is ‘Blow Wind Blow’.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison or Sam Lawhorn gtr; Paul Oscher hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; unk. tenor sax; female vcl group
Chicago, Oct. 1969
18253 Going Home Chess 2085Muddy was hospitalised following a car crash on 27 October, so this song was recorded prior to this date.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Buddy Guy gtr; Paul Oscher hca; unk. bass; poss. Frank Kirkland drums.
Theresa’s Club or Rose and Kelly’s Club, Chicago April/May 1970
She’s Nineteen Years Old Red Lightnin LP 0055 Hoochie Coochie Man Red Lightnin LP 0055 I Got My Mojo Working Red Lightnin LP 0055Tracks recorded for use in Harley Cokliss’s film ‘Chicago Blues’, a shortened or possibly alt. take of ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ may have been used in the film.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Carrey (Carey) Bell hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Sonny Wimberley bass; Willie Smith drums
Paris, Nov. 1970
Chicken Shack (band only) Fan Club CD 99 Carrey Shuffle (band only) Fan Club CD 99 After Hours (band only) Fan Club CD 99 Train Fare Home Fan Club CD 99 Honey Bee Fan Club CD 99 Blow Wind Blow Fan Club CD 99 Long Distance Call Fan Club CD 99 Trouble No More Fan Club CD 99 Hoochie Coochie Man Fan Club CD 99 Got My Mojo Working Fan Club CD 99 Goin’ Home Fan Club CD 99
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr-1; James’ Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Carey Bell hca; Sonny Wimberley bass; Willie Smith drums
Radio broadcast, Stockholm, Nov. 1970
Blow Wind Blow (incomplete) Black Bear LP 903 Blow Wind Blow (incomplete, Black Bear LP 901 titled ‘Goodbye Baby’ on Black Bear issue) Hoochie Coochie Man Black Bear LP 901 Honey Bee -1 Black Bear LP 901 Walking Thru The Park Black Bear LP 901 Trouble No More Black Bear LP 903 Goin’ Down Slow Black Bear LP 903 Got My Mojo Working unissued‘Blow Wind Blow’ is split over 2 LPs on the Black Bear issues
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Paul Oscher hca; James Cotton hca-1; Joe ‘Pinetop Perkins’ pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live at ‘Mister Kelly’s’, Chicago, June 1971
1737 Going Down Slow Chess LP 6800021738 Blow Wind Blow Chess LP 500121739 You Don’t Have To Go Chess LP 500121740 Country Boy Chess LP 500121741 Nine Below Zero Chess LP 500121742 Long Distance Call Chess CD CHD9338 (see note)1743 What Is That She Got -1 Chess LP 500121744 She’s Nineteen Years Old Chess CD CHD93381745 Stormy Monday unissued1746 Strange Woman -1 Chess LP 5000121747 Boom Boom -1 Chess LP 5000121748 Got My Mojo Working unissued1749 Stormy Monday Blues Chess LP 500121750 Boom Boom (repeat) unissued1751 C.C. Woman Chess LP 50012
1752 She Moves Me unissued1753 Rock Me Chess LP 6286221754 Long Distance Call unissued (see note)1755 Mudcat (inst.) Chess LP 50012James Cotton is listed on the sleeve of LP50012 as ‘Joe Denim’. It is not known which version of ‘Long Distance Call’ is issued on Chess CD CHD9338.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr, speech-1; George Smith hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live at Washington University, Nov. 1971
Honey Bee Top Cat BFTC 02982 Hoochie Coochie Man Top Cat BFTC 02982 Walking Through The Park Top Cat BFTC 02982 Trouble No More Top Cat BFTC 02982 Just To Be With You Top Cat BFTC 02982 Intro To 19 Years Old -1 Top Cat BFTC 02982 19 Years Old Top Cat BFTC 02982
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; George Smith hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live at Oregon University, Nov. 1971
Long Distance Call Top Cat BFTC 02982 Manish Boy Top Cat BFTC 02982 Crawlin’ Kingsnake Top Cat BFTC 02982 Got My Mojo Working Top Cat BFTC 02982 Hold It Top Cat BFTC 02982Top Cat BFTC 02982 also has an interview ‘on the road’ (4:33 minutes) with Muddy.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; probably George Smith hca; unknown tenor sax; guitar; piano; bass; drums
Monroe State Prison, Washington, November 1971
Hootchie Cootchie Man TKO Magnum CDBM 141 Blow Wind Blow TKO Magnum CDBM 141TKO Magnum CDBM 141 also has an interview ‘on the road’ (5.23 minutes) with Big Mama Thornton and Big Joe Turner where Muddy is heard briefly
BLUES REVUE ALL STARSMuddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, George Smith vcl, hca; unknown tenor sax; guitar; piano; bass; drums
Unknown venue but almost certainly either Oregon University or Monroe State Prison, November 1971
I Am The Blues TKO Magnum CDBM 141On George Smith’s contribution to TKO Magnum CDBM 141 the announcer refers to Smith’s ‘Arkansas Trap’ Deram LP which was issued around September 1971 which dates the four preceeding sessions to the last months of 1971.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Carey Bell hca; Steve Winwood pno-2, organ-3; Sam Lawhorn, Mick Kelly, Rory Gallagher gtr; Rick Grech bass; Mitch Mitchell drums London, Sat. 4 Dec. 1971
Ernie Royal, Joe Newman tpt; Garnett Brown tb; Seldon Powell tenor sax-5 Overdubbed N.Y.C. early 1972
2065 Key To The Highway -2 Chess LP 600132066 Sad Sad Day -1-3 Chess LP 600132067 Hard Days -1 Chess LP600262068 I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town -3 Chess LP 60013
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Carey Bell hca-1; Georgie Fame pno-2, unk.organ-3; Sam Lawhorn, Rory Gallagher, Rosetta Green gtr; Rick Grech bass; Mitch Mitchell drums; Herbie Lovelle drums -4
London, Tues. and Wed., 7 and 8 Dec. 1971
Ernie Royal, Joe Newman tpt; Garnett Brown tb; Seldon Powell tenor sax-5; Rosetta Hightower vcl-6
Overdubbed N.Y.C. early 1972
2069 Highway 41 (omit Gallagher and Mitchell) -1 Chess LP 600262070 Who’s Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I’m Gone? -1-2 Chess LP 600132071 I’m Ready -3-4-5 Chess LP 600132072 Young Fashioned Ways -3 Chess LP 600132073 Blind Man Blues -2-4-5-6 Chess LP 600132074 Walkin’ Blues (Waters and Lawhorn only) Chess LP 600132075 I Almost Lost My Mind -1-2-3 Chess LP 600262076 Lovin’ Man -1 Chess LP 600262077 I Don’t Know Why -2-4-5 Chess LP 60013The organ may have been added at the overdubbing session and may have been played by the producer, Esmond Edwards.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; James Cotton hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins harpsichord-2, pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Chicago, March 1972
2743 Whiskey Ain’t No Good -1 Chess LP 500232744 Garbage Man Chess 2143, LP 500232796 Live Weapon -1-2 Chess LP 500232797 Someday I’m Gonna Ketch You -1 Chess LP 500232798 Mother’s Bad Luck Child -1 Chess LP 500232799 Sad Letter -1 Chess LP 500232800 Funky Butt -2 (inst.) Chess LP 500232801 Muddy Waters Shuffle Chess LP 500232802 After Hours (inst.) Chess LP 50023 Can’t Get No Grindin’ (What's Chess 2143, LP 50023 The Matter With The Mill) -2 (or ‘Meal’ on some issues) (band vocals)
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins pno; Louis Myers gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums ; band vcl -1
Paris, probably June 1972
Introduction Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Clouds In My Heart Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Lovin’ Man Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 County Jail Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Hoochie Coochie Man Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Blow Wind Blow Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Honey Bee Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Walking Thru The Park Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Rollin’ ‘n’ Tumblin’ Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Walkin’ Blues Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 Got My Mojo Workin’ -1 Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Louis Myers acoustic gtr
Lausanne, Switzerland, Tues. 13 June 1972
2765 My Pencil Won’t Write No More Chess CD CHD 2-93482766 Cold Up North Chess CD CHD 2-93482767 Streamline Woman Chess CD CHD 2-93482768 Rock Me Chess CD CHD 2-93482769 Standin’ Around Cryin’ Chess CD CHD 2-93482770 Hoochie Coochie Man Chess CD CHD 2-93482771 Baby Please Don’t Go Chess CD CHD 2-93482772 You Can’t Miss What You Chess CD CHD 2-9348 Ain’t Never Had2773 Feel Like Goin’ Home Chess CD CHD 2-9348 (Waters solo)2774 Where’s My woman Been Chess CD CHD 2-93482775 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Chess CD CHD 2-9348
50 >> B&R >> 200 51 >> B&R >> 200
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Lafayette Leake pno; Louis Myers gtr; Dave Myers bass; Fred Below drums
Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, Sat. 17 June 1972
2468 Sail On unissued2469 Hoochie Coochie Man unissued2470 County Jail Chess LP 600152471 Long Distance Call LRC CD90502472 Rock Me Baby LRC CD90502473 Trouble No More (Sweet Little Angel) Chess LP 600152474 Rosalee (Rosalie) LRC CD90502475 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (All Night Long) LRC CD90502476 All I Had Was Gone LRC CD9050 (Early Morning Blues)2477 Got My Mojo Working Chess LP60015The alternative titles in brackets are those given on the LRC CD9050 release, the correct title of ‘All I Had Was Gone/Early Morning Blues’ is ‘I Feel Like Going Home’.
T. BONE WALKER WITH MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; T. Bone Walker vcl, gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Lafayette Leake pno; Louis Myers gtr; Dave Myers bass; Fred Below drums
Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, Sat. 17 June 1972
2478 They Call It Stormy Monday Chess LP 600152543 She Says She Loves Me Chess LP 60015
KOKO TAYLOR WITH MUDDY WATERSKoko Taylor, Muddy Waters vcl; Lafayette Leake pno; Louis Myers gtr; Dave Myers bass; Fred Below drums
Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, Sat. 17 June 1972
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Marcus Johnson alto sax; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Louis Myers gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums Live at Ann Arbor Festival, Sat. 9 Sept. 1972
25832 Honey Bee Atlantic LP 502
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson, Bob Margolin gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live at the Lincoln Center, New York City Fri. 29 June 1973
Long Distance Call Buddah LP 5144 Where’s My Woman Been Buddah LP 5144 Got My Mojo Working Buddah LP 5144
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr, vcl; poss. Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Bob Margolin, Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live, unknown location, possibly 1970’s
Baby Please Don’t Go LEB LP 401, Wolf CD 120200
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr, vcl; poss. Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Bob Margolin, Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; band vcl
Live, unknown location, possibly 1970’s
Got My Mojo Working Paradise CD Para 1060 Got My Mojo Working – encore Paradise CD Para 1060Paradise CD Para 1060 is a John Lee Hooker bootleg CD called ‘The Night of The Hook’, the song is credited to Hooker but it is by Muddy Waters. The location and date is unknown
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; probably Bob Margolin, Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live at The Music Hall, Boston Wed. 16 Jan. 1974
Blow Wind Blow Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Howlin’ Wolf Blue Knight BKR CD 23 What’s The Matter With The Mill Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Love ‘N’ Trouble Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Hoochie Coochie Man Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Baby Please Don’t Go Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Mannish Boy Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Everything’s Gonna Be Alright Blue Knight BKR CD 23
Got My Mojo Working Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Instrumental (Honky Tonk) Blue Knight BKR CD 23 Harmonica Boogie (Off Blue Knight BKR CD 23 The Wall-inst.) Garbage Man Blue Knight BKR CD 23The titles are as given on the CD, the correct titles are in brackets
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca-2; Paul Oscher hca-3; Carey Bell hca-4; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson, Bob Margolin gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Chicago, Tues. and Wed. 29 and 30 Jan. 1974
3354 Trouble No More -2 Chess LP 600313355 Katie -4 Chess LP 600313356 Pinetop Boogie unissued3357 Electric Man -4 Chess LP 600313358 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ -1-4 Chess LP 600313359 ‘Unk’ in Funk -3 Chess LP 600313360 Drive My Blues Away -4 Chess LP 600313361 Just To Be With You -4 Chess LP 600313362 Everything Gonna Be Alright -2 Chess LP 600313412 Waterboy, Waterboy -4 Chess LP 60031
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; unk. banjo; washboard; with Orchestra dir. and cond. by Maurice Jarre
L.A. 1974 (from soundtrack of film ‘Mandingo’ directed by Richard Fleischer)
Born In This TimeThis recording was possibly not issued in LP/cassette/CD form, but it is on film/video sound track.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno vcl-1; Jerry Portnoy hca; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; band vcl -2
Live at Maecenas Festival, Antibes France, Wed. 24 July 1974
Honky Tonk (band only Frances Concert LP FC116 Off The Wall (band only). Frances Concert LP FC116 Blow Wind Blow Frances Concert LP FC116 Howlin’ Wolf Frances Concert LP FC116 Can’t Get No Grindin’ -2 Frances Concert LP FC116 Trouble No More Frances Concert LP FC116 Garbage Man BRMT 016, Frances Concert LP FC116 Hoochie Coochie Man BRMT 016, Frances Concert LP FC116 Baby Please Don’t Go Frances Concert LP FC116 Manish Boy BRMT 016, Frances Concert LP FC116
Everything Gonna Be Alright Frances Concert LP FC116 Got My Mojo Workin’-1 Frances Concert LP FC116 Got My Mojo Workin’ (reprise) Frances Concert LP FC116BRMT 016 is a 12 inch single
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Paul Butterfield hca; Bob Margolin gtr; Garth Hudson organ-2, accordian-3, sax-4; Howard Johnson sax-4; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins 2nd vcl-5, pno; Fred Carter gtr, bass; Levon Helm drums, bass
Bearsville’s Studio,Turtle Creek, Woodstock, Tues to Sun. 4 to 9 Feb. 1975
4028 Why Are People Like That -2 Chess LP 600354029 Going Down To Main Street -3 Chess LP 600354030 Born With Nothin -1-3 Chess LP 600354031 Caledonia (Caldonia) -3-5 Chess LP 600354032 Funny Sounds-3 Chess LP 600354033 Love, Deep As The Ocean -1-2 Chess LP 600354034 Let The Good Times Roll -4 Chess LP 600354035 Kansas City -2-5 Chess LP 600354036 On My Back unissued4037 untitled unissued Fox Squirrel Chess MCA CD CHD 9359
JOHNNY WINTERMuddy Waters vcl, Johnny Winter vcl, gtr; James Cotton hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Bob Margolin gtr; Charles Calmese bass; Willie Smith drums Live, unk. location, 22 March 1976
Walking Thru The Park Blue Sky LP 34313
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr, vcl-1; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr, vcl-2; Bob Margolin gtr; Jerry Portnoy, hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, vcl-3; Calvin Jones bass, vcl-4; Willie Smith drums Monthey, Switzerland, Nov. 11 April, 1976
After Hours (band only, inst.) Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Floyd’s Guitar Blues/Blue Lights Jazz Helvetica CD 02 (band only, inst.) Boogie Thing (band only, inst.) Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Chicken Shack (band only, inst.) Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Going Down Slow -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 What’s The Matter With The Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Mill -1 (Can’t Get No Grindin’) Hoochie Coochie Man -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Howlin’ Wolf -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Everything’s Gonna Be Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Alright -1-2 Theme (band only) Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Dust My Broom -4 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 You Left Me With A Broken Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Heart -4 Nothing But Soul -2 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 I Got A Mind To Travel -2 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 After Hours (band only, Jazz Helvetica CD 02 instrumental) Stormy Monday -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Walking Blues -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Got My Mojo Working -1 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 Take A Little Walk With Me -3 Jazz Helvetica CD 02 For You My Love -3 Jazz Helvetica CD 02Muddy Waters does not play on all tracks.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl; Johnny Winter vcl-1, gtr; James Cotton hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Bob Margolin gtr; Charles Calmese bass; Willie Smith drums
Dan Hartman's Studio, Westport, Connecticut, Sun. to Sat. 4 to 9 Oct. 1976
Mannish Boy -1 MUDT 1, MUD 1, Blue Sky LP 34449, Epic CD 5151612 Bus Driver Blue Sky LP 34449, Epic CD 5151612 I Want To Be Loved Blue Sky LP 34449' Epic CD 5151612 Jealous Hearted Man Blue Sky LP 34449, Epic CD 5151612 I Can’t Be Satisfied (omit Blue Sky LP 34449, Cotton, Perkins, Calmese) Epic CD 5151612 I Feel Like Going Home (omit Blue Sky LP 37064, Cotton, Perkins, Calmese) Epic CD 5151632 The Blues Had A Baby And MUDT 1, Blue Sky LP 34449, They Named It Rock Epic CD 5151612 And Roll (No. 2) Deep Down in Florida Blue Sky LP 34449, Epic CD 5151612 Crosseyed Cat Blue Sky LP 34449, Epic CD 5151612 Little Girl MUDT 1, Blue Sky LP 34449, Epic CD 5151612 My Eyes Keep Me Blue Sky LP37064, In Trouble Epic CD 5151632 Walking Through The Park Epic CD 5151612MUDT 1 is a twelve inch single. ‘Mannish Boy’ on MUD 1 is an edited version.
MUDDY WATERS BLUES BANDMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson, Bob Margolin gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, 2nd vcl-1; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live in Warsaw, Poland, Fri. 22 Oct.1976
Junior Shuffle (band only) Poljazz LP 0634 Floyd’s Guitar Blues (band only) Poljazz LP 0634 J Ps Boogie (band only) Poljazz LP 0634 Baby Please Don’t Go Poljazz LP 0634 Soon Forgotten Poljazz LP 0634 Corinne Corinna Poljazz LP 0634 Hoochie Coochie Man Poljazz LP 0634 Howlin’ Wolf Poljazz LP 0634 Blow Wind Blow Poljazz LP 0635 What’s A Matter With A Meal (sic) Poljazz LP 0635 Kansas City -1 Poljazz LP 0635 Caldonia -1 Poljazz LP 0635 Screamin’ And Crying’ Poljazz LP 0635 Everything Gonna Be Alright unissued I Got My Mojo Working Poljazz LP 0635 Garbage Man Poljazz LP 0635 Goin’ Down Slow The Blues Collection CD 011 After Hours The Blues Collection CD 011
MUDDY WATERS BLUESBANDMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr, speech-1; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; Junior Wells vol, hca-2
Dortmund, Germany, probably Fri. 29 October 1976
Intro (After Hours) -1 (band only) Corinne LP 100 Untitled Blues No.1 (Soon Corinne LP 100 Forgotten) Howlin’ Wolf Blues Corinne LP 100, Hoochie Coochie Man Corinne LP 100 Untitled Blues No. 2 Corinne LP 100 (Blow Wind Blow) What’s The Matter Corinne LP 100 (Can’t Get No Grindin’) Long Distance Call Corinne LP 100, Got My Mojo Workin’ Corinne LP 100 Got My Mojo Workin’ (first Corinne LP 100 encore Theme Corinne LP 100 Got My Mojo Workin’ Corinne LP 100 (second encore) -2This session probably originates from a TV broadcast. The titles are as given on the LP, the correct titles are shown in brackets.
THE BANDMuddy Waters vcl; Paul Butterfield hca; Bob Margolin, Robbie Robertson gtr; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson keyboards; Rick Danko bass; Levon Helm drums.
Live at Winterland, San Francisco, Thur. 25 Nov. 1976
Mannish Boy Warner Bros. LP 3146
52 >> B&R >> 200 53 >> B&R >> 200
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, vcl -1; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr, vcl - 2; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drumsLive at The Rising Sun Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Wed. to Mon. 26 to
31 Jan. 1977
Baby Please Don’t Go Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 Howling Wolf Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 I Want You To Love Me Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 Can’t Get No Grindin’ -1-2 Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 Nine Below Zero Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 The Blues Had A Baby (And Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 They Named It Rock And Roll) They Call It Stormy Monday Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 Highway 41 Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2 Kansas City -1 Just A Memory CD JAM 9142-2
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr, slide gtr-1; Johnny Winter gtr, vcl -2; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Junior’ Johnson vcl-4, gtr; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins vcl-3, pno; Jerry Portnoy hca; band vcls -5
Live at Harry Hope’s Club,Cary, Illinois, Fri. 18 March 1977
Mannish Boy-2 Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559 She’s Nineteen Years Old -1 Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559 Streamline Woman -1 Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559 Baby Please Don’t Go Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559 Medley: After Hours/ Epic Legacy CD 86559 Stormy Monday Blues Trouble No More Epic Legacy CD 86559 Champagne & Reefer Epic Legacy CD 86559 Corrina, Corrina Epic Legacy CD 86559 Hoochie Coochie Man Epic Legacy CD 86559 She Moves Me Epic Legacy CD 86559 Kansas City-3 Epic Legacy CD 86559 Pinetop’s Boogie -3 Epic Legacy CD 86559 Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) Epic Legacy CD 86559 Everything’s Gonna Epic Legacy CD 86559 Be Alright -4 Got My Mojo Working -5 Epic Legacy CD 86559The version of Mannish Boy on Epic Legacy CD 86559 is longer than the originally issued version, Johnny Winter’s vocal chorus having been reinstated.
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; probably Bob Margolin, Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, vcl-1; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; Dizzy Gillespie trumpet -2
Live at Jardin Des Arenes De Cmz, Nice, France, Sat. 9 July 1977
Instrumental (incomplete) LRC CD 9015 Nicest Blues (inst., Back To The Chicken Shack) LRC CD 9015
Harmonica Rockin’ LRC CD 9015 (inst., Rocker) Down Broke Down LRC CD 9015 (Can’t Get No Grindin’) Baby Rock And Roll (The LRC CD 9015 Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll) So Long (Honey Bee) -2 LRC CD 9015 Kansas City -2 LRC CD 9015The titles are as given on the CD, the correct titles are shown in the brackets
T. BONE WALKER WITH THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BANDMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, vcl-1; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drumsLive prob. at Nice Jazz Festival, France. Wed., Thur. or Sat. 13, 14 or 16 July 1977
Come Baby (You Don’t Have LRC Jazz Classics 1003 To Go) Hold It (Trouble No More) LRC Jazz Classics 1003 Little Queenie (Long LRC Jazz Classics 1003 Distance Call) Kansas City -1 LRC Jazz Classics 1003Although listed on the cassette as T. Bone Walker with The Muddy Waters Blues Band, T. Bone Walker does not appear on these tracks. Titles are as given on the cassette, the correct titles are in brackets. LRC Jazz Classics 1003 is a cassette issue.
MUDDY WATERS BLUES BANDMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Bob Margolin gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr., vcl; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, vcl-2; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drumsLive prob. at Nice Jazz Festival, France. Wed., Thur. or Sat. 13, 14 or 16 July 1977
Portnoy’s Blues (inst.) LRC Jazz Classics 1007 Hoochie Coochie Man LRC Jazz Classics 1007 Baby Please Don’t Go LRC Jazz Classics 1007 Kansas City -2 LRC Jazz Classics 1007 Luther’s Blues (Everything LRC Jazz Classics 1007 Gonna Be Alright) -1 Got My Mojo Working LRC Jazz Classics 1007 Key Little Highway (Floyd's LRC Jazz Classics 1007 (Guitar Blues) (inst.)Titles are as given on the cassette, the correct titles are in brackets. LRC Jazz Classics 1007 is a cassette issue.
MUDDY WATERS Muddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Walter Horton acoustic hca-2, electric hca-3; Jerry Portnoy acoustic hca-4, electric hca-5; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Johnny Winter gtr-6; Jimmy Rogers vcl-7, gtr; Bob Margolin bass; Willie Smith drumsDan Hartman's Studio, Westport, Connecticut, Mon. 31 Oct. to Sat. 5 Nov. 1977
I’m Ready -2-5-6 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 33 Years -1-3 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 Who Do You Trust -1-3-6 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 Copper Brown -1-5-6 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 I’m Your Hoochie Coochie MUD 1, Blue Sky LP 34928, Man -2-5-6 Epic CD 5151622 Mamie -1-4 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 Rock Me -5-6 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 Screamin’ And Cryin’ -1-3 Blue Sky LP 34928, Epic CD 5151622 Good Morning Little School Blue Sky LP 34928, Girl-5-6 Epic CD 5151622 No Escape From The Blues Epic CD 5151622 That's Alright -7 Epic CD 5151622 Lonely Man Blues Epic CD 5151622
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr, slide gtr-1; James Cotton hca ; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Bob Margolin gtr; Johnny winter gtr-2; Charles Calmese bass; Willie Smith drums
Masonic Temple, Detroit, Sun. 27 Aug. 1978
Nine Below Zero Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559 Howling Wolf -1-2 Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559 Deep Down in Florida -2 Blue Sky LP 35712, Epic Legacy CD 86559
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr, vcl-1; Bob Margolin gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno, vcl-2; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums; band vcls-3
Live recording, possibly at Harry Hope’s Club, Cary, Illinois, Thur. to Sat. 22 to 24 March 1979 or Fri. to Sun. 26 to 28 Oct 1979
Last Nite (After Hours, Charly CD CBL 751 instrumental) Harry’s Groove (inst.) Charly CD CBL 751 Instrumental, with spoken Charly CD CBL 751 intro by Pinetop Perkins and Muddy Waters Nine Below Zero Charly CD CBL 751 Baby Please Don’t Go Charly CD CBL 751 They Call Me Muddy Waters Charly CD CBL 751 Everything’s Gonna Charly CD CBL 751 Be Alright -1 Manish Boy Charly CD CBL 751 Lonesome In My Bedroom Charly CD CBL 751 Corrine Corrina Charly CD CBL 751 Kansas City-2 Charly CD CBL 751 Caldonia -2 Charly CD CBL 751 Long Distance Call Charly CD CBL 751 Hold It (inst.) Charly CD CBL 751 Got My Mojo Working Charly CD CBL 751 (encore) -3The titles are as given on the CD, the correct titles are shown in the brackets
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters gtr-1, vcl; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson, Bob Margolin, Johnny Winter gtr; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Jerry Portnoy hca; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Probably Dan Hartman's Studio,Westport, Connecticut, Sun. to Thur. 4 to 8 May 1980
I’m A King Bee -1 Blue Sky LP 37064, Epic CD 5151632 Too Young To Know -1 Blue Sky LP 37064, Epic CD 5151632 Mean Old Frisco Blues (omit Blue Sky LP 37064, Margolin, Johnson, Portnoy) Epic CD 5151632 Forever Lonely (omit Blue Sky LP 37064 Portnoy) Epic CD 5151632 Champagne And Reefer -1 Blue Sky LP 37064 (omit Winter) Epic CD 5151632 Sad Sad Day -1 Blue Sky LP 37064, Epic CD 5151632 Deep Down in Florida Blue Sky LP 37064, No.2 -1 Epic CD 5151632 No Escape From The Blue Sky LP 37064, Blues -1 Epic CD 5151632 I Won't Go On Epic CD 5151632 Clouds In My Heart Epic CD 5151632
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson gtr; Bob Margolin gtr; Jerry Portnoy hca; Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins pno; Calvin Jones bass; Willie Smith drums
Live recording, Europe, unknown location, probably July 1980
Howlin’ Wolf Wolf CD 120.893 Garbage Man Wolf CD 120.893 Mannish Boy Wolf CD 120.893 Blow Wind Blow Wolf CD 120.893 Honey Bee Wolf CD 120.893 Hoochie Coochie Man Wolf CD 120.893 Long Distance Call Wolf CD 120.893 Trouble No More Wolf CD 120.893 Train Fare Home Wolf CD 120.893 Baby Please Don’t Go Wolf CD 120.893 Going Home Wolf CD 120.893 Everything Gonna Be Alright Wolf CD 120.893 Off The Wall Wolf CD 120.893 Can’t Get No Grindin Wolf CD 120.893 After Hours Wolf CD 120.893 Got My Mojo Working Wolf CD 120.893
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Lovie Lee pno; John Primer, Rick Kreher gtr; Earnest Johnson bass; Ray Allison drums Live at Chicagofest, Navy Pier, Chicago, Sat. 16 Aug. 1980
Clouds in My Heart XRT LP 9301
MUDDY WATERSMuddy Waters vcl, gtr; John Primer, Rick Kreher gtr; George 'Mojo' Buford hca; Lovie Lee pno; Earnest Johnson bass, Ray Allison drums; band vcls-1
Live recording, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Mon. 9 Nov. 1981
Hoochie Coochie Man Charly CD 1257 My Home Is In The Delta Charly CD 1257 You Don’t Have To Go Charly CD 1257 I’m A King Bee Charly CD 1257 Baby, Please Don’t Go Charly CD 1257 Long Distance Call Charly CD 1257 Trouble No More Charly CD 1257 Got My Mojo Working -1 Charly CD 1257 Mannish Boy Charly CD 1257 Going Down Slow unissued
MUDDY WATERS AND THE ROLLING STONESMuddy Waters vcl-1, gtr-2; Lovie Lee pno, vcl-3; John Primer gtr, vcl-4; Rick Kreher gtr; George ‘Mojo’ Buford hca; Earnest Johnson bass; Ray Allison drums; Mick Jagger vcl-5; Keith Richards gtr-6; Ron Wood gtr-6; (Richards and Wood replace Kreher and possibly Primer); Ian Stewart pno (replaces Lee)-7; Lefty Diz gtr-8, vcl-9; Buddy Guy gtr-10, vcl-11; Junior Wells vcl-12, hca-13 (replaces Buford); Mick Jones bass-4 (replaces Johnson)
Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago Sun. 22 Nov.1981
Unidentified Instrumental unissued You’re Gonna Miss Me When unissued I’m Gone -4 Sweet Little Angel -3 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Flip Flop And Fly -3 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Introduction (Muddy speech) The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Down The Road I Go -1-2 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Country Boy -1-2 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 County Jail -1-2 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 I’m A King Bee -1-2 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Someday Baby -1-2 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Baby Please Don’t Go -1-2 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 -5-6 Hoochie Coochie Man -1-5-6 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Long Distance Call -1-5-6 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Mannish Boy -1-5-6-9-10-11-12 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 Got My Mojo Working -6-10-12-13 unissued Next Time You See Me -6-7-8 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 -10-11-12 Talkin’ About My Woman-6-7 The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 -8-9-12-14 Instrumental (based on ‘Baby unissued Please Don’t Go’ Theme) -6-8-14 Clouds In My Heart -1-6-8-14 unissued Champagne And Reefer The Swingin’ Pig CD 1152 -1-5-6-8-14 Instrumental -13-14 unissued Instrumental unissued
Labels shots and EP covers courtesy of: John Broven; Mike Atherton; Billy Vera; Victor Pearlin; Robert L. Campbell; Tom Kelly; Armin Büttner. 1949 Aristocrat advert courtesy of Dan Kochakian. Rest of the ads courtesy Galen Gart’s First Pressings. Other photographs: The B&R Archives.
