It's a good follow up to the previous 'The Rockin' 5 Royales' post and, more. An episode in the TV series 'Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues' from 2003.
Track listings include: quot;I Can't Be Satisfied,quot; quot;Trouble No More,quot; quot;Long Distance Call,quot; quot;Mannish Boy,quot; quot;Rock Me,quot; quot;You Shook Me,quot; quot;Got My Mojo Work ing.quot; As part of the compilation series issued in conjunction with the major television series documentary The Blues, this is a collection of 16 of Waters' more notable performances. Though they span his entire career, actually all but three of them are taken from his prime years for Chess Records between the late '40s and mid-'60s. The two-disc The Anthology: 1947-1972 remains the best Waters best-of (and there have been a number of them) if you want to spend some more money, but this is pretty good if you can be satisfied with a single-disc collection. Many listeners would rate 'I Can't Be Satisfied,' 'Rollin' & Tumblin',' 'Rollin' Stone,' 'Long Distance Call,' '(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man,' 'I Just Want to Make Love to You,' 'Mannish Boy,' 'Trouble No More,' 'Got My Mojo Working,' and 'You Shook Me' (all of which are here) as not just indisputably among Muddy's best songs, but also as among the most essential electric blues done by anyone. That doesn't mean that there aren't great tracks that didn't make the cut ('Walkin' Thru the Park,' 'You Need Love,' and 'I'm Ready,' for starters), but at least those are readily available elsewhere if you do decide you crave more than what's here.
As Waters compilations go, this does have the mild advantage of taking in a few items before and after his Chess days, those being one of his acoustic early-'40s Library of Congress recordings ('Country Blues, Number One'), a 1946 track from his Columbia session ('Burying Ground Blues'), and a number from his Johnny Winter-produced 1976 Hard Again album ('The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock & Roll'). Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide.
Shortnin' / Henduck - Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band02. Long John - Lightning & Group03. Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith04. Louis Blues - W.C.
Muddy Water - Bessie Smith06. Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson07. Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee - Furry Lewis08. 'Ma' Rainey's Black Bottom - 'Ma' Rainey09.
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson10. Savoy Blues - Louis Armstrong11. Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes12. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt13. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas14. How Long How Long Blues - Leroy Carr15.
Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson16. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell17. It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom18. Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith19. Guitar Blues - Lonnie Johnson20. Pony Blues - Charley Patton21. Diddie Wah Diddie - Blind Blake22.
Moan - Memphis Jug Band23. Standin' On The Corner (Blue Yodel # 9) - Jimmie Rodgers24.
Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks25. Preachin' The Blues - Son House01. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James02. Rider - Lead Belly03. Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams04.
Dirty Mother For You (Don't You Know) - Roosevelt Sykes05. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday06. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson07. I Good Mornin' Little School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson08. Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White09. Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner & Pete Johnson10. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway11.
Going To Chicago Blues - Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing12. Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy13.
Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie14. Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather15. Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tommy McClennon16. Evil Gal Blues - Lionel Hampton Sextet with Dinah Washington17. Strange Things Happening Everyday - Sister Rosetta Tharpe18.Honeydripper Pt.I - Joe Liggins19.
Drifting Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown20. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan21. That's All Right Mama - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup22.
Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker23. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris24. Ain't Nobody's Business, Part One - Jimmy Witherspoon25. Double Crossing Blues - The Johnny Otis Quintette with Little Esther & The Robins01. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim02.
Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield03. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston04. Dust My Broom - Elmore James05. No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon06. Juke - Little Walter07. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton08.
Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson09. The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim10. In The Night - Professor Longhair11. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters12. Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Blue Monday - Fats Domino14. Hard Times - Ray Charles15.
I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis16. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley17. Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II18. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf19. Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley20.
I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo21. Goode - Chuck Berry22. Farther Up The Road - Bobby 'Blue' Bland23.
So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush24. First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy01. Hide Away - Freddie King02. Drivin' Wheel - Junior Parker03. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker04. Frosty - Albert Collins05.
You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Muddy Waters06. Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf07. Death Letter Blues - Son House08.
You Gotta Move - Mississippi Fred McDowell09. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan10. Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells11. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor12. All Your Love - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton13. I've Got A Mind To Give Up Livin' - Paul Butterfield Blues Band14.
Red House - Jimi Hendrix15. Born Under The Bad Sign - Albert King16. Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Magic Sam17. Tell Mama - Etta James18. Group Ain't Superstitious - The Jeff Beck19. She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride) - Taj Mahal20.
Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac21. One Good Man - Janis Joplin01. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. Dallas - Johnny Winter03.
Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Derek & The Dominos04. Give Me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers05. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band06. Down Home Blues - Z.Z. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble08. Smoking Gun - Robert Cray09. Tuff Enuff - Fabulous Thunderbirds10.
I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt11. Timbarma - Ali Farka Toure12. Keb' Mo'13. Cherry Red Wine - Luther Allison14. Bill - Peggy Scott-Adams15.
Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi16. Voodoo Music - Los Lobos17. Round And Round - Bonnie Raitt18. Vietnam Blues - Cassandra Wilson19.
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I Pity The Fool (Live) - Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland20. Sweet Home Chicago - Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris.