Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters at Newport
Chess, 1960
One of this book's big shortcomings is that by starting at the end of the 1950s it pretty much skirts blues music. As a result there are a few blues records and they tend to be these career retrospective types like Muddy Waters at Newport. Considering how influential blues was to the formation of American Rock and Roll music, it seems odd that you have a late career John Lee Hooker (save his 1989 album The Healer), a BB King live album, no Howlin' Wolf, no Robert Johnson, no Lead Belly. I get starting this book at a definitive point--the point where the idea of The Album really starts taking hold--but I feel like this thing at least needs a prologue, especially considering how many times Eric Clapton shows up in it.
Alas, at least this Muddy Waters record was included. These live albums from the 50s and 60s have been some of my favorites to listen to over the course of this project. This one is particularly good because these songs benefit from being roughed up. You get a lot more life out of them than if they'd been pristinely recorded in a studio.
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