Chess release Muddy Waters’ only all-acoustic album : ‘Folk Singer’ (1964)

Muddy Waters‘s ‘Folk Singer’ is his fourth (and only all-acoustic) album released on April 17, 1964 by Chess.

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1 . Long Distance Calls (Live)

2 . Long Distance Call

3 . Country Boy (w/ Otis Spann, France, 1964)

4 . Country Boy (The Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, 1981)

5 . You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had

Muddy Waters – Folk Singer

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Track Listing : 1.My Home Is In The Delta (Muddy Waters) – 03:58 . 2.Long Distance (Muddy Waters) – 03:30 . 3.My Captain (Willie Dixon) – 05:10 . 4.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 03:12 . 5.You Gonna Need My Help (Muddy Waters) – 03:09 . 6.Cold Weather Blues (Muddy Waters) – 04:40 . 7.Big Leg Woman (John Temple) – 03:25 . 8.Country Boy (Muddy Waters) – 03:26 . 9.Feel Like Going Home (Muddy Waters) – 03:52 . 10.The Same Thing (Willie Dixon) – 02:57 . 11.You Can’T Lose What You Never Had (Muddy Waters) – 02:46 . 12.My John The Conqueror Root (Willie Dixon) – 02:22 . 13.Short Dress Woman (John T. Brown) – 02:49 . 14.Put Me In Your Lay Away (L.J. Welch) – 02:56


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Musicians : Muddy Waters – Composer, Guitar, Vocals . Buddy Guy – Guitar . Sammy Lawhorn – Guitar . James Madison – Guitar . Otis Spann – Harmonica, Piano . Francis Clay – Drums . Clifton James – Drums . S.P. Leary – Drums . Willie Dixon – Bass . Milton Rector – Bass . J.T. Brown – Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone

Production : Produced By Muddy Waters, Ralph Bass, Willie Dixon . Ron Malo – Engineer

Package : Mary Katherine Aldin – Liner Notes . Don Bronstein – Photography . Jim Marshall asterisques RVM – Photography

Recorded In September 1963 At Tel Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois.

Released On April 17, 1964 By Chess.

(Source Muddy Waters‘s ‘Folk Singer’ | The Official Muddy “Mississippi” Waters)

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rateyourmusic
It’s pretty easy to rate this classic with five stars. While it’s not only one of the best blues albums ever recorded it’s also one of the greatest studio albums of all time in any genre. Essential for any serious blues fan out there. […]

Record Fiend
Even though the proto-unplugged manner in which Folk Singer was recorded in 1963 can be viewed as a contrived effort to cater to white folkies who dismissed anything played on electric instruments, the combined talents of Waters, guitarist Buddy Guy, bassist Willie Dixonand drummer Clifton James ensured that it would be an album of the highest aesthetic quality. I wonder if this was the first time that Muddy had picked up an acoustic guitar since leaving the Mississippi Delta 20 years earlier, not that it would matter with it being played by one of the world’s true musical giants. […]

Gearslutz.com
Muddy Waters “Folk Singer” recording techniques/gear I can’t believe how amazing this album is and how amazing it sounds. I picked it up for $5 at Amazon this week on CD just on a lark. I’d never heard it but $5? Okay. I didn’t even know it had Buddy Buy and Willie Dixon. $5 for a Muddy album I haven’t heard? Okay – sold. […]

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