The album peaked at number 127 on Billboard 200 album chart. Producer Marshall Chess suggested that Muddy Waters recorded it in an attempt to appeal to a rock audience. Though it elicited a short-lived sales spree and an enthusiasm among youth culture across. A left-turn into psychedelia with his 1968 album, ‘Electric Mud’, had alienated his base. The late ’60s were a mixed bag for Muddy Waters. Released in 1968, it imagines Muddy Waters as a psychedelic musician. Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version. Electric Mud is the fifth studio album by Muddy Waters, with members of Rotary Connection serving as his backing band. Endless Happiness present a reissue of Muddy Waters's Electric Mud, originally released in 1968. And Muddy lucked out, because the blues are still the blues, for better or worse, while Electric Mud remains little more than an. Which was undoubtedly the last thing Muddy Waters, a purist himself, wanted. It was controversial for it's fusion of electric blues with psychedelic elements. Electric Mud is to the blues what Dylan’s electric set at Newport was to folka kick in the pants to purists and a wake-up call in one. Released in 1968, it imagines Muddy Waters as a psychedelic musician. The 1996 re-issue also has a lengthy liner essay and some fascinating photos of Muddy at the barbershop! Electric Mud - amazon.Vinyl LP pressing. But overall, it was a successful experiment and showed that Waters' music was adaptable to changing times and musical styles. While the musical backdrop was certainly different, Muddy Waters was no stranger to loud guitars and strong drumming, but the wild squalls of guitarist Pete Cosey (soon to become famous in Miles Davis' electric bands) and the busy arrangements do take some of the subtlety out of the music. Electric Mud is the fifth studio album by Muddy Waters, with members of Rotary Connection playing as his backing band. The power, braggadocio and sheer vitality of his voice and very presence lends credence to this project. Muddy Waters plays a setlist of some his best known songs and one pop music cover, and he is singing as well as he ever had, albeit over the loudest group he had ever fronted. But with fresh ears, it is easy to discover a lot of merit to this album. They found the psychedelic rock trappings and over-driven guitars as a pandering sell-out. Whom it was not popular with was the blues cognoscenti of the era. Apparently is was a successful venture, purportedly selling in the neighborhood of 150,000 copies. Released under the direction of the young second generation Chess Records producer Marshall Chess on the Cadet imprint, this album was designed to help the great bluesman Muddy Waters connect with the young, white audiences that were flocking to the psychedelic ballrooms like the Fillmore and Winterland in the late 1960's. Peter Brotzmann and Andrew Cyrille - Andrew Cyrill.John Coltrane - The John Coltrane Impulse! Albums.Wes Montgomery - Movin': The Complete Verve Record.Miles Davis Quintet - Live in Europe 1967: The Boo.Mike LeDonne - Keep the Faith (Savant Records, 2011).James Carter Organ Trio - At the Crossroads (Emarc.John Zorn - At the Gates of Paradise (Tzadik, 2011).Books: Headstone by Ken Bruen (Mysterious Press, 2.Books: Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke (Simo.Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris - Broken Partials (No.
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