This is a bit of a mixed bag. Some great tracks but others which are interesting but not essential. Some of these sound like they might be straight from vinyl transfers...scratches and all! Still it's nice to have some more George Smith on emusic.
Technically, I suppose, you can divide Muddy Waters'recording career neatly into three "phases": the 1941-2, acoustic field recordings for Alan Lomax of the Library of Congress, his 1947-75 run with Chess Records and the Blue Sky albums produced by Johnny Winter beginning in 1977 and ending well before Muddy's 1983 death. Of course, that still leaves holes in his discography - such as the four 1946 tracks Muddy cut for Columbia before signing with Chess,… more »
