James Cotton's vocals. Now he relies on frontmen to give him a voice and it just ain't the same. Grab this one because it celebrates James in a way that he should be remebered. Great harp, great vocals, great blues!
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 »
