The complete album + 4 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g clear vinyl.
Chicago was the centre for electric blues from 1948 when guitarist/singer-songwriter Muddy Waters had his first rhythm & blues chart hits, 'I Can't Be Satisfied' and 'I feel Like Going Home'. Waters, born McKinley Morganfield was more than a pioneer in the Chicago electric blues scene though; he was a great singer of American vernacular music - a vocal artist of astonishing power, range, depth, and subtlety.
Presented here is his complete LP The Best of Muddy Waters, a greatest hits compilation released by Chess Records in April 1958. The twelve songs were originally issued as singles between 1948 and 1954, and most appeared within the top ten of Billboard's rhythm & blues chart.
My hero? It's got to be Muddy Waters. Because I know him as an all-round gent and his music is sublime. I've never forgotten what a gentleman he was, and it made me think, you didn't have to be a loudmouth. - Keith Richards
TRACKLIST:
I Just Want To Make Love To You [aka Just Make Love To Me] / Long Distance Call / Louisiana Blues / Honey Bee / Rollin' Stone / I'm Ready / Evans Shufe (Bonus Track) / Too Young To Know (Bonus Track) / (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man / She Moves Me / I Want You To Love Me [aka Mad Love] / Standing Around Crying / Still A Fool / I Can't B