Paul Rodgers' tribute to Muddy Waters is not a return to Waters' electric Chicago blues, but a continuation of the blues-rock of Rodgers' old bands, Free and Bad Company. Taken on those terms, Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters works only when Rodgers is matched with a good blues-rock guitarist. Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, and Gary Moore all play well, while Richie Sambora, Neal Schon, and Trevor Rabin all sound a bit lost; the rest, including David Gilmour ...   [ read more ]

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Muddy Waters' classic Muddy Waters at Newport album is combined with the passable 1977 record Muddy Waters Live on this single-disc Beat Goes On reissue. The packaging and sound quality on this disc are first-rate, but the juxtaposition of the two records isn't particularly wise, since the Newport album dwarfs the '77 album in terms of excitement, energy and overall quality. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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As part of the compilation series issued in conjunction with the major television series documentary {#The Blues}, this is a collection of 16 of Waters' more notable performances. Though they span his entire career, actually all but three of them are taken from his prime years for Chess Records between the late '40s and mid-'60s. The two-disc The Anthology: 1947-1972 remains the best Waters best-of (and there have been a number of them) if you want to spend some more money, but this is pretty g...   [ read more ]

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