Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live (1979)

About this title: Accompanied by Johnny Winter and his band, Muddy Waters turns in an enthusiastic performance on Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live. The set list contains most of his biggest hits, and the sound quality and performances are mostly energetic. Still, there's something faintly repetitive about this record. For one thing, there's only one song here, "Deep Down in Florida," that comes from any of Waters' recent albums. All of the others are old standards, which makes this album rather superfluous, since there are equally forceful performances of these cuts elsewhere. It doesn't help any that "Deep ... read more

Tracks:

1. Mannish Boy [Morganfield/McDanie]
2. She's Nineteen Years Old [Morganfield]
3. Nine Below Zero [Williamson]
4. Streamline Woman [Waters]
5. Howling Wolf [Morganfield]
6. Baby Please Don't Go [Morganfield]
7. Deep Down in Florida [Morganfield]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.