Muddy Waters - King Bee
Year: 1981
Label: CBS
Total time: 40:06
Bitrate: 320 kbps
This 1981 recording found Waters being produced by rocker Johnny Winter, who had brought Muddy back to form on the Hard Again album. Winter was smart enough to surround the great one with musicians who knew his music intimately -- regular band members like Calvin Jones, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, and Bob Margolin dot the lineup -- and Johnny keeps his own excesses in check on a nice brace of tunes. While most of the tunes here are recuts of older Chess material, Muddy's versions of Slim Harpo's title track and his own "Champagne & Reefer" are worth checking out. Not the place to start a Muddy Waters collection, but a good one to add to the collection after you've absorbed the classics on Chess. ~ Cub Koda, AMG
Personnel:
Muddy Waters (Vocals and Slide Guitar)
Johnny Winter (Guitar and Slide Guitar) - 1-5,7-10
Bob Margolin (Guitar) - 1,2,4-10
Luther Johnson (Guitar) - 1,2,4-7,9,10
Calvin Jones (Bass) - 1-4,6,7,9,10
Willie Smith (Drums)
Pinetop Perkins (Piano) - 1-4,6-10
Jerry Portnoy (Harp) - 1,2,4,6,9,10
Charles Calmese (Bass) - 8
James Cotton (Harmonica) - 8
Muddy Waters - King Bee Tracks:
01 I'm A King Bee (Slim Harpo) 3:51
02 Too Young To Know (Muddy Waters) 4:31
03 Mean Old Frisco Blues (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup) 3:46
04 Forever Lonely (Muddy Waters) 4:35
05 I Feel Like Going Home (Muddy Waters) 3:43
06 Champagne & Reefer (Muddy Waters) 4:36
07 Sad Sad Day (Muddy Waters) 5:25
08 (My Eyes) Keep Me In Trouble (Herbert Walker) 3:19
09 Deep Down In Florida #2 (Muddy Waters) 4:08
10 No Escape From The Blues (Muddy Waters/C.E. Williams) 2:07
