The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album

The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album is an album by blues musician Muddy Waters released by the Chess label in 1975.^[1][2][3] The album features Levon Helm and Garth Hudson from The Band and Paul Butterfield.^[4]

The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
Studio album by Muddy Waters
Released	April 1975
Recorded	February 6 & 7, 1975
Studio	Bearsville's Studio at "Turtle Creek", Woodstock, New York
Genre	Blues
Length	43:45
Label	Chess CH 60035
Producer	Henry Glover
Muddy Waters chronology
"Unk" in Funk (1974) The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975) Hard Again (1977)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[6]

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards in 1976.^[7]

In a retrospective assessment, AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated "this album worked best because they let Waters be himself, producing music that compared favorably to his concerts of the period, which were wonderful. His final album for Chess (recorded at Bearsville studio in Woodstock, not in Chicago), with Helm and fellow Band-member Garth Hudson teaming up with Waters' touring band, it was a rocking (in the bluesy sense) soulful swansong to the label where he got his start. Waters covers some songs he knew back when, plays some slide, and generally has a great time on this Grammy-winning album".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by McKinley Morganfield except where noted

1. "Why Are People Like That" (Bobby Charles) – 3:35
2. "Going Down to Main Street" – 3:57
3. "Born with Nothing" – 5:20
4. "Caledonia" (Fleecie Moore) – 6:14
5. "Funny Sounds" – 4:32
6. "Love, Deep as the Ocean" – 5:10
7. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Fleecie Moore, Sam Theard) – 5:13
8. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 5:09
9. "Fox Squirrel" – 3:56 [Bonus track on CD reissues]

Personnel

• Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
• Garth Hudson – organ, accordion, saxophone
• Paul Butterfield – harmonica
• Bob Margolin – guitar
• Pinetop Perkins – piano
• Howard Johnson – saxophone
• Fred Carter Jr. – bass, guitar
• Levon Helm – drums, bass

References

1. Both Sides Now: GRT Consolidated Chess/Cadet Album Discography (1971–1975) accessed September 14, 2019
2. Wirz' American Music: Muddy Waters Discography accessed September 14, 2019
3. Wight, P. & Rothwell, F. The Complete Muddy Waters Discography accessed September 14, 2019
4. The Band: Muddy Waters: The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album, accessed September 14, 2019
5. Eder, Bruce. Muddy Waters: The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
6. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 483. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
7. Grammy Awards: Muddy Waters, accessed September 14, 2019