This was recorded in '77. Johnny Winter couldn't believe Muddy was out of work, so he played and produced this album and yes, did all the yelling in the background because he loved Muddy and his music. A kick in the crotch to the Disco era.
When the Beatles arrived in America a reporter asked them what they'd like to see first and Paul said "Muddy Waters" to which the reporter said "Where's that?".
Well, he got from (and wrote it for) Bo Diddley, based on his song "I'm a Man", which this is a cover of. Bo passed on it, as did everyone else he offered it to, so he decided to record it himself.
Some names for you to look into: Etta James, Koko Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Jimmy Vaughn, Robert Johnson, Son House, Elmore James, Albert Collins John Lee Hooker, Otis Spann, Charlie Musselwhite, damn, there are just too many...
@@dragonriders729 Here she is doing Hound Dog and Down Home Shakedown, with John Lee Hooker and Big Walter Horton: ruclips.net/video/wxoGvBQtjpM/видео.html
Elmore James is the best of the truly ancient guys with that jarring high/low, layered voice and overdriven slide, Hooker is unique as well, but The Wolf is who I go back to most, Bonnie Raitt said about Hoiker that his vocals are as sexual as it gets, Wolf sounds like he been smoking nitroglycerin cigars all night
Mannish Boy” is part of a chain of answer songs that began with Waters’ “Hoochie Coochie Man.” Bo Diddley answered with “I’m a Man,” and then Muddy waters (with co-writing credits to Diddley and Mel London), first recorded “Manish Boy,” on May 24th, 1955. The answers didn’t end there. The great Koko Taylor penned her own song, answering them all. It was “I’m a Woman,” and had the same quintessential Chicago beat, and nearly the same intro vocals as Waters’ classic.
This version was recorded in the late 60s early 70s. That's Johnny Winter supplying the screaming and shouting in the background. Someone you should check out.
In the end, R&R is speeded up blues. It wasn't until I dropped acid at a blues festival that I realized all the boys from the British Invasion were just doing their version of the blues.
Muddy is the blues master. We played him like hell in college in the 1970s. His lyrics are so clever. Live blues is the best bar music ever. The blues is all about pain and heartbreak and we can all relate to that.
I've read that Muddy Waters, when he left the south where he was called a boy, and moved to Chicago he was no longer a "boy". He was a man. And quite a man at that! He is one of my favorite musicians and people.
In the South, all white men were called "Sir" and all black men were called "Boy". Calling each other "man" and not being called "boy" was hugely important.
Hey, and also the lead singer of The J. Geils Band 💜 Peter Wolf was aka Howkin' Wolf 🐺 (a former radio DJ) and the sax and harp player was Magic Dick (Richard Dick) (J. Geils himself was on guitar). 🎸 They opened for B. B. King, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter & The Birds! Also with The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Peter Frampton. They played 🎵 🎹 R&B blues rock in the 70s, then on to commercial stuff in the 80s. When Wolf went solo, Seth Justman took over the vocals. They hv an incredible live album (from 1976 "Blow Your Face Out, recorded at Detroit's Cobo Hall 🌷arena) that is loud-loud (the band and the audience) this was before limits were put on the volume of rock concerts. Get this, apparently, Magic Dick was considered an innovator in rock harmonica and using it as a lead instrument! 😉👍 Interesting note: The Allman Brothers Band and The J. Geils Band both played the last show at The Filmore East before that venue closed down. 🌼🌼 Sample song list: Detroit Breakdown, Ain't Nothin' but a House-Party, Love-itis, Love Stinks, Southside Shuffle, I must'a Got Lost, Give It To Me.
Stevie Ray and Double Trouble used to "open" for Muddy Waters. Muddy was quoted as saying that Stevie could become the greatest guitarist ever if, he could stay away from "that white powder".
@@JimGeigerMusic I'm sure that Mr.King probably did say something like that, lots of people were aware of Stevie's addictions. .Several people had that sentiment but, Mr.Waters was quoted as saying it in an article in the NY Daily news, August 19, 2019 (also Wikipedia). While Mr,Waters did die before Stevie "got big", the fact remains that Double Trouble WAS an opening act for Mr.Waters.
This is Muddy re-doing Manish Boy in 1977 on the album Hard Again. Johnny Winter was the producer and one of the guitarist on this album w/ harp player James Cotton. My first Muddy album i bought.
Johnny Lang’s “Lie to Me” was released when he was 15 years old and on his second album. Phenomenal talent that you will not believe is only 15 when you hear his vocals and listen to the guitar solos he rips through on the song.
My brother went to see johnny Lang jamming with Buddy Guy, so I bought him the CD. Good music. Buddy Guy has been a favorite for a long time, and I've been listening to Johnny Lang since he was a teenager
@@jnywd8450 Ive seen Buddy Guy twice in concert and was blown away both times. In one outdoor concert he played an riff on his guitar normally, then played it with the guitar behind his head and then played it while whipping the strings with a rolled up towel. More recently, Johnny Lang was supposed to be touring with Buddy but the shows were cancelled due to the pandemic.
I saw him double bill with Danko Jones in an old church downtown Toronto I wanna say 1999. I'll always remember seeing through the floor boards to the basement when it was pumping! Great times.
This is where The Rolling Stones took their name. Without Muddy I can't even imagine what music would have been like in the sixties and seventies. He is on the Mt Rushmore of music icons that explain modern music. He's a "full grown man" for sure.
Nope. The Stones took their name and originally the spelling of their name from Rollin' Stone Blues Well, my mother told my father Just before hmmm, I was born "I got a boy child's comin He's going to be, he's going to be a rolling stone Sure enough, he's a rolling stone ruclips.net/video/sVmEMv8rcCA/видео.html
“Kind Hearted Woman”, “Crossroads” or “Hellhound on My Trail” Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson is often considered “the wellspring of delta blues”. This is incorrect; Robert Johnson represents the apotheosis of delta blues, the style distilled down to its essence and played by a genius. He represents the culmination of everything that came before him from Charlie Patton to Son House.
He's also not as influential on early rock n roll as is often suggested. He wasn't really "discovered" by white audiences until the early 60s and his biggest influence was on performers like Bob Dylan and the British blues scene.
@@mookie7688 This is a really interesting point because you have to ask, “What do we mean by ‘influential’ and who are we talking about?” If we are talking about the birth of Rock and Roll, and we are talking about guys like Chuck Berry and Buddy Holy, I agree. Johnson wasn’t an influence, really at all. King of the Delta Blues Singers wasn’t released until ‘61, and most of the early Rock and Roll guys had almost assuredly never heard of Robert Johnson. But (as you mention) when you start talking about the British Invasion, the Stones, The Beatles and especially Clapton, these are the bands that were influenced by RJ. Obviously other American blues men were also prominent influences on the Brits, Howlin Wolf went to Britain in the early ‘60s, and that was surely influential on almost every British musician at the time.
@@donaldchase9250 Exactly. That album was the first time his music became widely available. Bob Dylan heard it before it was even released, and championed it in folk circles. In England the blues and folk revival scenes were closely connected and it became massively influential there along with the Chess artists that the British blues and invasion bands were listening to early in their careers. On a side note, those blues artists loved to play in Britain, because they felt so much more appreciated than they did at home. My point was only that he is often retroactively pointed to as an influence on the early emergence of rock n roll as a genre, and that simply isn't the case, as you say.
Now we need to watch "The Blues Brothers" since one of it's main purposes was to expose people of the 80s to the Blues Music of the 40s and 50s. Kind of like what Andy and Alex are doing with the music of past decades. Are Andy and Alex the modern day Jake and Elwood?
This song was from Muddy Waters Hard Again album released in 1977. The man yelling in the background is Johnny Winters, who joined Muddy for several years. Johnny Winters also produced the album.
Gentlemen, this song is a classic original that stood the test of time. I mean, it effected you 65 years after it was written. That should tell you something.
The entire British Invasion was based -- or at least influenced by -- music that US musicians produced, but that white America could not listen to. But when their records showed up in London.....
I first saw Muddy open up for the Allman Brothers on their "Win Lose or Draw" tour in '75. I was 16 and had never heard of him...I went out and bought the album this is from, "Hard Again" the next day
Hey guys, a little background info for ya: that version of ‘Mannish Boy’ you just heard was recorded in 1977 on Muddy’s album ‘Hard Again’. The whole album is absolute essential listening. Every song is a banger. The guy doing all the hollering in the background is the late Johnny Winter, another blues legend you should check out ( react to his version of Highway 61 Revisited from 1969, trust me). Any of Muddy’s late 1970s albums should be checked out, and his recordings for Chess in the 1950s are required blues listening if you want to really get into deep blues. Cheers!!!
When the British bands of the early to mid 60's would tour the U.S., they'd hit record stores and clean them out of blues albums. The record store owners thought they were crazy as blues was not very popular in the U.S. at the time. I remember seeing an interview of either The Rolling Stones or The Who talking about going back to the UK with crates of blues albums they got in the U.S. but weren't available in the UK.
The Stones insisted on having Howlin' Wolf appear as their special guest for them to agree to a US TV appearance. It was the first exposure to a large white audience he'd ever gotten.
David. The Rolling Stones actually got their name from per Keith Richards. They were doing an interview and they asked Brian Jones what the name of the band was and he saw a copy of the Rolling Stone magazine and quickly said The Rolling Stones.
@@koltonk2713 Sorry you are correct. They were doing an interview and saw a muddy waters record that had Rolling Stone as a song hence the name. My apologies
This is actually the 1970's re-recorded version of this song. The guitarist Johnny Winter produced and played on a comeback album of Muddy Waters in 1977 called "Hard Again". That's Johnny with the screams in the background
These old African-American blues artists inspired the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and so many other artists listened to these recordings so much that the "spirit" of the blues possessed their souls.
Our little three piece band stumbled into a gig as a replacement band at the 1972 Minnesota State Fair. Little did we know that Muddy Waters was scheduled to play right after us. I got to stand ten feet from where Muddy was playing for his entire set and speak with him afterward. He dug what we did, especially our lead guitar guy. One of the highlights of my life. This version you listened to was with Johnny Winters sitting in. He was the guy yelling in the background. Doesn't get better than that.
Muddy waters made a comment years ago; “The blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll”. As you guys surmised, HUGE influence on The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and so on. Another old blues artist Willie Dixon did the song; “You shook me” that Zeppelin did on their first album. Robert Plant in an interview one time said; “We took the blues and mutilated it and turned it upside down”. As well as the rest of the British Invasion. And the torch of musical influence continues to get passed on. Take care guys, thanks for the extra again this week! 🎸
That yelping in the background is none other than Johnny Winter !!! Howling Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning' is what Alex was thinking of, and definitely worth a reaction!!!!
The Yardbirds did incredible versions of both this song ( called "I'm a Man") and "Smokestack Lightning". Perfect examples of black American blues artists' influence on the British musical invasion of the 60's. Clapton, Beck, and Page took these early blues themes and stretched and bent them in exciting new ways that changed how modern players evolved. They absolutely deserve a listen.
@@inkoinfinity2 Yes Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller would go on and write songs for Elvis. But Hound Dog was not one of them. The song was written specifically for Big Mama Thornton at the behest of Johnny Otis (Big Mama was in his band). Her version was recorded on August 13, 1952 and topped the R & B charts for 7 weeks. Elvis heard the reworked version (and IMO inferior version) of Hound Dog when he saw Freddie Bell and the Bellboys perform the song in 1956. Presely’s took that version and topped the charts for 11 weeks.
Check out Howlin' Wolf , Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and B.B. King The men who influenced Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix .
So good to see two guys, who obviously don't have the blues as their preferred genre, listening to and enjoying music made decades before their birth. It's good to be open to new things. You may end up with very eclectic musical tastes.
This song is responsible for igniting a lot of careers. The Rolling Stones got their name from this song, the amazing yelling vocals in the background were done by the producer who wanted the recorded version to sound like when Waters would play the song live, and people would go nuts. I highly recommend Freddie King - Have you ever loved a woman, which shows the connective tissue between this and future blues rock like Zeppelin.
@@spiccybaby and during Mother's Day brunch with bottomless mimosas and all the Humboldt County gold I could consume. Pretty remarkable for a Mississippi chick! 🤣💜💚💛✌️
This is the 1977 version. Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin on guitar, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Willie Big Eyes Smith on drums, Charles Calmese on bass, James Cotton on harmonica, and Johnny Winter on lead guitar and screams. He also produced the album.
Try Muddy Waters own "Got My Mojo Working" or Howling Wolf's "Killing Floor". Both shorter and faster...sit right in that sweet spot between blues and rock.👍
The recording you just heard was recorded in Cary IL. at a small club called Harry Hopes on rte.14. I forget the name of the album and I had the good luck of being there when they recorded this song and sat right up front with my buddy Tony just 10 feet away from Muddy for this show. The shouts in the background came from Johnny Winters. Great show i have never forgotten and can always hear it again buy playing the album.
I had the privilege of seeing Muddy Waters with Bo Didley and BB King live in concert way back in 1973 at Southern Illinois University. The hall was overflowing with soul by the end of the night. John Lee Hooker is another favorite of mine. Rock on. ✌
Alriggghhhttttt now we cookin !!! Now that u may go down this road I got some requests ..this is my jam ... You are absolutely spot on .. this is where it all began ..so excited !!!
Another great one is “Back Door Man” by Howlin’ Wolf. Such a cool groove. This music was the reason that rock and roll developed. This song definitely has one of the best “rolls” of all time
@andy&alex Thanks for uploading this from the Live stream. That was my IG comment that you pulled to react to this song. This song is an instant testosterone booster for any guy listening! This will ALWAYS be my favorite blues song! I want people to know that the blues isn't just slow burners-they have a ton of powerful, joyful "boogie" blues! Thanks for playing my request!!
Completely agree on the “S” rating. Jagger, Richards, Lennon, Daltrey, Townsend-all the OG’s of early rock wanted to BE guys like Muddy Waters. Totally blown away by early American blues. Influence is incalculable.
With that magic hundred thou coming up so soon, why not think about screening "The Last Waltz?" Not only did Muddy perform this (with The Band backing,) throughout the movie are woven little anecdotes describing how all these different styles converged into Rock n' Roll.
ALEX - YOU ARE SOOOO RIGHT...... The British Blues boom came from guys like Muddy Waters and all the Delta Blues guys. They were touring Britain when America didn't know what they had. The British rockers, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, The Who, The Animals etc, etc. took this to their hearts and bought it back to America. Thank god I say.
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Our first good dive into Blues!! We absolutely loved it as you saw! Where do we go next from here?! 🙌🏻🔥
Nice choice
well... you definately started at a good spot, Robert Johnson would be first i guess..
this is real music, were Piano , harmonica, shine
Muddy Waters, keeping it real.
If you're going to the classics you need Bo Diddley .... Not kidding 100%, Do Bo DIDDLEY 🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶
As @btpuppy2 mentioned, The Rolling Stones got their name from a line in this song.
This was recorded in '77. Johnny Winter couldn't believe Muddy was out of work, so he played and produced this album and yes, did all the yelling in the background because he loved Muddy and his music. A kick in the crotch to the Disco era.
R.I.P., JW.....the world's finest albino Bluesman.....
You mean it was recorded in 1955
@@arronhaggerty8426 Originally, yes. This version was '77.
I love that shouting in the background, baddass
@@DavidCornwell-p3h On the 1955 version it sounded like they recruited all the women that worked for the company to do the yelling.
"Blues is the roots. Everything else is the fruits" -Muddy Waters
Facts aF🎯
That's actually a quote from Willie Dixon
Muddy also has a song called "The Blues had a baby, and they named it Rock and Roll" ;)
Going back to the "roots of rock" FINALLY!!!!
Howlin Wolf next?
Yeah man love the blues
FUN FACT : Billy Gibbons of ZZTOP had a guitar made from the floor boards of Muddy Waters Sharecropper shack
Wow
... now, THAT SHOWS RESPECT!!
When the Beatles arrived in America a reporter asked them what they'd like to see first and Paul said "Muddy Waters" to which the reporter said "Where's that?".
Funny. like which one's Pink
@@jnywd8450 :) exactly.
The Rolling Stones in the sixties brings the Blues back to America.
@@peterfromgermany2431 For me. It was Van Morrisson and THEM doing 'Baby Please Don't Go' !
Muddy Waters..." The Blues Had a Baby and they Named It Rock and Roll"
Now you know where George Thorogood got Bad To The Bone.
They definitely need to hit some George Thorogood, especially “Bad to the Bone.”
Since A&A now know of Muddy Waters they should start with this song (released in 1982) to become familiar with George Thorogood and the Destroyers!
I was thinking it reminded me of Bad To The Bone.
That was my theme song in high school, lol. I have a stutter and everyone called me BBB Brad to the Bone. 😂😂😂
Well, he got from (and wrote it for) Bo Diddley, based on his song "I'm a Man", which this is a cover of. Bo passed on it, as did everyone else he offered it to, so he decided to record it himself.
That's Johnny Winter yelling in the background! He brought Muddy back to the public eye around this time! Late 70's!
Some names for you to look into: Etta James, Koko Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Jimmy Vaughn, Robert Johnson, Son House, Elmore James, Albert Collins John Lee Hooker, Otis Spann, Charlie Musselwhite, damn, there are just too many...
Big Mama Thornton.
@@dragonriders729 Here she is doing Hound Dog and Down Home Shakedown, with John Lee Hooker and Big Walter Horton: ruclips.net/video/wxoGvBQtjpM/видео.html
Solid list....add Albert King and Roy Buchanan
Elmore James is the best of the truly ancient guys with that jarring high/low, layered voice and overdriven slide, Hooker is unique as well, but The Wolf is who I go back to most, Bonnie Raitt said about Hoiker that his vocals are as sexual as it gets, Wolf sounds like he been smoking nitroglycerin cigars all night
Louis Jordan
Mannish Boy” is part of a chain of answer songs that began with Waters’ “Hoochie Coochie Man.” Bo Diddley answered with “I’m a Man,” and then Muddy waters (with co-writing credits to Diddley and Mel London), first recorded “Manish Boy,” on May 24th, 1955. The answers didn’t end there. The great Koko Taylor penned her own song, answering them all. It was “I’m a Woman,” and had the same quintessential Chicago beat, and nearly the same intro vocals as Waters’ classic.
PREACH
Thank you. I had no idea but you just gave me a weekends worth of listening
When the Delta blues moved north, it became electrified in order to be heard over the din of urban life. That's the sound of Chicago blues.
Muddy Waters brings the house down performing Mannish Boy in The Last Waltz.
Just watched it again
Yes, yes, yes... The Last Waltz. Phenomenal.
This version was recorded in the late 60s early 70s. That's Johnny Winter supplying the screaming and shouting in the background. Someone you should check out.
I can't find any information on Johnny Winter appearing on this recording. He and Muddy Waters did work together during the 70's, though.
*1976
@@SpaceCattttt There's a video.
@@jeffyoungblood4978 I'll look it up.
Here's what you're looking for: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Again
This is why rock n roll can never die. It was born from these blues
And it is soooo good 😜🔥😎
This is the genesis of so much.
Also the end of music.
B.B. King “The Thrill Is Gone”.
Next, John Lee Hooker, either Boogie Chillen or Boom Boom. You will find his influence on ZZ Top, especially LaGrange.
John Lee is a must
... and George Thorogood.
John Lee Hooker - Add “Think Twice Before You Go” to the list. Boom, Boom is awesome too but I bet they have heard it.
Hooker and Canned Heat, Boogie Chillin' with Alan Wilson's haunting harmonica. This is the best.
beat me to it
the hollering is johnny winter - living his dream, playing with muddy.
In the end, R&R is speeded up blues. It wasn't until I dropped acid at a blues festival that I realized all the boys from the British Invasion were just doing their version of the blues.
MARK! You promised your mother that you'd never touched drugs!!
I need a drink.
All the boys from the British Invasion were quite open about doing exactly that.
@@JSBIRD69 🍻
"Rhythm and Blues" and "Bebop" were the later precursors to Rock and Roll.
Muddy is the blues master. We played him like hell in college in the 1970s. His lyrics are so clever. Live blues is the best bar music ever. The blues is all about pain and heartbreak and we can all relate to that.
I've read that Muddy Waters, when he left the south where he was called a boy, and moved to Chicago he was no longer a "boy". He was a man. And quite a man at that! He is one of my favorite musicians and people.
In the South, all white men were called "Sir" and all black men were called "Boy". Calling each other "man" and not being called "boy" was hugely important.
Exactly!
I had the privilege of hearing Muddy live in 1978, which began my lifelong love of Blues. Always enjoyed playing Muddy's songs in bars and clubs!
Smokestack lightning was the legendary Howlin Wolf.
Hey, and also the lead singer of The J. Geils Band 💜 Peter Wolf was aka Howkin' Wolf 🐺 (a former radio DJ) and the sax and harp player was Magic Dick (Richard Dick) (J. Geils himself was on guitar). 🎸 They opened for B. B. King, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter & The Birds! Also with The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Peter Frampton. They played 🎵 🎹 R&B blues rock in the 70s, then on to commercial stuff in the 80s. When Wolf went solo, Seth Justman took over the vocals. They hv an incredible live album (from 1976 "Blow Your Face Out, recorded at Detroit's Cobo Hall 🌷arena) that is loud-loud (the band and the audience) this was before limits were put on the volume of rock concerts. Get this, apparently, Magic Dick was considered an innovator in rock harmonica and using it as a lead instrument! 😉👍 Interesting note: The Allman Brothers Band and The J. Geils Band both played the last show at The Filmore East before that venue closed down.
🌼🌼 Sample song list:
Detroit Breakdown, Ain't Nothin' but a House-Party, Love-itis, Love Stinks, Southside Shuffle, I must'a Got Lost, Give It To Me.
Oh... thanx for the education!! I'm 52, how did I not know this??!!🤣💜
Yes!
Howlin Wolf was the shizznit lol
Oh, yes! LOVE that Howlin' Wolf. He both terrified and mesmerized his audiences at the same time!
JOHNNY WINTER is yelling in the background along with his fine guitar playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stevie Ray and Double Trouble used to "open" for Muddy Waters. Muddy was quoted as saying that Stevie could become the greatest guitarist ever if, he could stay away from "that white powder".
That was Albert King who said that.
Muddy was dead before SRV got big.
@@JimGeigerMusic I'm sure that Mr.King probably did say something like that, lots of people were aware of Stevie's addictions. .Several people had that sentiment but, Mr.Waters was quoted as saying it in an article in the NY Daily news, August 19, 2019 (also Wikipedia). While Mr,Waters did die before Stevie "got big", the fact remains that Double Trouble WAS an opening act for Mr.Waters.
This is Muddy re-doing Manish Boy in 1977 on the album Hard Again. Johnny Winter was the producer and one of the guitarist on this album w/ harp player James Cotton. My first Muddy album i bought.
Johnny Lang’s “Lie to Me” was released when he was 15 years old and on his second album. Phenomenal talent that you will not believe is only 15 when you hear his vocals and listen to the guitar solos he rips through on the song.
Love that song!!!!!!
My brother went to see johnny Lang jamming with Buddy Guy, so I bought him the CD. Good music. Buddy Guy has been a favorite for a long time, and I've been listening to Johnny Lang since he was a teenager
@@jnywd8450 Ive seen Buddy Guy twice in concert and was blown away both times. In one outdoor concert he played an riff on his guitar normally, then played it with the guitar behind his head and then played it while whipping the strings with a rolled up towel. More recently, Johnny Lang was supposed to be touring with Buddy but the shows were cancelled due to the pandemic.
I saw him double bill with Danko Jones in an old church downtown Toronto I wanna say 1999. I'll always remember seeing through the floor boards to the basement when it was pumping! Great times.
I've seen him live 4 times and he has never disappointed, 6 times for Kenny Wayne Sheppard.
This version of the song is from 1976/77. Produced by Johnny Winter. He's the guy screaming in the background
To quote a certain Jedi Master, "You've taken your first step into a larger world."
Muddy really lifted the roof when he did this number at the Last Waltz , one of the highlights. Real folk blues come to life.
This is where The Rolling Stones took their name. Without Muddy I can't even imagine what music would have been like in the sixties and seventies. He is on the Mt Rushmore of music icons that explain modern music. He's a "full grown man" for sure.
'Ain't that a MAN?!'
Nope.
The Stones took their name and originally the spelling of their name from Rollin' Stone Blues
Well, my mother told my father
Just before hmmm, I was born
"I got a boy child's comin
He's going to be, he's going to be a rolling stone
Sure enough, he's a rolling stone
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@@AC-gw4qu From Muddy man, calm down. I bet you were the teachers pet.
You should check out John Lee Hooker: "Boom Boom" or "Boogie Chillun".
Peavine. Hooker with Canned heat. My favorite
Hooker & Heat!
IIRC, John Lee Hooker performed a rendition of Boom Boom in Blues Bros.
Jagger and the Stones did actually perform his songs in their early years.
There’s footage on youtube where they’re all performing together! 🔥🔥🔥
Performed with Him too
They have some live tracks with him on their "Love You Live" album too.
They named themselves after his song "Rollin stone"
@@Sc-dd6hb Which is located in Chicago. Checkerboard lounge was legendary.
“Kind Hearted Woman”, “Crossroads” or “Hellhound on My Trail” Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson is often considered “the wellspring of delta blues”. This is incorrect; Robert Johnson represents the apotheosis of delta blues, the style distilled down to its essence and played by a genius. He represents the culmination of everything that came before him from Charlie Patton to Son House.
He's also not as influential on early rock n roll as is often suggested. He wasn't really "discovered" by white audiences until the early 60s and his biggest influence was on performers like Bob Dylan and the British blues scene.
@@mookie7688 This is a really interesting point because you have to ask, “What do we mean by ‘influential’ and who are we talking about?” If we are talking about the birth of Rock and Roll, and we are talking about guys like Chuck Berry and Buddy Holy, I agree. Johnson wasn’t an influence, really at all. King of the Delta Blues Singers wasn’t released until ‘61, and most of the early Rock and Roll guys had almost assuredly never heard of Robert Johnson. But (as you mention) when you start talking about the British Invasion, the Stones, The Beatles and especially Clapton, these are the bands that were influenced by RJ. Obviously other American blues men were also prominent influences on the Brits, Howlin Wolf went to Britain in the early ‘60s, and that was surely influential on almost every British musician at the time.
@@donaldchase9250 Exactly. That album was the first time his music became widely available. Bob Dylan heard it before it was even released, and championed it in folk circles. In England the blues and folk revival scenes were closely connected and it became massively influential there along with the Chess artists that the British blues and invasion bands were listening to early in their careers. On a side note, those blues artists loved to play in Britain, because they felt so much more appreciated than they did at home. My point was only that he is often retroactively pointed to as an influence on the early emergence of rock n roll as a genre, and that simply isn't the case, as you say.
“Muddy Waters invented electricity.” - the movie Crossroads.
Jinx
Understood. 😊
#CuttinHeadz
The Rolling Stones named their band after a lyric in this tune . look it up .
Now we need to watch "The Blues Brothers" since one of it's main purposes was to expose people of the 80s to the Blues Music of the 40s and 50s. Kind of like what Andy and Alex are doing with the music of past decades. Are Andy and Alex the modern day Jake and Elwood?
Only if they are on a mission from God. Dudes, are ya?
What a great suggestion! They should really check out The Blues Brothers for an accelerated education!
Modern day Jake and Ellwood. Perfect description of A&A!
Not till I see some back flips.
This song was from Muddy Waters Hard Again album released in 1977. The man yelling in the background is Johnny Winters, who joined Muddy for several years. Johnny Winters also produced the album.
Muddy Waters was friend to the the young Edgar and Johnny Winter. Lucky us.
Was at the newport jazz festival when it was in NJ and they stuck Muddy and Winters literally in a hut along a path.
And it was Johnny Winter who produced Muddy's big comeback album late in his career.
@@supasoulproductions when I saw Muddy Waters Johnny Winters was playing guitar - late in Muddy's career.
That's Johnny screaming "Yeah!" in the background, and "Woo!".
Muddy Waters - vocals, guitar
Bob Margolin - guitar
Pinetop Perkins - piano
James Cotton - harmonica
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - drums
Charles Calmese - bass Guitar
Johnny Winter - guitar, producer, miscellaneous screams
Gentlemen, this song is a classic original that stood the test of time. I mean, it effected you 65 years after it was written. That should tell you something.
The entire British Invasion was based -- or at least influenced by -- music that US musicians produced, but that white America could not listen to. But when their records showed up in London.....
@@Alewifes_Husband White America?
@@lizard6444 there was very little cross-over listening in the 40s and 50s
@@Alewifes_Husband Again, I ask, White America?
The song that launched a thousand....................Everything
“Spoonful” by Howlin’ Wolf is another banger!
Howlin Wolf ‘Tail Dragger’, ‘Built For Comfort’
I first saw Muddy open up for the Allman Brothers on their "Win Lose or Draw" tour in '75. I was 16 and had never heard of him...I went out and bought the album this is from, "Hard Again" the next day
Hey guys, a little background info for ya: that version of ‘Mannish Boy’ you just heard was recorded in 1977 on Muddy’s album ‘Hard Again’. The whole album is absolute essential listening. Every song is a banger. The guy doing all the hollering in the background is the late Johnny Winter, another blues legend you should check out ( react to his version of Highway 61 Revisited from 1969, trust me). Any of Muddy’s late 1970s albums should be checked out, and his recordings for Chess in the 1950s are required blues listening if you want to really get into deep blues. Cheers!!!
Johnny Winter cut my favorite version of Rollin' and Tumblin'
This was such a joy to witness you discover this song!
I understand that John Lennon and Mick Jagger would look far and wide in England for any recordings of Muddy Waters.
When the British bands of the early to mid 60's would tour the U.S., they'd hit record stores and clean them out of blues albums. The record store owners thought they were crazy as blues was not very popular in the U.S. at the time. I remember seeing an interview of either The Rolling Stones or The Who talking about going back to the UK with crates of blues albums they got in the U.S. but weren't available in the UK.
The Stones insisted on having Howlin' Wolf appear as their special guest for them to agree to a US TV appearance. It was the first exposure to a large white audience he'd ever gotten.
Mick used to import blues albums from the USA as you couldn't get them in the UK
Muddy just pulls it out, slaps it down on the table, looks around the room and says "Beat it or eat it." That's how Delta/Chicago blues rolls..
This is where our music comes from, this is it❤️ The Stones were named for.
David. The Rolling Stones actually got their name from per Keith Richards. They were doing an interview and they asked Brian Jones what the name of the band was and he saw a copy of the Rolling Stone magazine and quickly said The Rolling Stones.
@@davidhattman7649 Nope. The magazine wasn't around until 1967.
@@koltonk2713 Sorry you are correct. They were doing an interview and saw a muddy waters record that had Rolling Stone as a song hence the name. My apologies
@@davidhattman7649 duh... they were the rolling stones long b4 the magazine ...where did you hear this ????
@@terryutain9897 Read what I wrote after my first comment. Then come back and see what I said
This is actually the 1970's re-recorded version of this song. The guitarist Johnny Winter produced and played on a comeback album of Muddy Waters in 1977 called "Hard Again". That's Johnny with the screams in the background
yep that's why it's so extended and so badass
These old African-American blues artists inspired the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and so many other artists listened to these recordings so much that the "spirit" of the blues possessed their souls.
I've never seen Andy in a full-faced blush like this! Rock on boys!
Our little three piece band stumbled into a gig as a replacement band at the 1972 Minnesota State Fair. Little did we know that Muddy Waters was scheduled to play right after us. I got to stand ten feet from where Muddy was playing for his entire set and speak with him afterward. He dug what we did, especially our lead guitar guy. One of the highlights of my life.
This version you listened to was with Johnny Winters sitting in. He was the guy yelling in the background. Doesn't get better than that.
That's a cool story, man. What a great memory!
Muddy waters made a comment years ago; “The blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll”. As you guys surmised, HUGE influence on The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and so on. Another old blues artist Willie Dixon did the song; “You shook me” that Zeppelin did on their first album. Robert Plant in an interview one time said; “We took the blues and mutilated it and turned it upside down”. As well as the rest of the British Invasion. And the torch of musical influence continues to get passed on. Take care guys, thanks for the extra again this week! 🎸
Pretty sure this was a version with Johnny Winter on guitar. Johnny played a lot with Muddy on Muddy's later recordings.
That yelping in the background is none other than Johnny Winter !!!
Howling Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning' is what Alex was thinking of, and definitely worth a reaction!!!!
I've listened to Muddy Waters since the late 70's and never tire of his music!
Glad to see you're expanding your interest, guys!
The Yardbirds did incredible versions of both this song ( called "I'm a Man") and "Smokestack Lightning". Perfect examples of black American blues artists' influence on the British musical invasion of the 60's. Clapton, Beck, and Page took these early blues themes and stretched and bent them in exciting new ways that changed how modern players evolved. They absolutely deserve a listen.
My best friend had this song played at his wedding when he was removing his wife's garter!
I had them play Turn me loose. She wasn’t impressed 😂
Hahahaha
Now that you are into the blues how about listening to the REAL version of “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton.
Yesss! There's a live version that is fantastic!!
It may be the real version but it was written by elvis' songwriting team
@@inkoinfinity2 Yes Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller would go on and write songs for Elvis. But Hound Dog was not one of them. The song was written specifically for Big Mama Thornton at the behest of Johnny Otis (Big Mama was in his band). Her version was recorded on August 13, 1952 and topped the R & B charts for 7 weeks. Elvis heard the reworked version (and IMO inferior version) of Hound Dog when he saw Freddie Bell and the Bellboys perform the song in 1956. Presely’s took that version and topped the charts for 11 weeks.
@@herbyragan7801 never said in anyway they wrote hound dog for him
@@herbyragan7801 but I understand what you mean
Check out Howlin' Wolf , Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and B.B. King The men who influenced Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix .
So good to see two guys, who obviously don't have the blues as their preferred genre, listening to and enjoying music made decades before their birth. It's good to be open to new things. You may end up with very eclectic musical tastes.
This song is responsible for igniting a lot of careers. The Rolling Stones got their name from this song, the amazing yelling vocals in the background were done by the producer who wanted the recorded version to sound like when Waters would play the song live, and people would go nuts. I highly recommend Freddie King - Have you ever loved a woman, which shows the connective tissue between this and future blues rock like Zeppelin.
Led Zeppelin took an awful lot from Blind Willie McTell
Actually they took their name from the 1950 Muddy Waters song "Rollin' Stone".
@@darrellwhitman2484 Oh that's true! I had been told it was the lyric in this song, I stand corrected.
I saw Muddy Waters in 1979 in Antone's in Austin, Texas. I'll never forget it! He was amazing!
BB King - The Thrill Is Gone
I always liked Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (And She May Be Jivin' Too). And not just for the title.
@@Schad501 Hell yeah, both versions from Live at San Quinton are awesome.
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YES!!!! Muddy Waters is awesome!
Real music, so many of the musicians you listen to got their start listening to this guy and his contemporaries.
Check out “She’s 19 years old” or “Champagne and Reefer”. Good Muddy cuts.
Yes!!!!! "She's nineteen years old, got ways just like a baby child". 😊💜💚💛✌️
"Bring me champagne when I'm thirsty, bring me reefer when I wanna get high..." oh _that_ has been bellowed out on many a stoned night lol
@@spiccybaby and during Mother's Day brunch with bottomless mimosas and all the Humboldt County gold I could consume. Pretty remarkable for a Mississippi chick! 🤣💜💚💛✌️
Champagne and Reefer with the Rolling Stones is a good hit.
Great picks
This is the 1977 version. Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin on guitar, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Willie Big Eyes Smith on drums, Charles Calmese on bass, James Cotton on harmonica, and Johnny Winter on lead guitar and screams. He also produced the album.
This version is from "Hard Again", I think, 1977, with Johnny Winter accompanying on guitar
You have just arrived to the greatest blues song ever written!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like you have a new category for your channel..."Dirty Thursday"!...this was a great choice to kick it off! I be feelin' dirty all day now! 👍😎
Saw Muddy open for Sha Na Na in September 1974. in Wichita and became a blues fan that very night. The audience called him back for an encore,
Try Muddy Waters own "Got My Mojo Working" or Howling Wolf's "Killing Floor". Both shorter and faster...sit right in that sweet spot between blues and rock.👍
Definitely
Well of course! As we all know blues spawned rock n roll
The recording you just heard was recorded in Cary IL. at a small club called Harry Hopes on rte.14. I forget the name of the album and I had the good luck of being there when they recorded this song and sat right up front with my buddy Tony just 10 feet away from Muddy for this show. The shouts in the background came from Johnny Winters. Great show i have never forgotten and can always hear it again buy playing the album.
Thanks for the Thursday candy! Great song!
You’ve followed the branches and the trunk of the rock and roll musical tree and have finally arrived at the roots where it all began!
How about some early ladies doing the blues such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Mama Thornton?
Early Sister Rosetta tearing up an acoustic guitar doing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is pretty wicked!
Sippie Wallace
The base for all great rock and roll to come ,no surprise that the stones named themselves after a muddy waters lyric , absolute fire 🔥
I would like to request “I’d rather go blind”-etta james?
Etta is the queen! Right up there with Aretha Franklin.
The new Tennessee Whiskey is a lift of that song.
I'll second that request. Koko Taylor did a great cover of that song, too.
My favorite is Beth Hart with Joe B. , but I don’t think that will ever get reacted to. sigh.
Gosh, YES
Muddy Waters was such a large influence on so many artists.
Where do we go from here with the blues?
How about John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley and BB King. Or way back to Robert Johnson.(1930's)
Robert Johnson, the man who made a deal with the devil in order to play the way he did. Or so it goes.... 😎
Someone out there.. , am I correct in throwing in a fine lady blues singer called Bessie Smith?
Buddy Guy too!
I had the privilege of seeing Muddy Waters with Bo Didley and BB King live in concert way back in 1973 at Southern Illinois University. The hall was overflowing with soul by the end of the night. John Lee Hooker is another favorite of mine. Rock on. ✌
🛑BO DIDDLEY🛑🎸A&A🎸He is Roots ... you guys we got to tell them Ok Classic .Bo Diddley ⭐⭐⭐⭐🎸🎸
This is Bo's song originally, in fact.
Alriggghhhttttt now we cookin !!! Now that u may go down this road I got some requests ..this is my jam ... You are absolutely spot on .. this is where it all began ..so excited !!!
Howlin' Wolf "Spoonful" or "Smokestack Lightnin'"
and "Killing Floor"
Or Willie Dixon's Spoonful
Another great one is “Back Door Man” by Howlin’ Wolf. Such a cool groove. This music was the reason that rock and roll developed. This song definitely has one of the best “rolls” of all time
So many great songs can be traced back to Muddy Waters.
Which one came first? This or Bo didley's "I'm a man"?
Or Willie Dixon, who wrote much of Muddys stuff
@@Bothandle70 Bo Diddley
I love that you hadn't heard this song before, and I love that you finally got to it! ❤️
BUDDY GUY and Bonnie Raitt - Feels like rain Hooooly shit , if that doesn't make your toes tap and heart FLY ....you're dead .
There are tons of Bonnie hookups that are easy entries. The SRV and Albert King sessions ar also good.
I was introduced to Bonnie's music in the late 70s. I have loved her music since then.
Taking a deep dive into the blues is the inevitable conclusion to any serious exploration of rock & roll. It is the source.
Newer Blues, Johnny Lang, Lie to me. He was I think 16 when he recorded this. Great guitar player to be so young.
Love that song!
@andy&alex Thanks for uploading this from the Live stream. That was my IG comment that you pulled to react to this song. This song is an instant testosterone booster for any guy listening! This will ALWAYS be my favorite blues song! I want people to know that the blues isn't just slow burners-they have a ton of powerful, joyful "boogie" blues! Thanks for playing my request!!
It, um, has an effect on women, too.
Completely agree on the “S” rating. Jagger, Richards, Lennon, Daltrey, Townsend-all the OG’s of early rock wanted to BE guys like Muddy Waters. Totally blown away by early American blues. Influence is incalculable.
With that magic hundred thou coming up so soon, why not think about screening "The Last Waltz?"
Not only did Muddy perform this (with The Band backing,) throughout the movie are woven little anecdotes describing how all these different styles converged into Rock n' Roll.
Ronnie Hawkins was the real deal. He played bars his whole life because that's where he wanted to be.
Been saying forever you guys would enjoy SPOOKY TOOTH-SPOOKY TWO. Late sixties/early seventies British blues/rock was well worth wallowing in.
ALEX - YOU ARE SOOOO RIGHT...... The British Blues boom came from guys like Muddy Waters and all the Delta Blues guys. They were touring Britain when America didn't know what they had. The British rockers, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, The Who, The Animals etc, etc. took this to their hearts and bought it back to America. Thank god I say.