Muddy Waters in Chicago - 1963

[cs868]

This is a fantastic piece of video. It's only a shame the music is about a half a second out of sync with the vocals on the film.

[Eddieguitarloebs]

Muddy almost comes off like he's preachin! i guess he is,he's preachin the blues...playing music is about having fun,and they certianly are,just check out ol Willie!

[Herve1955]

Eux ils avaient la classe, le style et le talent et ils jouaient de la musique.

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Willie still bad.. very very BAAD.. and he likes it that way.. it seems

[stoelefj]

wonder if they did a part 1 and 2. the speed picks up a lot after the cut in cottons break, and would be strange if that happened. im sure the last part is from the second version of the song.

[checker764]

@stoelefj I'd bet good money that you are right.

[robsham]

What a man! What a band! Thanks for posting.

[yungsu100]

MUDS RIGHT HAND MAN WAS SPANN

JUST AS HUBERT WAS TO WOLF

[6t4eldo]

i tought little walter was his right hand man? where was he?

[TheSnidge]

@6t4eldo Little Walter left Muddy's band in 1952 but continued to play on his records.James Cotton joined Muddy's band in 1957

[hashharp]

nice one Scott!

[buffalobilly]

I'm pretty sure this is a post newport version. it's cooking as usual.

[moneymakingsystem411]

I was the featured singer with james Cotton when I lived in Austin...I was a bg singer for Jimmie Vaughan, and he and I had written songs for his album, "Do You Get The Blues" and we weren't on the road so I took a couple gigs with Cotton...insane harp player and sweetheart of a guy!

[6t4eldo]

how can i get my 'stache like that?!

[snakemanbic]

cotton still got that amp in his closet cause he showed it to me

[geeyouknit345]

do u live by him

[snakemanbic]

no he is just a good friend of mine and ive been at his home many times and he at mine

[bluesbaby8]

Man, Muddy's really gettin into it!

[pantomicino]

que canción, que Muddy, que batería, que extraordinario....

México

[cedricleecason]

WAIT A MINUTE HERE!!! What in the world was that coming out of James' harmonica at 2:22-2:25, especially at 2:24-25? Or was that a harmonica? LOL. NOBODY I heard sounds like Cotton, NOBODY!!! GREAT!!!

[2quundar]

Willie looks like son Kenny ! Thanks for this visit in Olympus.

[cedricleecason]

Is that Cotton's Fender Bassman between him and Muddy 3:08?

[checker764]

I can't remember the source now - maybe Muddy's long interview in Living Blues, or maybe a Cotton interview - but Muddy apparently kept a complete 'backline' of amps and instruments for his bands to use in case their own stuff ended up in the pawnshop or just wasn't up to snuff. Supposedly the Fender Bassman Cotton was using in the Newport video was Muddy's, and I'd guess this may be the same amp.

[cedricleecason]

Thanks

[cedricleecason]

How in the world Cotton makes his harp sound like that and thru PA system!!! Willie Smith is a natural on drums even tho he first played harp...Muddy's bands are straight forward in your face, no frills, just blues!!!

[checker764]

I'm amazed that Willie plays with brushes instead of sticks on this song - NOBODY plays "Mojo" with brushes, but he made it sound great!

[cedricleecason]

@checker764 Yeah ur right, Willie does makes it sound good!

[bornonafarm]

as a British teenager with a short wave radio often heard Willis Conover but this is first time I've seen him, unlike Muddy who I saw in London this year

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

thanks, very cool.. very fine!

[Blayney88]

Brilliant! What a fantastic clip! A Legend at work! Anymore where that came from?

[bluesriff]

WoW, what a GEM!!!! Great priceless clip! Cotton is really smokin' and is that Willie Big Eyes Smith on Drums? This is so Cool...thanks for posting. It will be just another 6 short years later (but lightyears away culturally) when I saw Muddy and The gang at The now famous "Fathers & Sons" concert held in the exact same Hall.

[checker764]

I wasn't there, but wasn't the Fathers & Sons concert at a different venue, The Auditorium Theater? That's what's listed in the various discographies.

[bluesriff]

You're right check! Ah welll....that's the 60's for ya!

[rayoll]

thrilling...thank you very much.

[zyruemusic]

EXCELLENT!!!!

[paulvernon100]

Great to see something fresh after all these years! Well done, sir!

[checker764]

Thank you Paul! I only wish there was more - obviously Muddy had just played something on guitar before Mojo, but that was edited out of the final program.

The program also featured Count Basie, Jack Teagarden, and others, and I'll post some of those clips soon.

[darrenwatsonband]

Killer stuff..... pity they edited out half of Cotton's solo though? Thanks for posting this! Fantastic.

[rudseng]

Fantastic but not Astatic!!

Thanks Checker!