Muddy Waters - I Got My Mojo Working

[valsoldier03]

One of my all-time favorites. The band is swingin' and Jerry really tears it up on this one.

[bluesrckn]

where would music today be without the great muddy waters?

[prabukattela]

And da mojo really worked on me it's simply the best version ot the song

[Cliftonator666]

Amazing music!

[Vernuft]

Father of the Blues!

[matale66]

Roger Waters? im surry sir, but where i come from it is Muddy, Muddy Waters (is what an old man said to me in a music store)

[mellowsweetlady]

It worked !!!

[jim268262]

matale needs to go back to school and learn how to spell the word sorry

[secretagentYTer]

strat. strat. p-bass.

[goalieboy1000]

muddy is my cousin if u dont belive me thts too bad for u

[1spizzle]

the great muddy water

[boners2nite]

What a great drummer Willie Big Eyes Smith IS!!

[Element82]

The harp player is a BEAST!!!!

[lklkhjhjdfs]

Great respect for Muddy Waters

[guitarist5477]

i jus dnt understand how ppl can go and listen to the dance club/shitty pop top 40 music when music like this already exists

[Bstannard]

Jerry Portnoy on harp ain't no slouch either. I've come to know him over the past few years. He's an amazing harp player!

[fernequilmes]

Amphetamine drummer ruls :D :D

[Gottasos]

what means mojo?



[VALF16]

Extreme quality for a video so old! Thanks for sharing! Long live Muddy!

[Mynxor]

awesome harpplayer!

[andreharp72animacao]

o verdadeiro rei do blues

[roger91350]

I was 19 when I saw Muddy and James Cotton for the 1st time. I'm 60 now and I still get juiced hearing Muddy on vinyl and cds. My son is 29 and he wishes he was born when I was so he could have seen Muddy. The blues-pass it on.

[jimjim506]

@roger91350 i wish i was born when you were :(

[MisHapMusic]

muddy waters invented electricity!!

[LeeSawyer]

I saw Muddy in 1976 - same year as this video - when he was on tour with Eric Clapton. Maybe the best concert I have ever attended.

[Secondlifecreator]

Legend period....whoever disliked this video. DO NOT WATCH BLUES VIDS YOUR TO STUPID EVEN TO COME RECKONIZE A LEGEND ON THAT ARE!

[Bluzer86]

This song is to blues like SMoke on the water is to rock, only Got My Mojo Working never gets boring like Smoke on the water :)

[MrYODL]

1:57 ---->harp trance!

[bluesbaby8]

Get down!

[RDORDORDO]

This should never have been disliked

[HalfBornUnicornFetus]

He was so fucking awesome. The Last Waltz-Amazing. RIP Pinetop.

[peetie44]

The piano-player in this video, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, passed away in Austin TX today, aged 97 years old -- and he was still recently playing out on the road from time to time.

[dropdr]

God rest his soul. Without Muddy, we would not have the great foundation which all Good Rock music rests today. No Led Zeppelin, No Lester Butler and the Red Devils, no Paul Butterfield, NONE of the greats that built their music on this Rock of Blues.

[MrNINTENDOJOE]

Thank God for the blacks

[brenonion]

@MrNINTENDOJOE

this is just pure speculation but i feel like at least 90% of the great american music to come out of the 20th century was either influenced or came directly from musical traditions of people with african ancestry

[davidoffon]

@MrNINTENDOJOE Without them we'd be out manouvered by well, what ever shoddy shite we filled in the gaps with, moon music probably, with some rather large empty craters!!

[BillRayDrums]

Thank you Muddy Waters.

[JohnCuchta]

I'm just a young fella, but I saw Pinetop and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith at the Heritage Blues Festival here in Wheeling, West Virginia over the summer. Willie is pushing mid 70s and Pinetop is 97, and they freaking rocked! I only wish I was alive when Muddy was.

[goldy123123]

Yeah, this Song and especially the harmonica solo is OF DA CHAIN!!!

[f1l173]

the harmonica solo is just so sick !!

[BettyBarncoat]

circa Last Waltz - interesting rendition - love the Muddy Man

[JaaazzNroll]

wooohoooooo whats goin on on this fuuuckin stage?!?!?!?!

:)

[evgaman]

Muddy Waters, the forefather of blues, I loves him, there is unequalled no comparison to today - Nov. 2007

[psych1414]

GGGAAH!!! I love this music!

[Rolandvids]

thanks for the vids man muddy is one of the best strong voice him and junior wells

[marticeltractor]

You can hear covers, tributes and versions to Muddy's songs, but the originals have that special "something", that Waters magic.

He was, he is and he'll always be awesome.

[WTYD]

idk to be a video from the 70's,this is pretty fuckin HD...and that dude looks like ben stiller..haha

[itrytodrum]

any drummers out there know this drum groove?I need to learn it any tips on where to find how to play it I would be thankfull!

[itrytodrum]

any drummers out there know this drum groove?I need to learn it any tips on where to find how to play it I would be thankfull!

[MrSubtlehustle]

THE BEST EVER

[thiger89]

lahmer haufen von publikum, und er geht da so ab ;)

[orangesealstudio]

Want some Muddy Water's art? Check out my website for some...

[MaabudZ]

I saw Muddy a few times in S.F. in the late 60's. He had Big Walter "Shakey" Horton on harp. What a legend!! We will never see the likes of him again.

[realbudgiesmuggler]

All time, Mojo faultless

[jjdnow]

again, just amazing music. a true musical genus!

[Cutflood]

Idk Paul Butterfield destroys the harmonica too. Its really just the fact that great musicians tend to bring out the best in all the members in the band. Muddy being no exception.

[theoriginalbadbob]

Muddy OWNS this song.

[landfair03]

Classic! MISSISSIPPI STAND UP!!!

[donniebrasco030]

unbeliveable. jerry portnoy is great.

[grjls]

Got my fuckin mojo workin'

[hamorir]

Ebbe a zenébe is elég kevés a fehér ember, :):):):):) nem hiába, ehhez

nekem is újra kéne születni:)

[hamorir]

Ezt a számot egyszer meg kéne csinálnom vége:)

igenigen grósz!!!

[jagevilo]

This harmonica player ain't bad, but JC COTTON was the best.

[magistellis]

There's a version here on youtube with paul oscher, and I think thats superior to the versions I've seen with Cotton.

[pmay222]

that harpplayers trousers are nice and tight where it matters....

round the hoarrrse..waiy yaiy man....geordie troozaz mon..!

[kpls72]

That's young Jerry Portnoy and who cares about his pants when he blows the blues with such precision, power and grace? That's right...nobody...except you.

[pmay222]

that was a tongue in cheek posting you twit..... this was 76 remember...them strides wuz well cool then...they just didnt age very well...!

[kpls72]

PMAY....You think I can READ sarcasm? Thanks though for calling me a twit...coming from you that's a compliment.

[Zedsdead1968]

He and so many others in this era paved the way for so many, flat out pure greatness above all

[TheQuantummm]

Muddy fucking rulesssszzzzzzz forever

[Zedsdead1968]

What an honor to be up on that stage with him, that is a once in a lifetime and has to be what I would say is a Great Honor

[zacRip]

anyone know the name of his early harmonica partner?

[cedricleecason]

Whoa he had soo many. Started with little walter, junior wells, big walter for a little while, george smith, mojo buford, james cotton for about 12 yeas i think, paul oscher, pot strong for a little before he died. little walter said pot was the best harp player next to him then jerry portnoy who is playing now.

[71jalil]

yeah

[MultiNaruto2010]

Muddy Waters Died not to long after this

[gary031183]

he died april, 30 1983. He was 70. He died in his sleep. RIP MW!!!

[johlt]

I saw this version of his band in 1974 in a high school auditorium. Muddy played for two hours solid. He was absolutely awesome, as was the band.

[gapsik123]

Great Muddy!!  Father of electric blues!!!

I am looking forgotten rare "Dark Muddy Bottom" session

[undertakerstu]

fantastic!!...you shud watch Jayanta Dasgupta and The Saturday Night Blues Band do it...they r awesome!

[ManyGodz]

What a Man ! What a Band ! Muddy sure had some of the finest line ups in the world.This jam makes me glad all over !

[MsPurplefish]

This song gives me goose bumps!

[jeepndesert]

you should check out robert paige with the urban shakedancers singing this song, especially in small clubs or a house where you can smell his sweat.

[DoctorPencilK]

how the fuck can people be so awesome

[broophire]

i dunno but it leaves people like us wonderin about it

[ariel20076]

@DoctorPencilK dude i love your comment you Rock

[CrAzzyWak]

@DoctorPencilK Not by spending their time on youtube/facebook/other crap, but by dedicating their lives to music

[username0727]

@DoctorPencilK sucks our generation is filled with shitfest sounds they call music no pure music from the soul like this or many many other blues players and rock n roll bands

[boners2nite]

@DoctorPencilK Best comment ever on youtube......great job,man.

[jdean0769]

very cool.

[rtruss40]

What an honor it would be to be on that statge with him, so many greats in this era Classic Top Notch The Best Bar None

[cedricleecason]

What is the key of the song?

[pyannaguy]

They're in E

[uapthecarton74]

THE BEST

[rtruss40]

What a great factor in music history he and so many others to be thanked for the music to come for years after.

What a great era of music a whole different generation of music and musicians and do not think well will ever see this again

[Winterchaos696]

Can I give to him 6 stars?

Brilliant!

[davischile]

BRILLANTE , UN GENIO DEL BLUES

[Babyhowdy233]

IMHO Muddy Waters is one of the 20 most important artists in the whole damn history of Modern music-what I would give to go back in time and see him perform live in his prime!!!

[WeepingZeeGuitars]

@Babyhowdy233 I grew up in Chicago and got to see him live all the time. He was truly great, and luckily I appreciated what I was seeing at the time.

[MegaAldoN]

@Babyhowdy233

no doubt

[Gustavodeloslocos]

@Babyhowdy233 Damn straight, Baby!!

[AnimateDreams]

@Babyhowdy233 20? what an arbitrary number. stop trying to sound so special.

[pinchegringoloco1]

@Babyhowdy233 Awesome doesn't begin to describe Muddy; I saw him with this band in 1976 & they were every bit as good, probably better, than what you see here...

[audruicq1]

@Babyhowdy233 You got that right.

[littlelegspcb]

@Babyhowdy233 who are the other 19?

[bluesboy25000]

@Babyhowdy233 Just Modern Music? Without Muddy there would not be, Elvis, Eric Clapton, Little Walter, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top or so many other great artists. He is the Big Bang of modern Music

[DimusPL]

*****

[12stringsforme]

I was lucky enough to see Pinetop last year. The sound was just like this band here.

[denniseggers]

love steady rollin' Bob Margolin...:)

[mojo170]

I Got My Mojo Working

[geebizzle38]

if u liked this, You guys HAVE to see cadillac records, tells an AMAZING story of how Muddy's career started and the first label he and the Stones were signed to

[skatesnowguitar437]

yeah i just watched that last night lol

[ccj962]

Jerry Portnoy freakin' rocks!

In 1990 I was at a bar called Harpers Ferry in Boston to see Little Charlie and the Nightcats. At some point, Jerry walked by. I said, Hey, arent you Jerry Portnoy? He said something like, Hell yes. Buy me a drink? How could I say no to one of my harmonica idols? I bought him a cognac and then Rick Estrin & Charlie Baty sat down with me. It was freakin awesome.

[kevinjb7]

Thats awesome man

[DerNico]

i live in germany and ZDF is a tv channel for real square people. but sometimes they have an evening with shit like this. awesome!

[Aminharp]

this is ZDF THEATER!!! i think it shows always this kind'a good stuff !!stimmt nicht???

[heppel101]

Epic...*dreams*

[andersenvaagenes]

wow.

[noxtic]

Air harp

[jsystevo007]

blues harp!

[mjl549]

i like how he says mojo

[NickAden13]

Where is this harp? I just see a guy with a harmonica.

[rehabriot]

harp is a harmonica

[NickAden13]

I thought the harp was a string instrument.I didn't know that was another name for a harmonica.

[ffdff]

Harp is also used as a shortcut for harmonica. funny to see that there are really people not knowing about that.

[DecadentSympozium]

Perhaps in english terms. Nobody else is using phrase similar to harp to talk about harmonica.

[ffdff]

I'm from germany, but i use it too. the word harmonica is the same length in german and that's quite long.

[jsystevo007]

a blues harp!!!

[DerNico]

that's the best term by far.

[HiddenPr0phet]

niether did i ...from now on, im going to call EVERYTHING a harp.

what the hell!

[BlackRockCat]

Jerry Portnoy's harp is good

[Aminharp]

GOOD???? it's fabulous!!! i love those rolls and swings!!he Draws the hell of the heat out ' a that Harp

[BlackRockCat]

Really? So you are a fan of Jerry's too. His rhythm is the best. He has the ability to control the harp accurately.

[Aminharp]

yes that 's right!!! but when he got Old he became slower and his relfexion is not as it was earlier! Pity!! but stilla tremendous outstanding player ( started plying harp at the age of 25) WOW

[tonyskins19]

whats a mojo

[fakex]

mojo is a magical thingy which brings luck .. and apparently women in that case :D

[heppel101]

If u have ever watched Austin Powers, u would now this ^^. Its a shamanic thing i think ;)

[thesar1]

Aquínace el R&R colgaos...

[missuala]

my favorite song from muddy

[gidtok]

gotta love the way this guy plays the harp..its pretty amazin

[lilithbmoon]

cool!

[DiamondSoul]

Portnoy is the fucking man!

[sugarfoot82]

love it, love it! reminds me of my grandparents cutting a rug.lol!!!!!!!!!!!

[oceansidermike]

This is Xtra Fine. Jerry kills on that harp!

The whole band is exceptional of course.

If it's Muddy...it's going to be good!!