Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin

[harvminer]

everybody else might be layin back, but Willie is layin that shit DOWN!!

[3ombieautopilot]

just don't weikn on you :)

[MarcBrewer]

The awesome bass playing of the legendary Willie Dixon really propels this song!  Check out the versions with an electric bass and you'll notice that something is missing.

[tlhamp]

Soooo Smooooooth!!!!!!



[atlhockeymom1]

THIS is REAL BLUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What talent.

[Horwellston]

sounds like a marine band alright, my G does the same thing as this at 1:50

[Horwellston]

I like this, demonstrates that a harmonica which rattles a bit still sounds good, don't let the jarring tones discourage you, play with the clicky reed, don't fight it.

[frezzasmusic]

...hehe...mojo means penis.....jea

[amygrindhouse]

.....jizzed mojo on my keyboared...sorry....but always will, listening that great song......

[Rlzee]

Wow! What a great version! Love it.☺

[soloscottrey]

One person ain't got his mojo workin'

[Yurie1337]

Epic coolness!

[ruprup69bang]

MOJO WORKIN LIKE A FAT KID, IN A CAKE SHOP.....

[L0conut]

1 person couldn't get his mojo workin'!

[jsw20]

1 person is getting their advice from so dumb ass gypsy woman

[MortenBoHansen]

only soul black dudes can stand almost motionless and still "be rock'n on dat der SPOT"! .. shit dey som coo' cats, dese dem der cats right der!xD

[zo0z3172010]

muddy 355 x113 x113 x113 - 14 : 113 water x 1,5 blues

[MrPierrefeu]

I totally agree with you wtractor024, you just took me the word of my mouth.

[martian1254]

1:56



[mafiasefic]

The essence of being cool

[ElvisLivesUpstairs]

Not as good...

[93939393333]

This is JAZZ!

[wssee1]

my man !

[rodneyjr22]

the look on muddy waters face at 1:57 tells me he wasn't crazy about sonny boy harp playing lol

[wtractor024]

there are very few and in between that make music like this anymore!!! all this rap,pop, lady gaga... bull sh*t can't TOUCH this!!!  this is true music and soul!

[TheBSG]

This is my favorite recording of this song. I know it's a bit more laid back and muted, but maybe that's what you need sometimes?

[arthurbissolotti]

NICE! Very smooth version!!!!

[groovebassist]

Such a different version..laid back with an all star band. Sonny Boy on harp..Willie Dixon on bass..otis spann piano..and matt "guitar" murphy on guitar..idk w ho is playin the drums though

[MRMITCHELLZ]

This is by far muddy waters best performance!!!! by far!!!!!...now ya'll can jump down my throat bout this but .i dunu what happend in the later years i don't know if he made too much money or what...but he never sang the blues like he did here...maybe playing with the masters like sonny and willie got him really feeling it!

[Dahnje]

@MRMITCHELLZ

This isn't his best performance. This one has a more jazzy feel. But it is good. Very good, of course.

[MRMITCHELLZ]

@Dahnje maybe its the jazzy feel....but to me he's a got a feel in this clip for the song...that u don't see again..in others...he's singing like he means it like he feels it

[blikethat]

lets see here, muddy was half cherokee but you gotta admire his pocket square with the pen thats mojo

[sepanta75]

without blacks america is nothing.

my hat off to muddy and I bow down to his history

I'm not black,but an american.

[kmkellner]

incredible bass work

[Pauloruffus]

This guy on the ar isSonny Boy Willianson !!!!

[binoyrakesh]

I am east Indian and i started listening to blues cos my american friend asked me to. Who says America is new doesn't have a history?

This is simply awesome. I have never seen such soul-stirring music. I can feel every word he utters.

[OKandNOWwhat]

You should hear him with his band when they get cranked up! This was real laid back compared to the usual.

America rejects its history because there are too many blacks in it. So Europeans and Japanese have to support and adopt it. Black people always move on to something new after awhile it seems.

[farinasa]

@OKandNOWwhat The vast majority of America has never heard of Muddy Waters. And to most people it would sound "weird" because its not as polished and shiny as the crap that gets sent across the air. I at least hope you are American making that statement. Can you blame people from turning for their own culture? That's exactly what you describe the Japanese and Europeans doing. Plus, there are more blacks in current American pop culture than ever before so I don't think its a race thing.

[OKandNOWwhat]

@farinasa

It is a control, power, & money thing.

More blacks in current American pop culture than ever before? If you subtract athletes (who were still limited in competition), then you will find that other than a handful of notable exceptions in music, the rest of blacks are on the periphery. Indeed, there were MORE black music & movie stars 40 years ago than today. You would be hard-pressed to name even one prominent black dramatic or comedic television actor. The more things change....

[farinasa]

@OKandNOWwhat you're joking right? they used to release separate charts for black and white music. about half of the top 40 hits are from black artists right now. television roles are considered second rate in the acting world. black actors are all in film. will smith and his wife, chris rock, samuel jackson, dave chapelle, tracy morgan(tv), craig robinson, romany malco, donald glover. Don't undermine the progress the black community has made for themselves. Again, are you even in the US?

[OKandNOWwhat]

@farinasa

There are STILL separate charts for black (RnB) & white (Pop) music. Some blacks are allowed to crossover, but the music industry is no longer an industry. Out of the list you named, only Will Smith & Samuel L. Jackson are major stars that can carry a movie. Add to them Denzel Washington & Morgan Freeman, & you have the 4 black movie stars, the latter 3 of which are past their prime.Yes, I'm in the US, but I have spent many years outside of the US, which affords a better perspective.

[farinasa]

@OKandNOWwhat again i have to ask if you're joking. there are NOT separate charts for different races. there are charts for different GENRES. if one genre has more of one race than another, that hardly has anything to do with discrimination. the pop genre is about half black and half white save for some latin and asian artists. "Allowed to cross over"? WOW. continued..... sorry for multiple posts.....

[OKandNOWwhat]

@farinasa

Friend, though you seem to be unaware of it, the origin of the chart system's application of "genre" was predicated upon race. Records by blacks were called "race records." Right through the early '00's, the only thing that differentiated a Britney Spears' song from a, say, Amerie track was the machine behind them and skin color, for both were in the RnB genre, but Spears was labeled "Pop." The predominance of blacks & Jews in entertainment was initially based upon their originality.

[farinasa]

@OKandNOWwhat besides, blacks only represent about 12% of the US population so in a statistics classroom, they would only represent 12% of the music and actors, but that is not the case. yet you're saying that the US has made NO progress toward equality in the past 50 years? You have expanded my list of actors, and this proves me wrong? .............continued........­.....

[OKandNOWwhat]

@farinasa

I made no assertion "that the US has made NO progress toward equality in the past 50 years," but "how can a man stab you and pull the knife out an inch and call it "progress"?" Demographics cannot determine percentages of artists, but the gatekeepers can and do. Have their been no other great black rock guitarists since Hendrix? Are there as few as the handful that you can name? Is this happenstance? If you see the US from outside & comprehend other cultures, then you see differently.

[OKandNOWwhat]

@farinasa

I let the actors argument rely upon subtext, which you evidently failed to grasp. There is currently only one major black male actor under 50 and there are really no females. This is not because of lack of talent. On the other hand, if you watch movies, you can name several major white male and female actors. Though it is true that most of the white male actors are not American-born, the argument still stands. Anyway, read "The Watermelon Man," and see if you change your mind. Ciao

[Odin029]

@OKandNOWwhat I think you're making things worse than they really are here in the US. When it comes to racial integration I think we've done a pretty good job considering where we started in this country. Compare that to other countries that have tried to integrate. How's it working in Germany with the Turks, or in the UK with the Pakistanis or in France with the North Africans? We(black people) do have issues and the sooner we stop blaming so much of it on others, the better off we'll be.

[OKandNOWwhat]

@Odin029

The Turks have had a huge presence in Germany for how long? The Pakistanis in the UK? Both less than a century. The North Africans in France have had longer than a century, but they are the exception. Blacks in the US? Over 400 years. The victim is a co-conspirator with his oppressor in this case, but if you ever see the systemic and systematic destruction of a people combined with a relative few success stories, then you realize how insidious this beast is.

[Odin029]

@OKandNOWwhat Turks were never slaves in Germany. There were never Jim Crow laws against them or the Pakistanis. Why can't they just integrate in a progressive western society? What's keeping the white Europeans from fully accepting them? In the US the challenges are clear, but so are the many many successes. And I think you are backwards. There can be no systemic destruction when we are still under construction as a people. Oppression was meant to stunt that growth. Now we often stunt ourselves

[OKandNOWwhat]

@Odin029

You make my point well w/ the following exception: Self-stunting & self-hatred are the RESULT of oppression purposefully intended to inculcate them in the hearts & minds of its victims. Trick the slaves into guarding each other, & you won't need to watch them as much. This intentionally devised program has been legislated & is continuing w/ great success against the children of American slavery. Effects are not their own causes. Suffer w/ your brother to know his heart, as Jesus did.

[farinasa]

@OKandNOWwhat i dont see how leaving the country would make you more knowledgeable about issues in that country. or do you just believe that since your feet have touched foreign ground that you are automatically the most cultured man in the world?

[OKandNOWwhat]

@farinasa

Living overseas, not merely visiting, gives one a fresh perspective. Just as if one resided in a prison, one would develop empathy for convicts & the class of people who are often railroaded by the system into these human warehouses. Just as if you lived on the streets for a time, you would never obliviously walk past the homeless again. One does not need to be the most cultured man; one merely needs to develop eyes that see and ears that hear. A few successes don't spell deliverance.

[farinasa]

@OKandNOWwhat please read my replies from the bottom up. youtube comment system sucks...

[MrEpeeJoe]

@OKandNOWwhat i'm a white 15 year old boy and this music is amazing. people don't reject this because their black they reject it because people don't think history is important. they would rather listen to rap then this amazing music because its to "old" and they want to fit in with the modern group.

[OKandNOWwhat]

@MrEpeeJoe

Good point, whipper snapper!

But you lack the historical perspective to fully appreciate my argument: My usage of the term "America" did not refer to the populace but to the power structure, which has a vested interest in keeping Americans ignorant not only of their own history but of all history. (They repeat their schemes every 40 and 80 years).

I hope you are learning to play an instrument. Stay out of trouble, and seek the Lord Jesus. Bless you.

[MrEpeeJoe]

@OKandNOWwhat I am learning guitar and harp :D

[OKandNOWwhat]

@MrEpeeJoe

Great! Learn how to make an acoustic sing & fill up a song, and electric will come naturally. Build a repertoire of songs rather than just a vocabulary of licks. For harp, check out Little Walter's stuff and, of course, James Cotton.

If U will give your music at least 2 hours a day, 6 days a week, then by the time U're 18 U will be able to make your axes talk. But make sure U live and love or U won't have anything to say.

Jesus Is real, & U can meet Him. Call on Him when U're ready.

[wateverman111]

literally what a fucking master LAY IT ON ME ONE TIME when the piano piece runs out i get such a hard on

[ccrdk]

You should mention Sonny Boy Williamson in title or infobar and tags!

[ChicagoRock1]

Awesome talent. I was lucky enough to see him at the Quiet Knight in Chicago. And then got to shake his hand and watch him shoot pool afterwards.

[kk3000]

black man got the blues ;) theres the spirit!!

[friskystapler]

Kind of disappointed that he conked his hair.

[bambumbang]

dammn that was realy hard time for blacks, but they were still makin party

[ministerzel]

Just saw Cadillac Records - the movie - all I can say is WOW. What a great, great movie...the critics are so wrong on this one. Outstanding...the music blew me away...the blues artists were alive again!

[elvisaron1]

Fuk =)

[elvisaron1]

What this say perfect

[kanojas]

Sonny Boy on Harp. Willie Dixon on Bass and Otis Spann on piano! WOW

[waallpaper]

aaah but i bet you can tell me who that is on Harmonica :]

[wlattkouzd]

@kanojas Matt "guitar" murphy on guitar and i can't remember his name, but his exellent drummer :) So many legends on one place WOW

[comkaleuche]

@kanojas Sony B. Williams ;)

[GoldenNakai17]

@kanojas SINCERELY!!! But this is a bit lax for all these all stars

[daviemcf]

Class!!!

[doghousedave]

Now this is the real deal is there anyone out there that can play bass like that,lives in London and wants to form a band

[nfreese]

Damn!

[Soundman67]

This band is an awesome All Star blues band! Muddy on lead vocal is so restrained, and the backing, it's like a jazzed Chicago blues band. With Sonny Boy and Willie Dixon and Otis Spann (piano) playing cool behind, this is not to miss. Where's the next cut? Sounds like "I Just Wanna Make Love To You" starting up. I want that!

[Beckmyster89]

now why can't music still be like this today.....now all the new stuff SUCKS!!!!

[SCROOBA12345]

this is soooooo good ! Muddy is so cool AND baadass in this clip, pure genius, defining it, for christ's sake !!!!

[moaten]

Look at this!!! All the great ones! Willie Dixon and the one and only Rice Miller / Sonny Boy Williamsson on Harp. Now ain't that pure power and dynamic!!!