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The Anthology: 1947-1972Awesome. If you love the blues. It is a permanent fixture in my car cd player. You actually hear the changes in his music as the years go by.
Not only did he provide a name for the world's greatest rock & roll band, but he also created the Chicago electric blues sound that's dominated the genre since he first hit the windy city in the late 1940s."I still haven't found where Muddy Waters had anything at all to do with the Beatles' name. Good stuff, but bigger, better Muddy in CHess Box 'cuz there's more of it. Compare and see that, basically, this plus more is on that collection.Editorial ReviewsAmazon.com"Muddy Waters should need no introduction. Maybe Muddy attended the Creedence Clearwater Revival. I'll keep looking.
This was purchased as a gift for a fiend who "loves" Muddy Waters. She was thrilled with this collection and said it was the best.
Muddy Waters was to mid-century Chicago as Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson were to the Mississippi Delta of the early 20th century: his catalogue is pretty much the foundation on which electric blues (and, by extension, rock `n' roll) rests- he mixed the raw swagger and cruel attitude of his predecessors and filtered it through vicious electric guitars and rumbling rhythms. It was a muscular, sweaty sound that dripped with pure emotion and hulking aggression. This collection brings together fifty of the man's best recordings for Chess Records (easily the most influential label in the history of the blues), winding its way from great early classics like "Rollin' Stone" (which inspired the name of a certain English rock `n' roll band) and "I Can't Be Satisfied" to rollicking masterpieces such as "Mannish Boy" and "Rock Me." This is easily one of the greatest collections of music ever assembled, and a damn-near-necessary purchase for any aspiring fan of blues or rock `n' roll.
The only thing that could possibly make you not consider picking up this amazing anthology, is due to the higher price (due to it being a anthology) or that you're a very causal listener, that wouldn't want to have so much material to digest. Arguably one of the most important Blues guitarist, to ever pick up a guitar.Muddy Waters has seen his profile have something of a re-evaluation, over the last few years, as bands with a heavy blues-influence (such as "The White Stripes", "The Black Keys" "Jon Spencer blues Explosion".and even classic established bands like "Led Zeppelin" & "The Rolling Stones" ), have seen a rise.in the amount of people reacquainting or indeed seeking about the original sources of these artists that influenced such bands.Trading in a wide style of blues (Electric Blues, Slide Guitar, R&B, Delta Blues & Blues Revival.it's safe to say that if it's Blues that your after, Muddy Waters was a necessary required listening. There is simply so much worthwhile material here, that it's one of those collections that cherry picks through pretty much Muddy Waters entire career, and for an artist that started recording from the 40's - 80's, it's a collection that is breathtaking in scope, track selection, sequencing and even the actual mastering of the disk is superb. If it's a popular or highly regarded regarded Muddy Waters track, that there's a likely chance that it'll feature on this Anthology. And the highlight exactly why so many acts today, are looking back at artists such as these, for inspiration. Sometimes you'll find with blues recordings, that because the actual quality of the original recordings were anything less than stellar, that the CD format, sometimes merely highlights the recordings technical shortcomings.
Such is the brilliance of this Anthology, that it'll possibly, urge you to seek out similar blues artists (Howlin Wolf, B.B. This 2 Disk Anthology is probably without doubt the best one-stop purchase for anyone (Casual or otherwise), curious with the guitarist's prolific work. If you are the latter, then you'd be wrong.you can never have enough Muddy Waters, and if there two things that will hit home, when you buy this release is (1) The man, sure can play the guitar.and (2) you'll be surprised, how truly amazing it is, listening to this anthology in chunks.as it quickly grabs hold of you, and refuses to let go. Well.not in this instance, because the label seems to have taken the time and effort to put together a disk that impresses greatly with the sound quality. And coupled with some of the most popular Muddy waters recordings ("Mannish Boy", I Can't Be Statifised", "Rollin And Tumblin Pt 1", "Louisianan Blues", "(I'm Your) Hoochie Choochie Man", "Just to Be with You", "Got Me Mojo Working", "Can't Get No Grindin"). King, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Magic Sam.etc).
Truly amazing.
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