Artist:Muddy Waters
Song:Rock Me
Album:The Chess Box
This is the box set to get if you want a definitive collection of Muddy Waters' Chess recordings from 1947-1972. Anyone who has ever played rock music has been influenced by Muddy Waters. And the thing is that a minor song like Rock Me is now considered a classic today because of all the musicians who have covered it since he recorded it in the 50s. Not to mention that guys like Otis Spann, Jimmy Rogers & Willie Dixon were in his band and all of them were legends of the blues too. Muddy Waters did make a significant comeback in the 70s thanks to fans like guitarist Johnny Winter but this box is where it all started. Here's Muddy Waters performing Rolling Stone at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960.
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