布鲁斯强人Muddy Waters在1964年推出的一张专辑,因为唱片公司担心他在电布鲁斯的试验中走得太远,所以这张专辑中的乐器基本都是不插电的,精彩的吉他演奏和他浑厚的歌声相映成趣,是芝加哥布鲁斯的经典代表作,也深受蓝调爱好者的推崇。
这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第280位。
by Cub Koda
Muddy's &unplugged& album was cut in September of 1963 and still sounds fresh and vital today. It was Muddy simply returning to his original style on a plain acoustic guitar in a well-tuned room with Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on second acoustic guitar. The nine tracks are divvied up between full rhythm section treatments with Buddy and Muddy as a duo and the final track, &Feel Like Going Home,& which Waters approaches solo. What makes this version of the album a worthwhile buy is the inclusion of five bonus tracks from his next two sessions: An April 1964 session brings us Willie Dixon's &The Same Thing& and Muddy's &You Can't Lose What You Never Had,& while the October 1964 session features J.T. Brown on sax and clarinet on &Short Dress Woman& and &My John the Conqueror Root,& as well as &Put Me in Your Lay Away,& another strong side. Folk Singer offers both sides of Muddy from the early '60s.