'I go back a couple of years later and didn’t bring it, and then they’re cryin’, ‘Where’s your electric guitar?’'Īlways loyal to Chess, the ‘60s weren’t overly kind to Muddy from a recording standpoint.

‘Where’s he comin’ from with all this noise?’' said Muddy, who tried to comply on his next visit. 'I went over there, and they went stone nuts. British fans accustomed to Big Bill Broonzy’s acoustic blues weren’t quite ready for the aural assault. In between the two Mojos, Waters made his maiden voyage to England in 1958, bringing along his electric guitar. 'I put the arrangement on there,' says Cotton. But this rendition wouldn’t be the one everyone so widely copied that version was done live at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival with James on harp (Chess issued Waters’ set on LP). As Cotton noted, Little Walter was still his main harp man in the studio other participants were his essential 88s ace Otis Spann, guitarist Jimmy Rogers, bassist Willie Dixon, and new drummer Francis Clay. When Muddy got back to Chicago, he made the song his own on either Decemor January 16, 1957. I taught him the words when I knew everything. I need to learn that song so I can do it.' He said, 'Learn the words to it for me.' So I learned the words, and I learned to play it. 'Muddy said, 'That's my kind of stuff there, talkin' about the mojo and all that kind of thing. She's the one that originally did 'Mojo,’' says his then-road harpist, James Cotton. 'We went on tour with a lady named Ann Cole. Jewelcases / Trays / Protection jacketsĪlthough Chess claimed that Muddy Waters was responsible for penning the rousing Got My Mojo Working on this single, it emanated from outside the confines of Arc Music, Chess’ publishing arm.It was controversial for it's fusion of electric blues with psychedelic elements. The album peaked at number 127 on Billboard 200 album chart. Producer Marshall Chess suggested that Muddy Waters recorded it in an attempt to appeal to a rock audience. Released in 1968, it imagines Muddy Waters as a psychedelic musician. Electric Mud is the fifth studio album by Muddy Waters, with members of Rotary Connection serving as his backing band.

Endless Happiness present a reissue of Muddy Waters's Electric Mud, originally released in 1968. Greatest Hits: Deluxe 30th Anniversary īrave Faces Etc.

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