Name: The Real Folk Blues
Brand: Muddy Waters

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DOL945HG

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Gatefold Deluxe 180gm.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-05-31

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

RTUK

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Muddy Waters

Genre US

Blues / Gospel

Label US

Doxy

American blues guitarist, singer and composer, Muddy Waters was born on April 4, 1913 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. He is considered a founder of the modern Chicago Blues style and became the most prominent interpreter of the electric blues. His powerful influence inspired the emergence of electric blues-oriented groups in the UK during the '60s. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, his legacy continues to shape and define blues music.
Muddy Waters was a father figure to many influential musicians including [a4092559], [a1965346], and [a10232473]. Sadly, one of his children passed away on December 10, 2020 at the age of 56.
Despite some discrepancies regarding his birth year and place, Muddy Waters' impact on music remains undeniable. His talent and contributions have solidified him as an iconic figure in American blues history.

Once Chess discovered a white folk-blues audience ripe and ready to hear the real thing, they released a series of albums under the <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/real-folk-blues-mw0000652172">Real Folk Blues</a> banner. This is one of the best entries in the series, a mixed bag of early Chess sides from 1949-1954, some of it hearkening back to <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/muddy-mn0000608701">Muddy</a>'s first recordings for Aristocrat with only Big Crawford on strings in support, with some wonderful full band sides rounding out the package to give everyone the big picture. A couple of highlights to pay special attention to are the cha cha/shuffle strut of the band charging through "Walkin' Through the Park" and the "I'm a Man"-derived nastiness of "Mannish Boy."

The Real Folk Blues

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