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Muddy Waters and his Bluesband: Cambridge, MA., Club 47, Aug. 24th 1966 2nd Gen. sbd

there was some great Blues stuff uploaded here recently,
but 60´s Black roots stuff was sadly missed here, recently......

Since noboy else posted it yet,
so here´s my favorite tape from Muddy Waters and his Bluesband:

Cambridge, MA. Club 47 Aug.24.1966
A real wild and hot performance by Muddy and his Allstar Band, feat. ,amoung others:
-- Otis Spann,
one of my alltime favorites in Blues! His piano playing and singing is outstanding in this
performance, as usual! He even managed to add a nice new dimension to "Johnny B. Goode "
played in this performance! He was with Muddy since the midfifties.............
Check out his Albums w/Fleetwood Mac(eg. "Biggest thing since Colossos", he made more than 15 great
soloalbums, they´re all great!)
--- George " Harmonica" Smith
One of the great harp players in Blues! He released some superp albums in the late sixties,
probably his best on " Blue Horizon" Label, w/ a white US Blues Band called " Beacon Fat"
("Grease one for me"), and also a solo album w/Beacon Fat as side man ("No time for Jive").
Rod Piazza,one of the great white harp players, was a member of " Beacon Fat"!

This recording is the only docomented complete sixties performance, of one of the usual shows,
Muddy Waters played these days, as far as I know!
A rare chance to recognize, how things happened in the 60´s.
Muddy played only on about half of the tracks , his Bandmates fronted their solo stuff on the other half of the performance.....

Notes:
Although this tape is usually traded as a sbd, it was recorded, in my opinion, w/ 2 mics hangin´over the stage!
So the overall sound is a mixture between sbd and great audience and very listenable!
Some mixin´ probs in the beginning, which soon were fixed !
MP3 sample below!
A very unusual performance with some incredible playing by the boys,
not the usual live stuff, but great!

Tracklist:
CD1/Set 1
1 Instr. Intro
2 You gotta live(for yourself) voc. Mac (Oak?)
3 Treat me Right voc. Geogia Boy
4 Little Red Rooster "
5 Harp Instr.(?) George "Harmonica" Smith
6 Going to Louisiana Muddy
7 She moves Me "
8 Baby please don´t go "
9 Long Distance Call "
10 Tiger in your Tank "
11 Instr. Closing
Set 2
12 Instr. Intro
13 Band Intro
14 Treat me Right voc.Mac
15 I feel Good (aka Papa got´s a brandnew Bag) voc. Mac
16 Johnny B. Goode voc. Georgia Boy
17 How Long voc. Sam Langhorne
18 Sometimes you Win voc. George "Harmonica" Smith
19 24Hours voc. Muddy

CD2
1 Paper Ship voc Muddy
2 Got my Mojo Working "
3 Instr. Outo "
Set:3
4 Instr. Intro
5 40 Days & Fourty Nights "
6 Hoochie Coochie Man "
7 Please have Mercy "
8 Got my Mojo Working Vers.2 "
9 2 Trains running "
10 Muddy introduces unknown female guest guitarplayer and singer(probably somebodies girlfriend)
11 "Stranger Blues" by " " "
12 Nobody´s Fault but Mine voc. Otis Spann
13 Instrumental Outro

Time: ca. 128 mins.
Lineup:
Muddy Waters: voc., guit.
Otis Spann: piano, voc
George "Harmonica" Smith: harp, voc.
Sam Langhorne: leadguit., voc.
Georgia Boy: guit., voc
Francis Clay: drums
Mac( Oar)?: bass, voc.

Lineage: 2nd Gen. Cass. - Nak. ZX7 Cass.Deck- Pioneer PDR05 CDrecorder-Eac-flac

Enjoy this unbelievable piece of Blues history!