At Newport 1960
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At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters
recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival
. Waters was backed by a band including Otis Spann
, James Cotton
, and Pat Hare
. In 2003, the album was ranked number 348 on Rolling Stone
magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also listed in The Rough Guide to Blues 100 Essential CDs and 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
This album was remastered and rereleased on CD in 2001 by MCA, including four extra monaural studio tracks.
CD rerelease
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the...
. Waters was backed by a band including Otis Spann
Otis Spann
Otis Spann was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.-Career:Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style....
, James Cotton
James Cotton
James Cotton is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who has performed and recorded with many of the great blues artists of his time as well as with his own band.-Career:...
, and Pat Hare
Pat Hare
Auburn "Pat" Hare was an American Memphis blues guitarist and singer.-Biography:He was born in Cherry Valley, Arkansas. He recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, serving as a sideman for Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland and other artists...
. In 2003, the album was ranked number 348 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also listed in The Rough Guide to Blues 100 Essential CDs and 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
This album was remastered and rereleased on CD in 2001 by MCA, including four extra monaural studio tracks.
Track listing
- "I Got My Brand On You" (DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
) – 4:24 - "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie ManHoochie Coochie Man"Hoochie Coochie Man" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first performed by Muddy Waters in 1954 . The song was a major hit upon its release, reaching #8 on Billboard magazine's Black Singles chart...
" (Dixon) – 2:50 - "Baby, Please Don't GoBaby, Please Don't Go"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a blues song first recorded by Big Joe Williams in 1935. It is related to a group of early 20th century blues and work songs that include "I'm Alabama Bound", "Another Man Done Gone", and "Don't Leave Me Here", and "Turn Your Lamp Down Low".It has become a blues and rock...
" (Morganfield) – 2:52 - "Soon Forgotten" (OdenSt. Louis Jimmy OdenJames Burke "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden was an American blues vocalist and songwriter.Born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, Oden sang and taught himself to play the piano in childhood. In his teens, he left home to go to St. Louis, Missouri where piano-based blues was prominent...
) – 4:08 - "Tiger In Your Tank" (Dixon) – 4:12
- "I Feel So Good" (Broonzy) – 2:48
- "Got My Mojo WorkingGot My Mojo Working"Got My Mojo Working" is a 1956 song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole, but popularized by Muddy Waters in 1957. Waters' rendition of the song was featured on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #359 and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of...
" (Foster) – 4:08 - "Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2" (Foster) – 2:38
- "Goodbye Newport Blues" (HughesLangston HughesJames Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...
, Morganfield) – 4:38- Tracks 1-9 were recorded on July 3, 1960 at the Newport Jazz FestivalNewport Jazz FestivalThe Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the...
, Newport, Rhode IslandNewport, Rhode IslandNewport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
.
- Tracks 1-9 were recorded on July 3, 1960 at the Newport Jazz Festival
- "I Got My Brand On You" (Dixon) – 2:22
- "Soon Forgotten" (Oden) – 2:41
- "Tiger In Your Tank" (Dixon) – 2:17
- "Meanest Woman" (Morganfield) – 2:18
- Tracks 10-13 are bonus tracks included in the 2001 MCA/Chess release. These were recorded in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in June 1960.
- Tracks 10-13 are bonus tracks included in the 2001 MCA/Chess release. These were recorded in Chicago
Personnel
Original LP- Muddy Waters – Guitar, Vocals
- Otis SpannOtis SpannOtis Spann was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.-Career:Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style....
– Piano, Vocals - Pat HarePat HareAuburn "Pat" Hare was an American Memphis blues guitarist and singer.-Biography:He was born in Cherry Valley, Arkansas. He recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, serving as a sideman for Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland and other artists...
– Guitar - James CottonJames CottonJames Cotton is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who has performed and recorded with many of the great blues artists of his time as well as with his own band.-Career:...
– Harmonica - Andrew Stephens – Bass
- Francis Clay – Drums
- Jack Tracy – Liner Notes
- Burt Goldblatt – Photography
CD rerelease
- Muddy Waters – Guitar, Vocals
- Otis Spann – Piano, Vocals
- Pat Hare – Guitar
- James Cotton – Harmonica
- Andrew Stephens – Bass
- Francis Clay – Drums
- Mary Katherine Aldin - Liner Notes
- Bob Schnieders – Liner Notes, Coordination, Research
- Jack Tracy – Liner Notes
- Burt Goldblatt – Photography
- Geary Chansley – Photo Research
- Mike Fink – Reissue Design
- Steve Hoffman – Master Tape Restoration
- Erick Labson – Digital Remastering
- Andy McKaie – Reissue Producer
- Beth Stempel – Reissue Producer
- Vartan Reissue – Art Director