Track Listing

1. I'm a King Bee
2. Champagne & Reefer
3. Mean Old Frisco
4. Sad, Sad Day
5. No Escape from the Blues
6. She's Nineteen Years Old
7. Nine Below Zero
8. Howlin' Wolf
9. Baby Please Don't Go
10. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
11. Rock Me
12. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
13. I'm Ready
14. Mannish Boy
15. Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock & Roll

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111724 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1997-10-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Pretty good collection of latter-day Muddy...
...but now that his original Blue Sky albums (the ones produced by Johnny Winter) have been re-released in remastered and expanded editions, there is really no reason to buy this compilation.

It used to be the only available remastering of any of Muddy's late career work for Johnny Winter's Blue Sky label, and it blew the original LPs and CDs out of the water, but now that is no longer the case, and the three Blue Sky albums ("Hard Again", "I'm Ready" and "King Bee") are just too good to be condensed onto one CD with a less-than-perfectly chosen track list.

Good stuff
Buy this cd, then make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy because when you play this something is likely to catch on fire! Smoke will be coming out of your stereo! "She's Nineteen Years Old" is a killer track...everything on here is great. Even though this is from later in Muddy's career, don't be fooled - the guy still knew how to throw down some damn good blues.

All the Muddy Waters you need...
At least until you listen to this CD. After that you may feel the need to go buy more good stuff from one of the biggest names in blues ever. Muddy Waters was the blues, and this album offers a great compilation of his best work. Great settings, great jams, great musicians surrounds him. A great must-have CD for all blues lovers and players.