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 Hybrid Recordings
HY-20016

Recorded live at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., on October 11, 1997.

Producers: Michael Leon & John Scher

The Tribute Band:

  • G.E. Smith (band leader)
  • Bob Margolin (a former lead guitarist in the Muddy Waters Band)
  • Tom Cosgrove
  • Paul Ossola
  • Charlie Musselwhite (on harmonica)
  • Barry Goldberg
  • Johnnie Johnson.

Guest musicians:

  • Koko Taylor
  • Charlie Musselwhite
  • Phoebe Snow
  • Peter Wolf
  • Buddy Guy
  • Big Bill Morganfield (Muddy's son)
  • Mem Shannon
  • Robert Junior Lockwood
  • Nick Gravenites
  • John Hiatt
  • Keb' Mo'

All songs written by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters, except
"The Same Thing" (Willie Dixon),
"Rollin & Tumblin" (traditional),
"Forty Days And Forty Nights" (by Bernie Roth),
"Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon),
"Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster & Muddy Waters), and
"Mean Red Spider" (lyrics are based on "Black Spider Blues" by Robert "Junior" Lockwood).

 

Tracks

(54:46)

1

Trouble No More - Muddy Waters

(2:41)

2

Tributes - various artists

(2:04)

3

I Can't Be Satisfied - Keb' Mo'

(3:42)

4

She's Nineteen Years Old - Buddy Guy

(7:48)

5

Long Distance Call - Koko Taylor

(2:58)

6

The Same Thing - John Hiatt

(4:42)

7

Gypsy Woman - Mem Shannon

(3:14)

8

I Got A Rich Man's Woman - Charlie Musselwhite

(4:46)

9

Rollin' & Tumblin' - Peter Wolf

(2:31)

10

Just To Be With You - Phoebe Snow

(4:47)

11

Mean Red Spider - Robert Junior Lockwood

(4:11)

12

Forty Days & Forty Nights - Nick Gravenites

(3:35)

13

Hoochie Coochie Man - Bill Morganfield

(4:59)

14

Got My Mojo Workin' - Muddy Waters

(2:50)