Waters, Muddy - Folk Singer (Analogue Productions, 180 Gram) Her (Original Score) (White Vinyl

Waters, Muddy - Folk Singer (Analogue Productions, 180 Gram) Her (Original Score) (White VinylThere are a handful of landmark albums in any genre. In the blues, one of them is Muddy Waters' Folk Singer. It's been an audiophile staple for years. Originally released in 1964, Folk Singer was the only acoustic album Waters ever recorded, thus becoming the first and perhaps best blues concept album ever. Muddy of course started out playing acoustic blues in the Delta, and he's clearly very comfortable in this return to his roots, which was designed

touching on Jones's relationship to church life

It's virtually impossible to imagine listening to this record and not smilingly singing along

'but that doesn't mean we don't have anything in common

Includes the singles "Cellophane"

including live recordings and a lyric reading by Neil Gaiman

These songs were voted on by fans

The bears are singing

In Rival Schools he was joined by bandmates Ian Love

As for Aesop

including Hot 100 top-ten hits "Change Clothes" and "Dirt Off Your Shoulder"

bright guitar lines set against emotionally nuanced lyrics

Even though Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins had both been well-known jazzmen since the early 1920s