Who: Muddy Waters, electric guitar & vocals; Little Walter, harmonica; Jimmy Rogers, electric guitar; Otis Spann, piano; Willie Dixon, upright bass; Fred Below, drums.
What: “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” by Willie Dixon
When: January 7, 1954
Where: the recording studios of Chess Records, South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
I am the son and only child of a registered nurse & a self-employed collector of wildflowers. I went on to become: a Beatles’ fan; a record collector; a drummer; a music magazine subscriber; a guitar player; a songwriter; a high school graduate; a college student; a music major; a performing singer/guitarist; a photography student; a yearbook photographer; a student teacher; a boyfriend; a letter writer; a college graduate; an elementary school music teacher; an apartment dweller; a husband; a guitar teacher/independent contractor; a homeowner; an independent music producer; the father of a daughter; the father of a son; a bandmate; a teacher of the history of popular music in America; an instructor of music/adjunct faculty member; a grandfather (x3); a condo dweller; and a blogger.
Now THAT is music to wake up and have coffee with….! One of my favorite things to do at the cottage years ago was to get up, go down to the deck with coffee and boom box, and listen to Muddy Waters. A perfect way to start the day….
58 years…. and you’re right, it never gets old. I still get the chills every time I listen to Muddy….
I’m curious…. What is your opinion on Willie Dixon…? Better musician or better writer? Here’s a man who wrote some of the most covered blues classics, yet I’ve not thought that much of him as a performer. Am I way off base here? I do have a cd of his, where he plays his own work, but…. I dunno…. I just feel that others have interpreted his songs so much better….
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Now THAT is music to wake up and have coffee with….! One of my favorite things to do at the cottage years ago was to get up, go down to the deck with coffee and boom box, and listen to Muddy Waters. A perfect way to start the day….
58 years…. and you’re right, it never gets old. I still get the chills every time I listen to Muddy….
TPS
I’m curious…. What is your opinion on Willie Dixon…? Better musician or better writer? Here’s a man who wrote some of the most covered blues classics, yet I’ve not thought that much of him as a performer. Am I way off base here? I do have a cd of his, where he plays his own work, but…. I dunno…. I just feel that others have interpreted his songs so much better….