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Rating: From Mississippi to Chicago. A fateful move for the king of blues.
He represents the boldness of watts and six strings. Always at the forefront, he really knows his stuff.
He churns out classics throughout the fifties and early sixties ("Rolling Stone", "I Can’t Be Satisfied", "You Shook Me", and "Hoochie Coochie Man").
He arrives in 1969. Less than fifteen years before his death, he makes clear what he truly is. He's not just an old idol passively watching his "students" perform. He is the king of blues. Melancholy notes, desperate, passionate, and filled with groove. "After The Rain" is the next step from the beloved/hated "Electric Mud" of "Mannish Boy" and "Hoochie..".
Listening to him still today literally gives you chills. Rarely do you come across guitars so expressive. The screams, but also the whispers, are divinely expressed in Muddy's sound. Let's say that the guarantee is ensured by his pick stroke, always raw. It is perhaps the final masterpiece, where "Rollin' And Tumblin'" (an anthem for Cream in live performances) and the colossal "I Am The Blues" are present.
Perhaps the only time such a provocative title doesn't fall into the ridiculous and gaudy/unnecessarily arrogant.. Everything emitted by the strings is so explosive, so visceral. "Ramblin' Mind" is the most beautiful solo of the work... watts that speak to you.
The rest of the album is blues. And you find yourself saying, astonished: "it seems easy, eh... but what a thing".
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
05 Honey Bee (00:00)
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
You gonna keep on sailing till you lose your happy home
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
I don't mind you sailing, but please don't sail so long
All right little honey bee
I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee
I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee
She been all around the world making honey
But now she is coming back home to me
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