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Rating: Compared to the acoustic style typical of the Mississippi Delta, Blues underwent a profound transformation from the 1930s and 40s, when thousands of people moved from the southern cotton fields to the industrialized cities of the north. The smoky venues of Chicago soon became the new places for musical improvisation and, in the 1950s, the first electric Blues began to establish itself, using slide guitar, piano, amplified harmonica, bass, and drums. Definitely an innovative way to present live music.
Arriving in England in 1958 for his international tour, Muddy Waters shook the old continent with this revolutionary sound that was profoundly different from the folk blues people were used to. A sound that would succeed among whites and lay the groundwork for the rock of those British artists who would soon successfully take international stages.
Two years later, in his first live recording at the Newport Jazz Festival (USA) of 1960, only the pianist Otis Spann remained from Muddy Waters' debut band, as the other members were pursuing solo careers, bolstered by their established success. Among the session men accompanying him in this performance were harmonica player James Cotton (who had previously collaborated with Howlin' Wolf) replacing Little Walter and Junior Wells, guitarist Pat Hare who replaced Jimmy Rogers, bassist Andrew Stevenson instead of the great Willie Dixon, the musician who helped the band at the beginning of their career by composing some historic pieces, including "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man". And it is precisely this piece at the beginning of the record that sets the pace for everything that follows: namely a bold, hypnotic, and uninhibited declaration of black pride by showman Muddy Waters, reaching its peak in the stunning "I Feel So Good" and confirmed with "I've Got My Mojo Working", present in two splendid versions with different rhythmic cadences.
The audience's involvement is definitely perceptible. Consciously (or not) aware that they are witnessing a full-fledged musical revolution, which will also interest those who have not inherited Blues directly from the Mississippi Delta soloists.
"Goodbye Newport".
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 I Got My Brand on You (04:49)
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do honey
I got my brand on you
Oh you may go away and leave me girl, I declare you can't stay
You gonna come runnin' back to me some lonesome day
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do darlin'
I got my brand on you
(Instrumental)
Oh I'm puttin' my brand you know baby on no certain part
But whenever I kiss you I stab it in your heart
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do baby
I got my brand on you
Oh I got you like a fish baby, you know hangin' on my line
I can reel you in, most any time
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do baby
I got my brand on you
02 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (02:57)
The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
I got a boy child's comin'
He's gonna be a son of a gun
He gonna make pretty women's
Jump and shout
Then the world wanna know
What this all about
But you know I'm him
Everybody knows I'm him
Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm him
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo too
I got the Johnny Concheroo
I'm gonna mess with you
I'm gonna make you girls
Lead me by my hand
Then the world will know
The hoochie coochie man
But you know I'm him
Everybody knows I'm him
Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm him
On the seventh hours
On the seventh day
On the seventh month
The seven doctors say
He was born for good luck
And that you'll see
I got seven hundred dollars
Don't you mess with me
But you know I'm him
Everybody knows I'm him
Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm him
04 Soon Forgotten (04:20)
Give me a pencil and paper, I just want to figure your time
Give me a pencil and paper, I just want to figure your time
Well I'm gonna put it down in black and white, you know I ain't lyin'
On the twelfth of April and the year in 19 and 61
On the twelfth of April and the year a 19 and 61
Ya know I watched it, a few times now, an' you and your man, was havin' fun
Right then, I quitted you, but you begged me to take you back, uum
Yeah, ya know I think I've quittin' that woman, but she begged me to take her back
Yeah, you know I'z a man-a-my word, now and now this is the way, my bab-ay
Um-hm
'Ciden' I said I'm through, bab-ay I mean I'm through
'Ciden' I said that I Ã
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