Enhanced Muddy Waters CD

Subject: Muddy Waters, A pleasant surprise
From: Bluesy
Date: 13 Sep 99 - 07:49 PM

I recently found a CD entitled Muddy Waters and Friends in a used CD bin. Being a fan of Muddy I picked it up. I've often found that this sort of CD is a bad copy of something the artist didn't release because it wasn't up to snuff. I figured that for $5.00 Canadian it was worth the gamble.

What a surprise. It turns out that it was recorded in 1967 in Montreal, the night after Muddy's band played live. Someone at the show suggested a porch party at the rooming house that the band was staying in. This was recorded on a tape recorder, so the sound quality isn't great,(not terrible though) but it captures Muddy and his band sitting around playing acoustic guitars in a single take. Keyboard player Otis Spann plays GUITAR and sings, There is some nice harp by John Buford. I think that this is about as close as I will ever hear to what it must have been like when people like Charlie Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson etc. got together and played some songs.

I have a lot of Muddy's studio stuff, which is primarily electric with a full band, but I really, really enjoy this acoustic CD.

Steve Latimer (from his sisters Computer)

Subject: Enhanced Muddy Waters CD
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 01 Feb 00 - 03:30 PM

I just got a really cool Muddy Waters CD, The Lost Tapes. This is the first enhanced CD I've seen and what a treat. It not only plays in a standard CD player, but if you load it into a PC with the right video player, there is a video interview with Muddy talking briefly about his life in music and video of Muddy, Pinetop, Willie Big Eyes Smith, George Harmonica Smith and a couple of others doing a live version of "Long Distance Call." I didn't see Muddy when he was alive and this is a great opportunity to see this legend when he was at his peak. What a neat concept, actually seeing up close shots of Muddy playing slide on his famous red Telecaster, seeing the intensity in his face, watching Pinetop pound out Piano parts, etc.

Now if I could only find enhanced Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell etc.