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- Summary: The tribute album to Blues legend Muddy Waters by John Primer features contributions from such artist as Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton, Bob Margolin, Keb Mo, Derek Trucks, and Johnny Winter.
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- Record Label: Raisin Music
- Genre(s): Blues
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Sep 3, 2015Nothing takes the place of Muddy’s performances with their emotional intensity and mind blowing musicality. But this heartfelt project makes a terrific reminder of just how great these songs are, unearths interesting, seldom heard Muddy sides even fans might not know and works as both a tribute to the legendary blues man and an impetus to go back and experience the originals.
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Sep 3, 2015It offers a crisp and worthy glimpse of a giant.
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Sep 3, 2015John Primer channels his inner Mud convincingly, but you’ll be peering past him at the A-list band.
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Sep 3, 2015Some tracks, like "Got My Mojo Working" (a vocal duet with Shemekia Copeland), smolder without catching fire. Others, like a drum-looped "Mannish Boy," spark by breaking tradition. All testify to the eternal flame of a master--the original rollin' stone.