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Fact #34981

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Short story:

When Muddy Waters plays with an all-star band including Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T And The MGs and Sam Lay at the Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the show is recorded and some tracks will appear on the album Fathers And Sons.

Full article:

Norman Dayron (producer, Chess Records ) : Muddy was relieved that he could get involved with anything as serious as this production. His golden period was far behind him. He had been humiliated by many things Chess had done with him, and he was somewhat cynical about the projects given to him at this time, and once he did Electric Mud this became worse.


The fact that he had a respectful relationship with Butterfield and Bloomfield and knew people like Sam Lay and Duck Dunn, and the idea we could do a really cooking session with him, was exciting. And he even enjoyed doing the live concert, because up to that point he had never appeared before such a large audience.


Marshall Chess [Chess Records] : Muddy did this dance on Got My Mojo Working that was unreal. Like Nureyev. He put down his guitar and did a pirouette. The place went wild! You can hear it on the record. You can hear the crowd when that happens. That was accepted much better than Electric Mud.


Norman Dayron : People went berserk at the concert, and Muddy had never had an experience like that, where he could play a note and 4,000 people would go insane. It had never, ever happened. He loved the adoration and the sessions; I had listened to everything he had ever done, and went over the songs with him beforehand - also something no one had ever done! And I think the record holds up in a lot of ways.

(Source : not known)