''Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981'' is a

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and

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by American

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the ...

musician

Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post- war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicag ...

and members of the English rock band

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. It was recorded on 22 November 1981 by David Hewitt on the Record Plant Black Truck, mixed by

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, and released on 10 July 2012. The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club in Bronzeville, on the South Side of

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, which was established in 1972 by

Buddy Guy George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaugh ...

and L.C. Thurman.Parnell, Sean
"The New Checkerboard Lounge"
''The Chicago Bar Project''

Track listing

CD

#Introductions – 1:44 #"You Don't Have to Go" – 5:43 #"

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" – 11:00 #"

Hoochie Coochie Man "Hoochie Coochie Man" (originally titled "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man") is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954. The song makes reference to hoodoo folk magic elements and makes novel use of a sto ...

" – 4:18 #"Long Distance Call" – 4:49 #"

Mannish Boy "Mannish Boy" (or "Manish Boy" as it was first labeled) is a blues standard written by Muddy Waters, Mel London, and Bo Diddley (with Waters and Diddley being credited under their birth names). First recorded in 1955 by Waters, it serves as an " ...

" – 10:25 #" Got My Mojo Workin'" – 3:18 #" Next Time You See Me" – 11:00 #"One Eyed Woman" – 9:44 #"Clouds in My Heart" – 6:22 #"Champagne and Reefer" – 6:58

DVD

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" #" Flip Flop And Fly" #Muddy Waters Introduction #"You Don’t Have To Go" #"Country Boy" #"Baby Please Don’t Go" #"Hoochie Coochie Man" #"Long Distance Call" #"Mannish Boy" #"Got My Mojo Working" #"Next Time You See Me" #"One Eyed Woman" #"Baby Please Don’t Go (Instrumental)" #"Clouds in My Heart" #"Champagne and Reefer"

Personnel

;Muddy Waters and His Band *Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar * Rick Kreher - guitar *

John Primer John Primer (born March 5, 1945, Camden, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and guitarist who played behind Junior Wells in the house band at Theresa's Lounge and as a member of the bands of Will ...

– guitar * Lovie Lee – piano * Earnest Johnson – bass * Ray Allison – drums * George "Mojo" Buford – harmonica ;Guests *

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

– lead vocals *

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

– guitar *

Ronnie Wood Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...

– guitar * Ian Stewart – piano *

– vocals, guitar *

Lefty Dizz Lefty Dizz (April 29, 1937 – September 7, 1993) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer whose recorded work was released on eight albums. As well as fronting his own band, he worked with Junior Wells, J. B. Lenoir and Hound Dog Ta ...

– vocals, guitar *

Junior Wells Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., December 9, 1934January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. He is best known for his signature song " Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album '' Hoodoo Man Blues ...

– vocals, harmonica * Nick Charles – bass

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