Jun 2018 Mud Morganfield “They Call Me Mud”
Artista / Grupo: Mud Morganfield
Álbum: They Call Me Mud
Discográfica: Severn / Mark Pucci
Año publicación: 2018
Fecha crítica: 6/2018
Valoración: VERY GOOD
Son of a blues legend as was Muddy Waters, Mud Morganfield publishes a new album that becomes a summary of the blues that can now be heard in the windy city, that does not loose the originality and the vintage flavour of his father’s blues And if this was not enough, Mud is surrounded by a handful of excellent Chicago musicians who really know not only the new language of the genre but also the everlasting blues of those glorious years, like are Billy Flynn on guitar, Studebaker John on harmonica, Japanese Sumito Ariyo Ariyoshi on piano, EG McDaniel on bass and Melvin Pookie Stix Carlisle on drums, together with some very special guests such as Billy Branch on harmonica, Mike Wheeler on guitar, Morganfield’s daughter, Lashunda Williams, on vocals on a beautiful duet with his father and a horn section in some tracks The album gathers twelve songs, ten Mud’s own compositions and two, Howling Wolf and Can’t Get No Grinding, coming from his father repertoire With this album Mud has dedicated to the memory of his godfather James Cotton and the late piano player Barrelhouse Chuck who was one the project initiators, it becomes evident that Chicago blues follows on a healthy unstoppable way