Full Listing of Muddy Waters Songs
with Year first recorded
ALL ABOARD 1956
ALL NIGHT LONG 1969
BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO 1960
BAD LOVIN' TROUBLE 1967
BLIND MAN 1971
BLOW, WIND, BLOW 1969
BLUES AND TROUBLE 1969
BLUES FOR HIPPIES 1970
BORN LOVER 1958
BORN WITH NOTHING 1975
BOTTOM OF THE SEA 1969
BURR CLOVER FARM BLUES 1941
BURYING GROUND 1949
BUS DRIVER 1977
C.C. WOMAN 1971
CAN'T DO ME NO GOOD 1968
CAN'T GET NO GRINDING 1973
CANARY BIRD 1966
CATFISH BLUES
aka ROLLIN' STONE 1959
CHAMPAGNE AND REEFER 1981
CLOUDS IN MY HEART 1959
COLD UP NORTH
COLD WEATHER BLUES 1964
COME BACK BABY 1994
COME HOME BABY
(I WISH YOU WOULD) 1957
COPPER BROWN 1978
CORRINA, CORRINA
(TRAD. ARR.)
COUNTRY BLUES 1941
COUNTRY BOY 1964
COUNTY JAIL 1971
CROSSEYED CAT 1977
DEEP DOWN IN FLORIDA 1985
DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART 1960
DOWN SOUTH BLUES
aka EARLY IN THE MORNING 1967
DRIVE MY BLUES AWAY 1974
EARLY IN THE MORNING 1965
EARLY MORNING BLUES 1965
EVANS SHUFFLE 1972
EVIL 1957
FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL 1971
FLOOD 1952
FOREVER LONELY 1981
FOX SQUIRREL 1975
FUNKY BUTT 1973
FUNNY SOUNDS 1975
GAL YOU GOTTA WATCH 1951
GOIN' DOWN LOUISIANA
aka LOUISIANA BLUES 1959
GOING DOWN TO MAIN STREET 1975
GOING HOME 1962
GONNA NEED MY HELP 1967
GOOD LOOKIN WOMAN 1957
GOOD NEWS 1957
GOT A SWEET LITTLE GIRL 1967
GYPSY WOMAN
aka GYPSY WOMEN 1947
HARD DAYS 1948
HARD LOSER 1967
HELLO LITTLE GIRL
HIGHWAY 41 1974
HONEY BEE 1951
HOWLIN' WOLF 1971
I BE BOUND TO WRITE TO YOU 1942
I BE'S TROUBLED 1941
I CAN'T BE SATISFIED 1948
I BE'S TROUBLED 1941
I DONE GOT WISE
I FEEL LIKE GOING HOME 1948
I WANNA GO HOME
I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME 1959
IODINE IN MY COFFEE 1952
IT'S ALL OVER 1971
I WANNA GO HOME
IT'S ALRIGHT 1965
JEALOUS HEARTED MAN 1977
KATIE 1974
KEY TO THE HIGHWAY 1972
KIND HEARTED WOMAN 1948
KINFOLKS BLUES 1971
LANDLADY 1972
LAST TIME I FOOL AROUND WITH YOU 1949
LAVERNE (WHY DO YOU TREAT ME SO MEAN?) 1967
LEAVIN' IN THE MORNIN' 1967
LET ME HANG AROUND 1963
LITTLE ANNA MAE 1947
LITTLE BROWN BIRD 1962
LITTLE GENEVA 1949
LITTLE GIRL 1977
LONESOME DAY 1951
LONESOME ROOM BLUES 1961
LONG DISTANCE CALL 1951
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE 1960
LOUISIANA BLUES
aka GOIN' DOWN LOUISIANA 1959
LOVE WEAPON 1973
LOVE WITHOUT JEALOUSY 1968
LOVE, DEEP AS THE OCEAN 1975
MAKING FRIENDS 1971
MAMIE 1978
MANNISH BOY 1955
MEAN DISPOSITION 1969
MEAN MISTREATER 1948
MEAN RED SPIDER 1948
MEANEST WOMAN 1960
MESSIN' WITH THE MAN 1961
MINI DRESS 1968
MOTHER'S BAD LUCK CHILD 1973
MUD IN YOUR EAR 1968
MUDCAT 1971
MUDDY JUMPS ONE 1948
MUDDY WATERS SHUFFLE 1973
MULE KICKING IN MY STALL 1970
MY FAULT 1974
MY HOME IS ON THE DELTA 1964
MY LIFE IS RUINED 1967
MY LOVE STRIKES LIKE LIGHTNING 1963
MY PENCIL WON'T WRITE NO MORE 1972
NO ESCAPE FROM THE BLUES 1981
NOTHIN' BOTHER ME 1967
ONE MORE MILE 1963
PLEASE DON'T GO
aka BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO 1953
PLEASE HAVE MERCY 1972
RAMBLIN' KID BLUES 1942
RAMBLIN' MIND 1969
READ WAY BACK 1960
REAL LOVE 1961
RED BEANS
ROCK ME 1957
ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN' 1950
ROLLIN' STONE
aka CATFISH BLUES 1950
ROSALIE 1942
SAD LETTER 1972
SAD, SAD DAY 1953
SCREAMIN' AND CRYING 1949
SCUSE ME, BABY 1968
SHE MOVES ME 1959
SHE'S A WOMAN 1955
SHE'S ALRIGHT 1967
SHE'S NINETEEN YEARS OLD 1958
SHE'S SO PRETTY 1954
SHIMMY, BABY 1969
SITTING AND THINKING 1964
SO GLAD, BABY 1968
SOMEDAY BABY
aka TROUBLE NO MORE 1955
SOMEDAY I'M GONNA KETCH YOU 1973
STAND HERE TREMBLING
STANDING AROUND CRYING 1952
STILL A FOOL
aka TWO TRAINS RUNNING 1951
STRANGE WOMAN 1971
STREAMLINE WOMAN 1948
STUFF YOU GOTTA WATCH 1951
TAKE A LITTLE WALK
TAKE A WALK WITH ME 1942
TELL ME BABY 1960
THAT'S WHY I DON'T MIND
THE BLUES HAD A BABY
AND THEY NAMED IT ROCK ... 1977
THE WOMAN I LOVE aka
STUFF YOU GOT TO WATCH 1951
THEY CALL ME MUDDY WATERS 1971
THIRTY-THREE YEARS 1978
TOO YOUNG TO KNOW 1967
TOUGH TIMES 1962
TRAINFARE BLUES 1967
TRIBUTE TO MUDDY 1971
TROUBLE NO MORE
aka SOMEDAY BABY 1955
TWO STEPS FORWARD 1971
UNK IN FUNK 1974
WALKIN' BLUES (TRADITIONAL)
WALKING THRU THE PARK 1959
WATERBOY, WATERBOY 1974
WHAT IS THAT SHE GOT? 1971
WHERE'S MY WOMAN BEEN 1949
WHISKEY BLUES 1948
WHISKEY NO GOOD 1973
WHO DO YOU TRUST? 1978
WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR SWEET
MAN WHEN I'M GONE? 1972
WHO DO YOU TRUST? 1978
WHY DON'T YOU LIVE SO GOD CAN USE YOU 1942
YES ALRIGHT
YOU CAN'T LOSE WHAT
YOU AIN'T NEVER HAD 1942
YOU GONNA NEED MY HELP 1964
YOU GOT TO GET SICK AND
DIE SOME OF THESE DAYS 1942
YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME 1948
13 HIGHWAY 1963
32-20 BLUES 1942
That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old
records.
You can hear it all the way through.
Muddy Waters
Our little house was way back in the country. We had one
house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a
mile. If you got sick,
you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you.
Muddy Waters
A Worthy Tribute To A Legend At A Worthy Price
Fender's Muddy Waters Telecaster review
If you wanted to name a guitar after a blues legend, probably
none would be as powerful an association as Muddy Waters,
an artist of almost mythical status. One of the guitars
most associated with him was a candy apple red telecaster,
with a 50's style body, Fender amp knobs instead of the
stock metal ones, with a extra large custom made neck. In
an interview with Johnny Winter, he said that many other
players found it hard to play due to it's thick strings
and high action. The reason? It was the guitar that gave
him that distinctive single note slide sound that characterized
his solos.
In 2000, the Fender Custom shop put out a limited run of
100 special edition "Muddy Waters Tribute" telecasters,
which garnered excellent reviews. At around the same time,
the company released a lower cost version on it's "Artist
Series," called the Muddy Waters Telecaster. It was
made up of American parts that were shipped to Mexico to
be assembled and painted. As such, it's one of the higher
end models from that country, but with an average street
price of around 600.00. Not bad compared to an American
made.
Obviously, it couldn't be released as it was in the custom
version, with higher action, pre-made scratches and dents
(I don't know about you, but I find paying a king's ransom
for a scratched up guitar silly). You'd be paying a lot
just for labor.
It's a nine pound guitar as it is, heavy even for a tele,
and a beefy neck with high string height simply isn't going
to sell to the average guitar player. So, a 60's style "C"
neck, with a nice rosewood fretboard was used, with medium
jumbo frets and good vintage "ping" style tuning
pegs. Nice thing about the pegs is that the tuning ratio
is a bit higher, so tuning is fast yet accurate.
The 50's style body is thicker than the average tele, and
made of ash. It's a solid plank, and for me it recalled
the days back when I played a 1971 maple neck model and
carrying even a short distance was serious business. I bought
got mine used in a Gator case, which makes it relatively
lighter. It's no accident that Fender includes a custom
gig bag with it instead of a case.
The bridge is a 50's style three piece brass type, with
molding that will strike some as being cheap or primitive.
I would have to agree, but keep in mind, the idea was to
duplicate as much as possible what was stock on Muddy's
guitar back then.
The pickups are a mixed bag. The neck and bridge "classic"
pickups are both fairly hot, running at around 6.9 ohms,
and the latter uses staggered Alnico V magnets. What I've
noticed is the adjustment is important, and if improperly
placed, can sound too thin and strident. By the same token,
find it's sweet spot, and you'd be hard pressed to hear
the difference between the Muddy and an American made.
The sound is versatile, covering a range of jazzy sounds
(thanks to the thick, dense body), biting blues, and a back
pickup that makes that country pinging sound easy. Using
it for slide (the way Muddy did) will give you a different
tone, a biting, stinging sound as opposed to the thicker
Elmore James roar.
The finish is a bright red polyester, which isn't exactly
classic, but realistically, easy to keep clean and tough
to scratch (something the Custom Shop took great pains to
make sure happened to make it look "distressed.").
Also, it makes the guitar look just like the original, and
at this price range, that's more than good enough.
The finish, construction, and parts makes this one of the
Mexican guitars that will keep a higher value in the years
to come, and make it eminently upgradable. I've already
put in a Seth Love PAF in the neck to take advantage of
the beautiful clean tone you can get with this impressive
chunk of wood. Combine that with new top grade Fender volume
and tone pots and you'll have no desire to move up (unless
the Made In America tag is worth the extra few hundred to
you).
In this model of a guitar that is already a legend in itself,
they couldn't have picked a better namesake. Fender took
the trouble to put more quality and vintage vibe than they
normally would in a Mexican model, and as a result, to this
day, it's one of the more sought after models in the used
market.
As if that wasn't enough, one more touch gives inspiration
when you strap on this impressive and fun guitar. As you
look down, there's the Muddy Waters signature on the neck
plate, and if you're like me, you'll feel a connection to
a real hero of the blues.
