The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
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| The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album | ||||
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| Released | April 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February 6 & 7, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Bearsville's Studio at "Turtle Creek", Woodstock, New York | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 43:45 | |||
| Label | Chess CH 60035 | |||
| Producer | Henry Glover | |||
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The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album is an album by blues musician Muddy Waters, released by the Chess label in 1975.[1][2][3] The album features Levon Helm and Garth Hudson, from the Band, and Paul Butterfield.[4]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [6] |
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards in 1976.[7]
In a retrospective assessment, AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated that "this album worked best because they let Waters be himself, producing music that compared favorably to his concerts of the period, which were wonderful. His final album for Chess (recorded at Bearsville studio in Woodstock, not in Chicago), with Helm and fellow Band-member Garth Hudson teaming up with Waters' touring band, it was a rocking (in the bluesy sense) soulful swansong to the label where he got his start. Waters covers some songs he knew back when, plays some slide, and generally has a great time on this Grammy-winning album".[5]
