Album: Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters (1960)
Genre: Blues | Mood: Good Natured
Record Label: Chess Records
Format: Album

Description: At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters performed at Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, with his backing band, consisting of Otis Spann, Pat Hare, James Cotton, Andrew Stevens and Francis Clay, on July 3.

Artist Background: MUDDY WATERS - APRIL 4, 1913 - APRIL 30, 1983 Anyone who's followed the course of modern popular music is aware of the vast influence exerted on its development by the large numbers of blues artists who collectively shaped and defined the approach to amplified music in the late 1940s and early '50s. Chicago was the pivotal point for the development and dissemination of the modern blues and virtually everything else has flowed, in one way or another, from this rich source. The revolution began... Part of the Mississippi, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Related Artists: Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Elmore James

Music Scene: Part of the Mississippi, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Tags: Blues, Good Natured, 1960s, Album, Chess Records

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At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters performed at Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, with his backing band, consisting of Otis Spann, Pat Hare, James Cotton, Andrew Stevens and Francis Clay, on July 3.

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