Muddy Waters - [1973] Can't Get No Grindin' (FLAC)

Muddy Waters - [1973] Can't Get No Grindin' (FLAC)
Exact Audio Copy from CD to Flac

Original release date: 10-01-1973
This release: 10-22-2013

Review by Bruce Eder:
Muddy's next-to-last Chess album, Can't Get No Grindin' marked a return to working with a band of his own after several experimental line-ups and recordings -- Pinetop Perkins took over the piano spot from the late Otis Spann, with Chess veteran harpist James Cotton aboard, and PeeWee Madison, and Sammy Lawhorn handling the guitars (apart from Muddy's axe, natch). The music is raw, hard-edged, and sharp (the guitars slash and cut), more like a successor to Muddy's classic 1950's sides (he rethinks a bunch '50s numbers here) than to the London Sessions, Super Blues, brass blow-outs, and psychedelic albums that he'd been doing. It's also easy to hear Muddy's heart in this release -- he fairly oozes soul out of every note he sings. The title track, "Sad Letter," and "Mother's Bad Luck Child" are all killer tracks, and most of the rest isn't far behind, though "Garbage Man" is the best known of the newer tracks, thanks to subsequent covers.


Tracks:
1. Can't Get No Grindin' (What's the Matter With the Mill)
2. Mother's Bad Luck Child
3. Funky Butt
4. Sad Letter
5. Someday I'm Gonna Ketch You
6. Love Weapon
7. Garbage Man
8. After hours
9. Whiskey No Good
10. Muddy Waters Shuffle


Lineup:
Muddy Waters - Vocals, guitar
James Cotton - Harmonica
Pinetop Perkins - Piano, organ
Sammy Lawhorn - Guitar
PeeWee Madison - Rhythm guitar
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Drums