Muddy Waters - Hollywood Blues Summit 1971 (2023)

Personnel:
Pee Wee Madison - guitar
Calvin Jones - bass
Willie Smith - drums
Sammy Lawhorn - guitar (incorrectly spelled as "Lawson" on the album)
Paul Oscher - harmonica
Pintop Perkins - piano
Walter Horton - harmonica

Rock and roll hall of fame inductee Muddy Waters is one of the most important singer-songwriter/guitarists of the post-modern blues era. His early 1960s touring of the UK inspired many British musicians including the Rolling Stones that took their name from his classic song, Rollin' Stone. Over the '60s into the early 1970s Waters became an international force performing on various bills and artist pairings on club, concert hall and festival stages. This eight-song never before released set was recorded at the legendary Ash Grove club in Los Angeles over the Blue Summit weekend (with Freddie King and Lightnin' Hopkins) on July 30, 1971. The show was recorded not long before his infamous London sessions recordings. That album was one of his six Grammy winning Traditional Folk recordings throughout the '70s.