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By 1968, Waters was no longer reaching black audiences, who were mostly listening to soul music by that time, and he also wasn't. Another one of the first things you might think of as distinctively Muddy Waters are his slide licks, which include sliding into the tonic from below on the first string, then dropping down to the 5 and flat 3, then sighing, to the tonic below it on the G/third string, like in Feel Like Going Home. This time, he toned down the psychedelic elements and put them in balance with his classic Chicago blues sound, and the results yield some vintage tracks that glow with fuzzy guitars and bass: 'I Am the Blues,' 'Ramblin' Mind,' 'Bottom of the Sea,' and 'Blues Trouble.' After being out of print for years, Get On Down is proud to present this rare classic from Muddy Waters pulled from the original masters. Paul Jones was supposedly inspired by Muddy Waters 1968 album Electric Mud. This album marks what could probably be considered the nadir of Muddy Waters' career, although at the time it did sell somewhere between 200,000 and 250,000 copies, a lot for Waters in those days.
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After taking a backlash from critics with first attempt at adopting psychedelic influences on Electric Mud, Muddy made adjustments for the follow-up, despite keeping a majority of the same session players. "The second of two electric-blues albums released on Chess Records and Cadet Concept imprint in the late '60s, Muddy Waters' After the Rain has achieved cult-like status amongst blues fans in the years since his death in 1983. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupI Just Want To Make Love To You Muddy WatersElectric Mud A Geffen Records release 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.