Picking Up the Pieces

Karr Conviction Closes Another Chapter in O'Hair Case

"...For all their trouble, David Waters and Gary Karr never really enjoyed the spoils of..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Buried Alive in the Blues

The night Austin's Godfather of the blues granted Ed Ward a favor he'll never forget

"...of Antone's, when it was on Sixth Street and Muddy Waters and B.B. King and Albert King and the..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...Man")]. These names meld seamlessly with Chicago favorites like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Buddy Guy and Southern favorites..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Angela Strehli's Comeback Ace of Blues Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...from modern rock's first great age, 1968. Alongside it, Muddy Waters and a cowboy-hatted Junior Wells serenade the Texan..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eddie Taylor's 100th birthday, Dry Cleaning, and Terry Allen highlight our recommended shows

"...by Snooky Pryor's harp and pianist Sunnyland Slim's pedigree (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter), Taylor burns. Nearly all..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Atlantis

Ukrainian post-war drama finds a nation dealing with and healing from PTSD

"...element throughout Atlantis, bringing warmth to rigid landscapes and muddy waters. It opens and closes with thermal imagery, contrasting..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Gimme Shelter: A Song for Margaret Moser

A stoned soul picnic of Rolling Stones for Wattser

"...see me. The former brought me a copy of Watership Down because my family had owned rabbits and she..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Robert Johnson Plays Antone’s Anniversary!

Antone’s resurrects Robert Johnson for its 42nd anniversary

"...July 22, with an inimitable lineup featuring genre scions: Muddy Waters' boy Big Bill Morganfield, Clifton's son C.J. Chenier,..."

June 30, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Goodnight Irene

Timeless music time-travels – backward, forward

"...whose song "Rollin' Stone" titled his UK combo – Muddy Waters...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

All or Nothing

Ian McLagan: Small Face, Face, auxiliary Rolling Stone, A-list sideman, Austinite

"...art school student who had his life changed by Muddy Waters at Newport and seeing the Rolling Stones as..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom

The highway of American music culture and beyond

"...spotlight on major figures Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters. Author of biographies on Jack Kerouac and the..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Michael Bloomfield

Blues Cruise

"...Particularly inventive was 1966's "East-West," a 13-minute Ravi Shankar-meets-John Coltrane-meets-Muddy Waters experiment that remains out of this realm. His..."

July 4, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

20 Feet From Stardom

This film is an extended hosanna to an undersung artist, the backup singer, and what a joyful noise it makes.

"...director (his CV includes television biographies of Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, and Stax Records) – samples six..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ain't Messin 'Round

Gary Clark Jr. kisses the sky

"...to jam with Howlin' Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin and Muddy Waters harmonica icon James Cotton. The 15-year-olds were hooked...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Over Under Sideways Down

The resurrection of DJ Jonathan Toubin

"...stresses. "Particularly the Albert Collins shows and anniversaries with Muddy Waters' band and all of the blues/R&B superstars. Paul..."

July 27, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...a minute to catch on, but by the time Muddy Waters came to play and learned what so many..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Jimmie Vaughan 2010

"...JV: I had a Muddy Waters record and a Little Walter record and a..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...Records the film drove the blues drop: Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Etta James. Dollop Shemekia Copeland and..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Little Walter

"...Chess Records biopic, wherein Walter's Oedipal exit from the Muddy Waters band (and Muddy's gal) rocks the film, The..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Personalizing the Mythic

How a former president's understated decency and the hectic birth of rock & roll electrified Toronto screens

"...as well. Harp player Williams played with Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Hound Dog Taylor, and..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Power of Three

With ZZ Top mowing down the Backyard this weekend, the power of three – trios – comes into play

"...combos, jazz and blues ensembles like Oscar Peterson and Muddy Waters, and classical threesomes for decades before, the trio..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Okie Dokie Stomp

Clifford Antone didn't invent the blues, he immortalized them

"...place with a hot, sweaty crowd. Sunnyland Slim and Muddy Waters and Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang were..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

This Be an Empty World Without the Blues

Sometimes a sandwich – and its maker – is a hero

"...was hungry to immerse himself in the music of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor,..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

I Saw the Light

Clifford Antone, hardcore to the end

"...he could once again walk into the house that Muddy Waters built...."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Band, Little Feat

Reissues

"...dizzying array of Band collaborators and friends ranging from Muddy Waters and Neil Young to Bob Dylan. As the..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Scott Jordan

The Last Waltz

DVDisc

"...Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Staple Singers, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, and starring..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

All Blues

Q&A with the signature bluesman of the Nineties, R.L. Burnside.

"...RLB: Well, I like John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Fred MacDowell, I like all those..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Girls Go Wild! (Benchmark)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds What's the Word? (Benchmark)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Butt Rockin' (Benchmark)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds T-Bird Rhythm (Benchmark)

"...for thousands-strong Riverfest crowds or seeing them back up Muddy Waters at Antone's. Well ... never mind. No sense..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...blues records, we don't need Johnny Winter. We have Muddy Waters. Muddy Waters is good -- you don't need..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Jesus Loves Hyde Park, Too

"...haven't heard about a record deal like that since Muddy Waters.'"), and I was reminded, yet again, of the..."

June 25, 1999 Column

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