Whose Muddy Shoes

by Elmore James / John Brim

Whose Muddy Shoes cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: October 1969
  • Label: Chess
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:00
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This phenomenal split compilation from the Chess Records vaults pairs crucial 1950s recordings by two architects of the electric Chicago sound. The collection highlights James' massively influential, heavily distorted slide guitar riffing and ferocious vocal power, brilliantly juxtaposed against Brim's gritty, deeply driving electric blues stompers. The record serves as an essential historical artifact of the era's aggressive, amplified evolution.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Ice Cream Man (2:44)
  2. Whose Muddy Shoes (3:15)
  3. Madison Blues (2:22)
  4. I See My Baby (3:01)
  5. You Got Me (2:55)
  6. My Best Friend (3:19)
  7. The Sun Is Shining (2:43)
  8. Lifetime Baby (3:01)
  9. Talk To Me Baby (I Can鈥檛 Hold Out) (2:15)
  10. Rattlesnake (3:08)
  11. Be Careful (2:40)
  12. Dust My Broom (2:59)
  13. Tool Bag Boogie (2:37)
  14. Tough Times (2:59)
  15. Call It Stormy Monday (2:25)
  16. The Sun Is Shining - Alternate (2:42)
  17. Gary Stomp (2:48)

Credits

  • Elmore James - primary artist, written-by
  • John Brim - primary artist, written-by
  • Jimmy Reed - harmonica [harp]
  • Little Walter - harmonica [harp]
  • Marshall Chess - supervised by
  • T-Bone Walker - written-by

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