So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make a record with them, that he called me to do this record. I'd never done anything like that before. But I love blues, so I was very happy.
When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.
At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time.
Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.
My influences were the riff-based blues coming from Chicago in the Fifties - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Billy Boy Arnold records.
I used to be a great blues singer.
The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'
Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
Slow, Deep And Hard was a great album, even though it was probably our least selling record.
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