Muddy Waters - I'm Ready (1978/2004) FLAC

Muddy Waters - I'm Ready (1978) FLAC

I'm Ready is a 1978 album by Chicago blues veteran Muddy Waters. The second of Waters' Johnny Winter-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, I'm Ready was issued one year after he found renewed commercial and critical success with Hard Again. The album earned Waters a Grammy Award in 1978. It was reissued in 2004 by the Epic/Legacy label with three additional songs.

Track Listing

"I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon) (3:26)
"33 Years" (5:20)
"Who Do You Trust" (5:00)
"Copper Brown" (4:58)
"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) (3:59)
"Mamie" (Morganfield, Jimmy Rogers) (5:35)
"Rock Me" (3:54)
"Screamin' And Cryin'" (5:04)
"Good Morning, Little School Girl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) (3:27)

"No Escape From The Blues" (6:18)
"That's Alright" (4:58)
"Lonely Man Blues" (4:19)

Note: Tracks 10-12 are added to the album reissue.

Personnel

Muddy Waters – vocal & guitar
Jimmy Rogers – guitar
Big Walter Horton – acoustic and amplified harmonica
Bob Margolin – guitar/bass
Pinetop Perkins – piano
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith – drums
Johnny Winter – guitar
Jerry Portnoy – amplified harmonica (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9)