#Muddy waters electric mud vinyl series

Blues purists criticized the album's psychedelic sound. Marshall Chess augmented the rhythm of Muddy Waters' live band with the use of electronic organ and saxophone. The album incorporates use of wah-wah pedal and fuzzbox. According to Marshall Chess, 'We were going to call them the Electric Niggers, but my dad wouldn't let me.' According to one account of the album's recording, Cosey, Upchurch and Jennings joked about calling the group 'The Electric Niggers'. To provide the psychedelic sound Chess sought for the album, he assembled 'the hottest, most avant garde jazz rock guys in Chicago': Gene Barge, Pete Cosey, Roland Faulkner, Morris Jennings, Louis Satterfield, Charles Stepney and Phil Upchurch. I was looking at it because I played for so many of these so-called hippies that I thought probably I could reach them.' Production According to Muddy Waters, 'Quite naturally, I like a good-selling record. It wasn't to change his sound, it was a way to get it to that market.' Д¬hess hoped the new albums would sell well among fans of psychedelic rock bands influenced by Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. It was like a painting, and Muddy was going to be in the painting. The next project Chess conceived was Electric Mud, a psychedelic rock concept album Marshall later stated, 'I came up with the idea of Electric Mud to help Muddy make money. The label's first release was the self-titled debut album of Rotary Connection, a psychedelic band. In 1967, Marshall Chess formed Cadet Concept Records as a subsidiary of Chess Records.

#Muddy waters electric mud vinyl series

The 1960s saw Marshall Chess seeking to introduce Muddy Waters' music to a younger audience Chess Records, Waters' record label, founded by Marshall's father, Leonard Chess, released a series of compilation albums of Muddy Waters' older music repackaged with psychedelic artwork.