Review:

on 2012-01-09 CharlesMartel Said:

In May 1943, Muddy Waters took a train to Chicago from his home in Mississippi to begin a career in that city. His approach to blues underwent a dramatic shift after the move, principally in his taking up an electric guitar to play, apparently because he needed the volume of an amp to play above the din in the crowded clubs he toured. He soon attracted the attention of Chess Records and together with a backing band assembled by Chess for the purpose, began to lay down a number of cuts that went on to become classics.

"I Can't Be Satisfied" was perhaps the best of those early recordings, put out on a Chess subsidiary. Its sound is not that far removed from the delta blues Waters grew up with and, the electric guitar apart, mimics the same raw and uncut sound of the untutored and self-taught blues musicians. Together with Chess in-house bassist and songwriter, Willie Dixon, a number of similar classics emerged from Waters guitar and ultimately changed the face of music forever.
Rating: 7/10