[50][51] A DVD version of the performance was released in 2012. Writer (s): McKinley Morganfield, Muddy Waters. "[44] Nevertheless, the album won another Grammy, again for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording. Both albums were the brainchild of Chess Records producer Norman Dayron, and were intended to showcase Chicago blues musicians playing with the younger British rock musicians whom they had inspired. We currently don't have any themes associated with this song. "I sold the last horse that we had. [31] At the time, English audiences had only been exposed to acoustic folk blues, as performed by artists such as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Big Bill Broonzy. The next morning we were in the headlines of the paper, 'Screaming Guitar and Howling Piano'. [21] Soon after, Aristocrat changed its name to Chess Records. Muddy Waters' songs have been featured in long-time fan Martin Scorsese's movies, including The Color of Money, Goodfellas, and Casino. [Part 2]", "The Super Super Blues Band – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley", "Muddy Waters: After the Rain – Album Review", "Reviving the Classic R&B Sound : Miami Herald", "Checkerboard Lounge: Live Chicago 1981 [DVD] – The Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters". The fact that it didn't make it onto a subsequent US release was apparently an issue with Brian and his growing feeling that he was being got-at. Would you like to contribute? [45] In November 1976 he appeared as a featured special guest at The Band's Last Waltz farewell concert, and in the subsequent 1978 feature film documentary of the event. In 1988 "Mannish Boy" was also used in a Levi's 501 commercial and re-released in Europe as a single with "(I'm your) Hoochie Coochie Man" on the flip side. And I just can't keep from crying. "[41], Nonetheless, six months later he recorded a follow-up album, After the Rain, which had a similar sound and featured many of the same musicians. It was included on their second British album, The Rolling Stones No. [11] The remains of the cabin on Stovall Plantation where he lived in his youth are now at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. [62] The Chicago suburb of Westmont, where he lived the last decade of his life, named a section of Cass Avenue near his home "Honorary Muddy Waters Way". Hard Again has been especially praised by critics, who have tended to describe it as his comeback album. King told Guitar World magazine, "It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music." [54] Eric Clapton served as best man at their wedding in 1979. More Hot Rocks (Big Hits and Fazed Cookies), The Rolling Stones 1964-1969 [Vinyl Box Set]. The exact reasons for why some were excluded from release in one territory seem random and arbitrary, and most likely were usually the result of unconcerned label decisions rather than any conscious qualitative evaluations. "[6] Lomax came back in July 1942 to record him again. I Can’t Be Satisfied Lyrics. Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, emulating the local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson. Later on he sent me two copies of the pressing and a check for twenty bucks, and I carried that record up to the corner and put it on the jukebox. I find it quite easy (so far!) The museum's director, Sid Graves, brought Gibbons to visit Waters original house, and encouraged him to pick up a piece of scrap lumber that was originally part of the roof. An' if you change my sound, then you gonna change the whole man." The real highlight, though, is the slide guitar work by Brian Jones -- some of his best instrumental work on record, dovetailing hypnotically with Keith Richards' more standard rhythm guitar plucks. It was only some time after his death that 'I Can't Be Satisfied' was released on the 1972 compilation 'More Hot Rocks'. The songs had a new feeling. [35] Folk Singer was not a commercial success, but it was lauded by critics, and in 2003 Rolling Stone magazine placed it at number 280 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Muddy Waters brought with him two American musicians, harmonica player Carey Bell and guitarist Sammy Lawhorn. A 1955 interview in the Chicago Defender is the earliest in which he stated 1915 as the year of his birth, and he continued to say this in interviews from that point onward. [8] In the 1930s and 1940s, before his rise to fame, the year of his birth was reported as 1913 on his marriage license, recording notes, and musicians' union card. The British and Irish musicians who played on the album included Rory Gallagher, Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, and Mitch Mitchell. I was definitely too loud for them. From 1977 to 1981, blues musician Johnny Winter, who had idolized Muddy Waters since childhood and who had become a friend,[46][47] produced four albums of his, all on the Blue Sky Records label: the studio albums Hard Again (1977), I'm Ready (1978) and King Bee (1981), and the live album Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live (1979). [43] It was the most successful album of Muddy Waters' career, reaching number 70 on the Billboard 200. We currently don't have any genres associated with this song. Years later, he traveled to Florida and met his future wife, 19-year-old Marva Jean Brooks, whom he nicknamed "Sunshine". The performance was made available on DVD in 2009 by Shout! 9 z W 12 W sl. We currently don't have any styles associated with this song. [Chorus] C G Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind D Well baby I just can't be satisfied C G And I just can't keep from crying [Verse 2] G Well I feel like snapping Pistol in your face I'm going to let some graveyard Lord be your resting place [Chorus] C G Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind D Well baby I just can't be satisfied C And I just can't keep from crying [Verse 3] G Well now all … In 1967, he re-recorded several blues standards with Bo Diddley, Little Walter, and Howlin' Wolf, which were marketed as Super Blues and The Super Super Blues Band albums in Chess' attempt to reach a rock audience. These were also shelved, but in 1948, "I Can't Be Satisfied" and "I Feel Like Going Home" became hits, and his popularity in clubs began to take off. On November 22, he performed live with three members of British rock band the Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood) at the Checkerboard Lounge, a blues club in Bronzeville, on the South Side of Chicago, which was established in 1972 by Buddy Guy and L.C. Would you like to contribute? Trouble and all worried mind. So I got all of my good moaning and trembling going on for me right out of church,"[14] he recalled. However, this will sound really cool if you use one. The band Cream covered "Rollin' and Tumblin'" on their 1966 debut album, Fresh Cream. [31], Although his performances alienated the old guard, some younger musicians, including Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies from Barber's band, were inspired to go in the more modern, electric blues direction. "But that ain't what I need to sell my people, it ain't the Muddy Waters sound. Mick Jagger handles the lyric with suave assuredness. [32] Korner and Davies' own groups included musicians who would later form the Rolling Stones (named after Muddy's 1950 hit "Rollin' Stone"), Cream, and the original Fleetwood Mac. It was profound guitar playing, deep and simple ... more country blues transposed to the electric guitar, the kind of playing that enhanced the lyrics, gave profundity to the words themselves."[67]. [55], His sons, Larry "Mud" Morganfield and Big Bill Morganfield, are also blues singers and musicians. 2, in early 1965, but didn't make it onto an American release until the More Hot Rocks compilation in 1972. Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" Lesson and Tab I grew up a huge Johnny Winter fan, and as luck would have it, I got to see Muddy Waters perform in 1977 during his Hard Again tour. Muddy Waters died in his sleep from heart failure, at his home in Westmont, Illinois, on April 30, 1983, from cancer-related complications. The AC/DC song title "You Shook Me All Night Long" came from lyrics of the Muddy Waters song "You Shook Me", written by Willie Dixon and J. [52], In 1982, declining health dramatically stopped his performance schedule. [10] "Waters" was added years later, as he began to play harmonica and perform locally in his early teens. It … Muddy Waters's band became a proving ground for some of the city's best blues talent,[24] with members of the ensemble going on to successful careers of their own. He stated that he was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in 1915, but other evidence suggests that he was born in Jug's Corner, in neighboring Issaquena County, in 1913. Would you like to contribute? [29] Also in 1958, Chess released his first compilation album, The Best of Muddy Waters, which collected twelve of his singles up to 1956.[30]. Made about fifteen dollars for him, gave my grandmother seven dollars and fifty cents, I kept seven-fifty and paid about two-fifty for that guitar. In 2010, his heir was petitioning for the courts to appoint Mercy Morganfield, his daughter, as administrator and distribute remaining assets, which mainly consists of copyrights to his music. He felt obliged to electrify his sound in Chicago because, he said, "When I went into the clubs, the first thing I wanted was an amplifier. 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AZLyrics. Unlike some of the tracks that didn't show up on US Rolling Stones records in the '60s, "I Can't Be Satisfied" was very good, and indeed one of their stronger pure blues covers, as well as one of their stronger early LP-only efforts. "[14] He started playing his songs in joints near his hometown, mostly on a plantation owned by Colonel William Howard Stovall.[15]. In the early 1930s, Muddy Waters accompanied Big Joe Williams on tours of the Delta, playing harmonica. Named Muddywood, the instrument is now exhibited at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. After his death, a lengthy court battle ensued between his heirs and Scott Cameron, his former manager. Throngs of blues musicians and fans attended his funeral at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. [17] He lived with a relative for a short period while driving a truck and working in a factory by day and performing at night. [66], Following his death, fellow blues musician B.B. [29] However, by the late 1950s, his singles success had come to an end, with only "Close to You" reaching the chart in 1958. [citation needed], In 1981 ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons went to visit the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale with The Blues magazine founder Jim O'Neal. Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube Playback options Couldn't nobody hear you with an acoustic." [6][7] In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician. Grant gave him the nickname "Muddy" at an early age because he loved to play in the muddy water of nearby Deer Creek. "These boys are top musicians, they can play with me, put the book before 'em and play it, you know," he told Guralnick. 12 V 12 V 12 j V 3 V 3 ef V 0 V 0 V 0 [59] The petition to reopen the estate was successful. [14]. Initially, the Chess brothers would not allow Muddy Waters to use his working band in the recording studio;[22] instead, he was provided with a backing bass by Ernest "Big" Crawford or by musicians assembled specifically for the recording session, including "Baby Face" Leroy Foster and Johnny Jones. Williams recounted to Blewett Thomas that he eventually dropped Muddy "because he was takin' away my women [fans]". One of my biggest memories from that show at the Palladium in New York was Muddy sitting on … The rivalry was, in part, stoked by Willie Dixon providing songs to both artists, with Wolf suspecting that Muddy was getting Dixon's best songs. I CAN'T BE SATISFIED As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1965 Album THE ROLLING STONES NO. Going back down south, child. De très nombreux exemples de phrases traduites contenant "i can't be satisfied" – Dictionnaire français-anglais et moteur de recherche de traductions françaises. Parnell, Sean, "The New Checkerboard Lounge", Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, "Muddy Waters: Celebrating a Great Blues Musician", "What's on View at the Delta Blues Museum", "Ebony, Chicago, Southern, and Harlem: The Mayo Williams Indies", "Show 4 – The Tribal Drum: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues. A 1970s recording of his mid-'50s hit "Mannish Boy" was used in the films Goodfellas, Better Off Dead, Risky Business, and the rockumentary The Last Waltz. Jimi Hendrix recalled that "I first heard him as a little boy and it scared me to death". Earl Hooker first recorded it as an instrumental, which was then overdubbed with vocals by Muddy Waters in 1962. Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley, June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1993, Paul Rodgers released the album Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters, on which he covered a number of his songs, including "Louisiana Blues", "Rollin' Stone", "(I'm your) Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I'm Ready" in collaboration with guitarists such as Gary Moore, Brian May and Jeff Beck. I Can't Be Satisfied Lyrics: Well I'm going away to leave / Won't be back no more / Going back down south, child / Don't you want to go? I can't be satisfied Tab by Muddy Waters. Non può andarle bene restare per sempre fuori dai riflettori. For American consumers, however, one of the most unfortunate victims of these decisions was "I Can't Be Satisfied." The Social Security Death Index, relying on the Social Security card application submitted after his move to Chicago in the mid-1940s, lists him as being born April 4, 1913. Man, you don't know how I felt that Saturday afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice. He is buried next to his wife, Geneva. 7 z P.M. W 12 W sl. His gravestone gives his birth year as 1915. In 1947, he played guitar with Sunnyland Slim on piano on the cuts "Gypsy Woman" and "Little Anna Mae". In 1971, a show at Mister Kelly's, an upmarket Chicago nightclub, was recorded and released, signalling both Muddy Waters's return to form and the completion of his transfer to white audiences. B. Lenoir. By the time he was 17, he had purchased his first guitar. Through the 1930s and 1940s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working-class African-American audiences. Gaining custody of his three children, Joseph, Renee, and Rosalind, he moved them into his home, eventually buying a new house in Westmont, Illinois. I Can't Be Satisfied: Jam Along; Congrats on a WONDERFUL site!-Sue. The Rolling Stones used a considerably fuller arrangement with electric band and drums, and the track really trucks along with understated but rollicking Charlie Watts drumming. [18] Big Bill Broonzy, then one of the leading bluesmen in Chicago, had Muddy open his shows in the rowdy clubs where Broonzy played. The album was a follow-up to the previous year's The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. His last public performance took place when he sat in with Eric Clapton's band at a concert in Florida in the summer of 1982. So get it, get it straight I am a long-time aficionado of the genre and commenting on this I Can't Be Satisfied CD about classic women blues is a piece of cake. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Just played it and played it and said, 'I can do it, I can do it'. As a whole, the track's one of the finer obscure items in the early Rolling Stones catalog. It was a Stella. Muddy was dissatisfied by the results, due to the British musicians' more rock-oriented sound. In 1946, Muddy recorded some songs for Mayo Williams at Columbia Records, with an old-fashioned combo consisting of clarinet, saxophone and piano; they were released a year later with Ivan Ballen's Philadelphia-based 20th Century label, billed as James "Sweet Lucy" Carter and his Orchestra – Muddy Waters' name was not mentioned on the label. Can’t Be Satisfied Lyrics. [9], His grandmother, Della Grant, raised him after his mother died shortly after his birth. For American consumers, however, one of the most unfortunate victims of these decisions was "I Can't Be Satisfied." Though most of the tracks the Rolling Stones recorded prior to 1968 were issued relatively quickly in both the US and the UK, there were several stray items that only appeared in one or the other country in the 1960s. I leave CAN'T BE SATISFIED feeling like I can smell, touch, and, most important, hear Muddy Waters again." I've never been one to use forums, but the GT forum is full of great people and helpful information at ALL levels! [5] He was recorded in Mississippi by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress in 1941. We opened up in Leeds, England. In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his band—Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and Otis Spann on piano—recorded several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon. In 1972, he won his first Grammy Award, for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording for They Call Me Muddy Waters, a 1971 album of old, but previously unreleased recordings. [38] The Super Super Blues Band united Wolf and Waters, who had a long-standing rivalry. [28] 1956 also saw the release of one of his best-known numbers, "Got My Mojo Working", although it did not appear on the charts. A few other artists have subsequently covered the song, including John Hammond, Hot Tuna, and David Johansen. Willie Dixon said that "There was quite a few people around singing the blues but most of them was singing all sad blues. However, the heirs asked for that citation not to be pursued. Includes 1 print + online interactive copy. I'm getting there!! In 1943, Muddy Waters headed to Chicago with the hope of becoming a full-time professional musician. No copyright infringement is intended. "Hoochie Coochie Man", was covered by Allman Brothers Band, Humble Pie, Steppenwolf, Supertramp and Fear. [12][13], He had his first introduction to music in church: "I used to belong to church. His sound reflected the optimism of postwar African Americans. Going way down south, child. It was included on their second British album, The Rolling Stones No. M. Muddy Waters Lyrics. Angus Young, of the rock group AC/DC, has cited Muddy as one of his influences. Later in 1972, he flew to England to record the album The London Muddy Waters Sessions. About the Author Robert Gordon is the author of several highly successful books, including It Came from Memphis and The King on the Road. [58] He was taken from his Westmont home, which he lived in for the last decade of his life, to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois,[59] where he was pronounced dead aged 70. Woman, I'm trouble. Jan 12, 2017 - *NOTE* This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder. Williams recounted to Blewett Thomas that he eventually dropped Muddy "because he was takin' away my women [fans]". 2, in early 1965, but didn't make it onto an American release until the More Hot Rocks compilation in 1972. McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983),[1][2] known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues. The song was first recorded by Muddy Waters on his very first single for Chess in 1948, on which he used just his own slide guitar, voice, and Big Crawford's bass. Exclusive discount for Prime members. Gradually, Chess relented, and by September 1953 he was recording with one of the most acclaimed blues groups in history: Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums, and Otis Spann on piano. [23] The band recorded a series of blues classics during the early 1950s, some with the help of the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon, including "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", and "I'm Ready". [32], In the 1960s, Muddy Waters' performances continued to introduce a new generation to Chicago blues. 12 V 12 j V 3 V 3 ef V 0 V 0 V 0 P sl. [34] In September 1963, in Chess' attempt to connect with folk music audiences, he recorded Folk Singer, which replaced his trademark electric guitar sound with an acoustic band, including a then-unknown Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar. We currently don't have any moods associated with this song. He later recalled arriving in Chicago as the single most momentous event in his life. "[3] His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude."[4]. PDF access in print window. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed four songs of Muddy Waters among the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Watch the video for I Can't Be Satisfied from Muddy Waters's The Best Of Muddy Waters for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [64], On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Muddy Waters among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. Don't you worry no more. [25] It was, as Ken Chang wrote in his AllMusic review, flooded with "contentious studio banter [...] more entertaining than the otherwise unmemorable music from this stylistic train wreck". In August 1941,[7] Alan Lomax went to Stovall, Mississippi, on behalf of the Library of Congress to record various country blues musicians. Won't be back no more. Fathers and Sons had an all-star backing band that included Michael Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield, longtime fans whose desire to play with him was the impetus for the album. His funeral was held on May 4, 1983. In 1946, he recorded his first records for Columbia Records and then for Aristocrat Records, a newly formed label run by the brothers Leonard and Phil Chess. I CAN'T BE SATISFIED (1948 As recorded by Muddy Waters Transcribed by TLSspider for Power Tab Editor Words and Music by McKinley Morgenfield Arranged by McKinley Morgenfield A Intro 1 I T A B g4 4 Gtr I P = 208 GP sl. Going away to leave. It was the first time the young bluesman committed to disc the song that would make him a … Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied. The albums were critical and commercial successes, with all but King Bee winning a Grammy. Thurman. Though cut in Chicago, its sound was barely out of the Mississippi Delta. Muddy was giving his blues a little pep." The song was also covered by Canned Heat at the Monterey Pop Festival and later adapted by Bob Dylan on his album Modern Times. His performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album, At Newport 1960. The Historic 1941–42 Library of Congress Field Recordings in 1993 and remastered in 1997. I Can’t Be Satisfied – Muddy Waters $ 5.99 Digital Print. [20] Later that year, he began recording for Aristocrat Records, a newly formed label run by the brothers Leonard and Phil Chess. He won another Grammy for his last LP on Chess Records: The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album, recorded in 1975 with his new guitarist Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Paul Butterfield, and Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of the Band.