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Sep 3, 2015Nothing takes the place of Muddy’s performances with their emotional intensity and mind blowing musicality. But this heartfelt project makes a terrific reminder of just how great these songs are, unearths interesting, seldom heard Muddy sides even fans might not know and works as both a tribute to the legendary blues man and an impetus to go back and experience the originals.
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Sep 3, 2015It offers a crisp and worthy glimpse of a giant.
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Sep 3, 2015John Primer channels his inner Mud convincingly, but you’ll be peering past him at the A-list band.
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Sep 3, 2015Some tracks, like "Got My Mojo Working" (a vocal duet with Shemekia Copeland), smolder without catching fire. Others, like a drum-looped "Mannish Boy," spark by breaking tradition. All testify to the eternal flame of a master--the original rollin' stone.