20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters

Personnel includes: Muddy Waters (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Rogers (guitar); Little Walter (harmonica). Recorded between April 13, 1954 and December 1, 1956. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo. Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, No Hollywood, California). This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. Waters' contributions to the electric blues-and, by extension, to the advent of rock & roll-are inestimable. He was one of the first musicians to meld the traditional Delta blues aesthetic with the harder edged sound of contemporary urban music. An innovative stylist and powerful performer, Waters' beautifully soulful vocals and slashing slide guitar work are the stuff of which legends are made. This set collects 11 sides from the man's finest and most important period-his work for the Chess label in the early '50s. Each of the 11 tracks is phenomenal, including such classics as "I Just Want To Make Love To You," "I'm Ready," "I'm Your Hootchie C... Minimize