There really isn't much to say.

I don't see how anyone could improve. In a talent competition he'd obliterate the competitors on his first note.

so blue you can taste it

oh man... what can i say that hasnt been said already? The music really speaks enough for itself anyway. Songs like "louisiana blues" "she moves me" "still a fool" "long distance call" & "honey bee" are so raw and direct you can almost smell the cigarette smoke and whiskey on Muddys breath. My favorite thing about these early recordings is the sparse instrumentation. the earliest stuff is just Muddy on guitar and vocals, and Ernest Crawford on bass. But the latter half of the disc is comprised of the songs he did when he began putting his band together ( Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers,Willie Dixon etc. )the guitar interaction between Muddy & Jimmy is awesome , it cant be beat. If youre a blues guitar fanatic like me , this is where it started getting good , really good!

Muddy Is The Man!!!

If you are a blues fan you have to have at least one Muddy Waters CD and this would be the one. "Mannish Boy" is probably my favorite. This is the first Muddy Waters song I ever heard although I had heard plenty of his songs done by other artists. It was used in a beer commercial (Budweiser I believe)back in the early '90's and I had to find out who it was. His version of the often recored "Baby Please Don't Go" is my favorite version of this song. This is an essential CD if you are just getting into blues. Also see Howling Wolf's "Rocking Chair album" and "Moaning at Midnight." And for Delta Blues, Robert Johnson's complete recordings since it is only two CDs and Son House's "Father of the Delta Blues."