King Bee (album)

King Bee is the fourteenth and final studio album by blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. Released in 1981, it is third in a series of records done for the label Blue Sky Records under producer/guitarist Johnny Winter. Recorded in three days (and in the wake of Muddy's failing health) some of the band members, namely Winter and guitarist Bob Margolin, were not happy with the result. As his health deteriorated, Muddy was forced to cancel an increasing number of shows. He died of a heart attack on April 30, 1983.

King Bee
Studio album by
Muddy Waters
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedMay 1980
GenreBlues
Length39:54
LabelBlue Sky
ProducerJohnny Winter
Muddy Waters chronology
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live
(1979)		 King Bee
(1981)		 The Chess Box
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
The Village VoiceA–[3]

The album was recorded in May 1980. A salary dispute between the band and Muddy Waters's manager, Scott Cameron, halted the session. Eventually the album was completed by using a couple of outtakes from 1977's Hard Again.

Track listing

All songs written by McKinley Morganfield, unless noted otherwise.

  1. "King Bee" – 3:49 (James Moore)
  2. "Too Young to Know" – 4:28
  3. "Mean Old Frisco Blues" – 3:44 (Arthur Crudup)
  4. "Forever Lonely" – 4:33
  5. "I Feel Like Going Home" – 3:42
  6. "Champagne & Reefer" – 4:36
  7. "Sad Sad Day" – 5:22
  8. "(My Eyes) Keep Me in Trouble" – 3:16 (Hap Walker)
  9. "Deep Down in Florida #2" – 4:06 (James Burke Oden)
  10. "No Escape from the Blues" – 2:04 (Charles Williams)

Personnel

References
  1. Koda, Cub. "Review: King Bee". Allmusic. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (2004). "Muddy Waters: 'Hard Again'; 'I'm Ready'; 'King Bee'". Blender. New York (June/July). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. Christgau, Robert (October 5, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.