Muddy Waters – King Bee (1981) 24-bit 96kHZ vinyl rip and redbook

King Bee is the final release 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 Water’s failing health) some of the band members, namely Winters and guitarist Bob Margolin, were not happy with the result. As his health failed, Waters canceled an increasing number of shows. His band, dependent on money made from touring, soon quit. He died of a heart attack on April 30, 1983. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

The album consists of recordings from May 1980, as well as outtakes from 1977′s Hard Again.

King Bee [Blue Sky, 1981]
Can an old man rock the blues? Watch your mouth, punk. His toughest since Hard Again, and his softest. And it rocks like a mother. A- (Robert Christgau)

Tracks

A1 I’m A King Bee 3:49
A2 Too Young To Know 4:28
A3 Mean Old Frisco Blues 3:44
A4 Forever Lonely 4:33
A5 I Feel Like Going Home 3:42

B1 Champagne & Reefer 4:36
B2 Sad Sad Day 5:22
B3 (My Eyes) Keep Me In Trouble 3:16
B4 Deep Down In Florida 4:06
B5 No Escape From The Blues

Personnel
Muddy Waters – vocals & guitar
Johnny Winter – guitar & slide guitar
Bob Margolin – guitar
Pinetop Perkins – piano
Jerry Portnoy – harmonica
Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) – guitar
Charles Calmese – bass
Calvin Jones – Bass
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – drums