After the Rain (Muddy Waters album)

1969 studio album by Muddy Waters

After the Rain

Studio album by

Muddy Waters

Released| May 12, 1969
Recorded| January 1969
Genre| Electric blues[1]
Length| 39:11
Label| Cadet LPS 320
Producer| Marshall Chess, Charles Stepney & Gene Barge
Muddy Waters chronology
| Electric Mud
(1968)  | After the Rain
(1969)  | Fathers and Sons
(1969)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

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AllMusic| [1]

After the Rain is the sixth studio album by Muddy Waters. It is the follow-up to the previous year's Electric Mud, and shares many of the same musicians. Unlike Electric Mud, After the Rain contained mostly Waters's own compositions; the songs, while still distorted, are less overtly psychedelic.[2]

## Releases

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On September 13, 2011, Get On Down Records digitally remastered and reissued the album on compact disc and vinyl. On November 22, 2011, After the Rain and Electric Mud were combined and reissued on a single disc by BGO Records.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "I Am the Blues"| Willie Dixon| 4:36
2.| "Ramblin' Mind"| McKinley Morganfield| 4:44
3.| "Rollin' and Tumblin'"| McKinley Morganfield| 4:47
4.| "Bottom of the Sea"| McKinley Morganfield| 5:21
5.| "Honey Bee"| McKinley Morganfield| 4:14
6.| "Blues and Trouble"| McKinley Morganfield| 4:20
7.| "Hurtin' Soul"| Charles Williams| 4:35
8.| "Screamin' and Cryin'"| McKinley Morganfield| 4:59
Total length:| 39:11

## Personnel

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### Musicians

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* Muddy Waters – vocals, lead guitar tracks 3, 5, 6 & 8
* Phil Upchurch – guitar
* Morris Jennings – drums
* Otis Spann – piano
* Louis Satterfield – bass
* Pete Cosey – guitar
* Charles Stepney – organ
* Paul Oscher – harmonica

### Production

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* Stu Black – Engineer
* T.T. Swan – Re-mix production
* Marshall Chess – Production
* Charles Stepney – Production
* Gene Barge – Production

## References

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1. ^ a b "Overview for After the Rain". AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
2. ^ Shannon, Tim (December 2006). "Muddy Waters: His most hated, misunderstood album". Perfect Sound Forever. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2009.

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Muddy Waters

Studio albums|

1960
Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"
1964
Folk Singer
1966
Muddy, Brass & the Blues
1967
Super Blues With Bo Diddley and Little Walter
1968
The Super Super Blues Band With Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley
Electric Mud
1969
After the Rain
Fathers and Sons
1972
The London Muddy Waters Sessions
1973
Can't Get No Grindin'
1974
"Unk" in Funk
1975
The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
1977
Hard Again
1978
I'm Ready
1981
King Bee

Live albums|

1960
At Newport 1960
1969
Fathers and Sons
1971
Live at Mr. Kelly's
1979
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live
2007
Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down
2012
Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981

Compilations|

1958
The Best of Muddy Waters
1966
The Real Folk Blues
1967
More Real Folk Blues
1971
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
1993
The Complete Plantation Recordings
2000
Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection
2001
The Anthology (1947–1972)

Noted singles|

1950
"Rollin' and Tumblin'"
"Rollin' Stone"
"Walkin' Blues"
1951
"Long Distance Call"
1953
"Baby Please Don't Go"
1954
"Hoochie Coochie Man"
"I Just Want to Make Love to You"
"I'm Ready"
1955
"Mannish Boy"
1956
"Trouble No More"
"Forty Days and Forty Nights"
"Rock Me"
"Got My Mojo Working"
1962
"You Shook Me"
1963
"You Need Love"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Chicago blues
* Delta blues
* Willie Dixon
* Little Walter
* Jimmy Rogers
* Otis Spann
* Chess Records

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