The London Muddy Waters Sessions

The London Muddy Waters Sessions is a studio album by Muddy Waters, released in 1972 on Chess Records. A follow-up to 1971's The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, the concept was to combine American bluesmen with British blues/rock stars. The album was an attempt to capitalize on the British rediscovering of traditional blues music and blues artists.

The album features Waters on acoustic guitar, backed by Sammy Lawhorn and Rory Gallagher on guitar, Carey Bell Harrington on harmonica, Rick Grech on bass, George Fortune and Steve Winwood on piano and organ, Mitch Mitchell from Jimi Hendrix Experience and Herbie Novelle on drums and Rosetha Hightower on vocals, Ernie Royal and Joe Newman on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone and Seldon Powell on tenor saxophone.

Irish blues-rocker Gallagher, who began a successful solo career following the demise of his trio, Taste, provided bitten-off riffs and slightly speedy edge on tracks like "Young Fashion Ways". Winwood reprised his keyboard role on the Howlin' Wolf sessions, making appearances on three tracks. Fortune, a swinging-jazz-blues player, played on the remaining tracks.

Mitchell had worked with Georgie Fame's Blues Flames prior to joining the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and drew his greatest inspiration from jazzmen such as Elvin Jones, played on most of the album. On the shuffles like "I'm Ready" and "Blind Man Blues", the drummer is New York session veteran Novelle.

Grech was best known as one-fourth of Blind Faith, along with Winwood and two ex-Cream members, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (Clapton played on The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions). At this time, Grech was a member of Traffic, another band led by Winwood.

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