Wow! This is THEE SHIT!! Say it once with me, "THA SHIT"!! Wow!
.... & don't think I'm taking all of bpthree's other recordings for granted. I have been honored to receive & share, but Muddy just gets me going.
Again, please give bpthree big props for these recordings. Thanks BP3!!!

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Muddy Waters Blues Band .... February 10, 1978 (1st show; 9PM)
The Cellar Door, Washington, DC, USA

Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - lead vocals & guitar
Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson - guitar & vocals
Bob Margolin - guitar
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica
"Pine Top" Perkins - piano
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - drums
Calvin Jones - bass

Taper: bpthree
Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone
Lineage: Maxell UD master cassette> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg+
Length" 65:58 minutes
Artwork: none
Samples: none.


Set List:

01. Band Instrumental
02. Band Instrumental
03. Band Instrumental
04. (Muddy intro)
05. Corrina Corrina
06. Walkin' Thru The Park
07. Key To The Highway
08. Honey Bee
09. Can't Get No Grindin'
10. Funny Sounds (Part One)(Tape Flip)
11. Funny Sounds (Part Two)
12. Band Introductions/Here I Am (?)/Muddy Exit
13. You Know Your Meters Too High (?) (Guitar Jr. vocal)
14. Band Instrumental
15. Ain't Doin' Too Bad At All (?) (Guitar Jr. Vocal)


Comments:

1 - PLEASE help with the set list.
2 - Taper's show description & comments follow:

"The Cellar Door" was a very small, but great room that held about 200 people packed in
like sardines. Years later the DC Fire Marshal's forced to club to reduce their capacity to
about 125 people. The club tried to continue, but financially couldn't do it. I believe today
it houses the offices of CELLAR DOOR PRODUCTIONS, which is or was a major booking
agency, if they are still around. I just read one person call this place "a dive", and it was
nothing like that. If anything, it was more upscale, and there were a lot of business people
in there as well for the shows.

The best Muddy shows I saw were at "The Cellar Door", and this was the first of the two.
The sound was good, and it was so small, you could see everything and everybody. I sat
in a chair on the aisle right in front of Muddy for this one. It was a great night! Muddy's
slide guitar work still gives me chills! Enjoy!

bpthree