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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Folk Singer</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Muddywatersfolksinger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/Muddywatersfolksinger.jpg/220px-Muddywatersfolksinger.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Muddywatersfolksinger.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">January 30, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1964-01-30</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChess198926_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChess198926-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">September 1963</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Tel Mar Recording, Chicago, Illinois</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">40</span>:<span class="s">05</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bass" title="Ralph Bass">Ralph Bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/At_Newport_1960" title="At Newport 1960">At Newport 1960</a></i><br />(1960) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Folk Singer</b></i><br />(1964) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Folk_Blues_(Muddy_Waters_album)" title="The Real Folk Blues (Muddy Waters album)">The Real Folk Blues</a></i><br />(1966) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Folk Singer</b></i> is the second studio album and fourth album overall by <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a>, released in January 1964 by <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a>. The album features Waters on <a href="/wiki/Steel-string_guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel-string guitar">acoustic guitar</a>, backed by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a> on <a href="/wiki/String_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="String bass">string bass</a>, Clifton James on drums, and <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a> on acoustic guitar. It is Waters's only all-acoustic album. Numerous reissues of <i>Folk Singer</i> include bonus tracks from two subsequent sessions, in April 1964 and October 1964. </p><p>Despite not charting in any country, <i>Folk Singer</i> received critical acclaim; most reviewers praised its high-quality sound, especially on remastered versions, as well as the instrumentation. In 2003, the album was ranked number 280 on <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine's list of <a href="/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">the 500 greatest albums of all time</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his successful performance at <a href="/wiki/Newport_Jazz_Festival" title="Newport Jazz Festival">Newport Jazz Festival</a> and tours through America, <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a> encouraged Waters to record songs for a new studio album. Before the recording, several musicians had left Waters's band, and others had joined Waters. Andrew Stephens, who played at Newport, was replaced in the following years with numerous bassists. The drummer <a href="/wiki/Francis_Clay" title="Francis Clay">Francis Clay</a> was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Willie_%22Big_Eyes%22_Smith" title="Willie "Big Eyes" Smith">Willie "Big Eyes" Smith</a>, who played in the Muddy Waters Junior Band. <a href="/wiki/Pat_Hare" title="Pat Hare">Pat Hare</a> was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife (while in jail, he formed the band Sounds Incarcerated).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon2003202–203_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon2003202–203-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hare was replaced by a succession of guitarists, including <a href="/wiki/James_%22Pee_Wee%22_Madison" class="mw-redirect" title="James "Pee Wee" Madison">James "Pee Wee" Madison</a>, who played a right-handed guitar left-handed. Madison played guitar on some of the reissue bonus tracks, as did <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Lawhorn" title="Sammy Lawhorn">Sammy Lawhorn</a>. Lawhorn allegedly suffered from <a href="/wiki/Narcolepsy" title="Narcolepsy">narcolepsy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bishop" title="Elvin Bishop">Elvin Bishop</a> denied this, believing that Lawhorn's sleepiness was due to alcoholism).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon2003203_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon2003203-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The electric guitarist <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a>, who had recorded with Waters on <i>Blues from Big Bill's Copacabana</i>, released by Chess in 1963, was hired. Guy had been discovered by Waters shortly after Guy arrived in Chicago from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon2003211_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon2003211-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Folk Singer</i> is an "unplugged" recording and differs from his earlier albums, which featured an <a href="/wiki/Electric_blues" title="Electric blues">electric blues</a> sound. The title of the album was chosen by Chess Records because it was recorded during the time when <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a> was popular. In order to appeal to fans of folk music, Chess recorded a more acoustic album with two acoustic guitarists. <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a> was hired as the second guitarist. Other guitarists played on bonus tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-Rowe_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rowe-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guy played on all original songs, except the last song, "Feel Like Going Home", together with Waters.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The recording took place at the Ter Mar Recording Studios, in Chicago, in September 1963, and was produced by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESantelli1997128_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESantelli1997128-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original vinyl release includes nine songs, most of which are performed at a slower tempo, with the exception of the uptempo "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl". During recording, Waters emphasized his singing with hums and sighs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon2003212_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon2003212-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Releases_and_tour">Releases and tour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Releases and tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original album was released as an LP January 30, 1964 by <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChess198926_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChess198926-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, numerous record labels have released different versions on CD, with different bonus tracks from Waters's 1964 sessions. One of the first CD versions was released in 1993 by <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Fidelity_Sound_Lab" title="Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab">Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab</a>, containing two bonus tracks, "You Can't Lose What You Never Had" and "The Same Thing."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1999 remastered version contains five bonus tracks, "The Same Thing", "You Can't Lose What You Never Had", "My John the Conqueror Root", "Short Dress Woman" and "Put Me In Your Lay Away".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The supporting tour through Europe, the second <a href="/wiki/American_Folk_Blues_Festival" title="American Folk Blues Festival">American Folk Blues Festival</a>, began one month after the recording of <i>Folk Singer</i>. The first gig out of seventeen took place in London; other performances were in Belgium, Germany, France and Denmark. In London, Waters began with the unreleased "My Captain", followed by "<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_Stone_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="Rollin' Stone (Muddy Waters song)">Rollin' Stone</a>". In keeping with the folk theme, quiet versions of "<a href="/wiki/Five_Long_Years" title="Five Long Years">Five Long Years</a>", "Blow Wind Blow", "<a href="/wiki/Trouble_No_More_(song)" title="Trouble No More (song)">Trouble No More</a>", "My Home Is in the Delta" and "<a href="/wiki/Got_My_Mojo_Working" title="Got My Mojo Working">Got My Mojo Working</a>" were performed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon2003212–213_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon2003212–213-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Penguin_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penguin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Reviewing the original LP in 1964, <i><a href="/wiki/Down_Beat" class="mw-redirect" title="Down Beat">Down Beat</a></i> magazine found Waters's singing "forced and artificial", and said <i>Folk Singer</i> suffers from a major flaw: "He only begins to come close to the power and unforced intensity of the original numbers and style from time to time, as on 'You Gonna Need My Help' and 'My Home Is in the Delta'".<sup id="cite_ref-db_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a retrospective review, Cub Koda, writing for <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> was more enthusiastic, deeming the record's sound fresh and vital.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing its 1993 CD reissue, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> wrote, "...There aren't too many blues albums that qualify as audiophile recordings, but Muddy Waters <i>Folk Singer</i> surely does. A wonderfully intimate session, it delivers Waters' voice in all its power and subtlety, while rendering his guitar work...with such vivid realism, you would think you were sitting in the studio...."<sup id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone,_3/10/94,_p.67_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rolling_Stone,_3/10/94,_p.67-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Village_Voice" class="mw-redirect" title="Village Voice">Village Voice</a></i> critic <a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> found the remaster "luxurious and intimate", and the reissue in general "worthy addenda" to Waters' discography.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, <i>Rolling Stone</i> ranked <i>Folk Singer</i> number 280 on its list of the "<a href="/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">500 Greatest Albums of All Time</a>", writing that the "unplugged" playing was pioneering and has since been "beloved by blues and folk fans alike".<sup id="cite_ref-RS_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ranking was updated to 282 in a 2012 revised list.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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class="tracklist-length">3:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"My Captain"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Little_Schoolgirl" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Morning Little Schoolgirl">Good Morning Little Schoolgirl</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_I" title="Sonny Boy Williamson I">Sonny Boy Williamson</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:12</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"You Gonna Need My Help"</td><td>Waters</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:09</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>18:59</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Cold Weather Blues"</td><td>Waters</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Big Leg Woman"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Temple_(musician)" title="Johnny Temple (musician)">John Temple</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Country Boy"</td><td>Waters</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Feel Like Going Home"</td><td>Waters</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>15:23</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>1993 bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had"</td><td>Waters</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:57</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"The Same Thing"</td><td>Dixon</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:46</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>40:05</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>1999 bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"The Same Thing"</td><td>Dixon</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"You Can't Lose What You Never Had"</td><td>Waters</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:57</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"My John the Conqueror Root"</td><td>Dixon</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Short Dress Woman"</td><td><a href="/wiki/J._T._Brown_(musician)" title="J. T. Brown (musician)">John T. Brown</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:49</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Put Me in Your Lay Away"</td><td>L.J. Welch</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:56</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>48:12</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Credits are adapted from <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musicians">Musicians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Musicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a> – guitar, vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a> – guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Lawhorn" title="Sammy Lawhorn">Sammy Lawhorn</a> – guitar</li> <li>James Madison – guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Spann" title="Otis Spann">Otis Spann</a> – harmonica, piano</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Clay" title="Francis Clay">Francis Clay</a> – drums</li> <li>Clifton James – drums</li> <li>S.P. Leary – drums</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a> – bass</li> <li>Milton Rector – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._T._Brown_(musician)" title="J. T. Brown (musician)">J.T. Brown</a> – clarinet, tenor saxophone</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production">Production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Dixon" title="Willie Dixon">Willie Dixon</a> – producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bass" title="Ralph Bass">Ralph Bass</a> – producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Malo" title="Ron Malo">Ron Malo</a> – engineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vartan_(art_director)" title="Vartan (art director)">Vartan</a> – art direction, reissue art director</li> <li>Bob Schnieders – coordinator, liner notes</li> <li>Mary Katherine Aldin – liner notes</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Bronstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Bronstein (page does not exist)">Don Bronstein</a> – cover design, photography</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Marshall_(photographer)" title="Jim Marshall (photographer)">Jim Marshall</a> – photography</li> <li>Beth Stempel – reissue producer, reissue production coordination (remastered version)</li> <li>Andy McKaie – reissue producer (remastered version)</li> <li>Erick Labson – digital remastering, mastering, mixing (remastered version)</li> <li>Johnny Lee – reissue design (remastered version)</li> <li>Meire Murakami – reissue design (remastered version)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folk_Singer_(album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Super Blues">Super Blues</a></i> <small>With Bo Diddley and Little Walter</small></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1968</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/The_Super_Super_Blues_Band" title="The Super Super Blues Band">The Super Super Blues Band</a></i> <small>With Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley</small></dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Electric_Mud" title="Electric Mud">Electric Mud</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1969</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Rain_(Muddy_Waters_album)" title="After the Rain (Muddy Waters album)">After the Rain</a></i></dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Fathers_and_Sons_(album)" title="Fathers and Sons (album)">Fathers and Sons</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1972</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Muddy_Waters_Sessions" title="The London Muddy Waters Sessions">The London Muddy Waters Sessions</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1973</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Get_No_Grindin%27" title="Can't Get No Grindin'">Can't Get No Grindin'</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1974</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/%22Unk%22_in_Funk" title=""Unk" in Funk">"Unk" in Funk</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1975</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/The_Muddy_Waters_Woodstock_Album" title="The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album">The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1977</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Hard_Again" title="Hard Again">Hard Again</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1978</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Ready_(Muddy_Waters_album)" title="I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)">I'm Ready</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1981</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/King_Bee_(album)" title="King Bee (album)">King Bee</a></i></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">1960</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/At_Newport_1960" title="At Newport 1960">At Newport 1960</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1969</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Fathers_and_Sons_(album)" title="Fathers and Sons (album)">Fathers and Sons</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1971</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Mr._Kelly%27s" title="Live at Mr. Kelly's">Live at Mr. Kelly's</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1979</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Muddy_%22Mississippi%22_Waters_%E2%80%93_Live" title="Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live">Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2007</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Breakin%27_It_Up,_Breakin%27_It_Down" title="Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down">Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2012</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Checkerboard_Lounge,_Chicago_1981" title="Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981">Live at the 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Muddy Waters">McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1993</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Plantation_Recordings" title="The Complete Plantation Recordings">The Complete Plantation Recordings</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2000</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_Stone:_The_Golden_Anniversary_Collection" title="Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection">Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2001</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/The_Anthology_(1947%E2%80%931972)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Anthology (1947–1972)">The Anthology (1947–1972)</a></i></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Noted singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">1950</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_and_Tumblin%27" title="Rollin' and Tumblin'">Rollin' and Tumblin'</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_Stone_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="Rollin' Stone (Muddy Waters song)">Rollin' Stone</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Walkin%27_Blues" title="Walkin' Blues">Walkin' Blues</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1951</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Distance_Call_(song)" title="Long Distance Call (song)">Long Distance Call</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1953</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_Please_Don%27t_Go" title="Baby, Please Don't Go">Baby Please Don't Go</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1954</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Hoochie_Coochie_Man" title="Hoochie Coochie Man">Hoochie Coochie Man</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Want_to_Make_Love_to_You" title="I Just Want to Make Love to You">I Just Want to Make Love to You</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Ready_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)">I'm Ready</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1955</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Mannish_Boy" title="Mannish Boy">Mannish Boy</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1956</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Trouble_No_More_(song)" title="Trouble No More (song)">Trouble No More</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Forty_Days_and_Forty_Nights" title="Forty Days and Forty Nights">Forty Days and Forty Nights</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_Me_Baby_(song)" title="Rock Me Baby (song)">Rock Me</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Got_My_Mojo_Working" title="Got My Mojo Working">Got My Mojo Working</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1962</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/You_Shook_Me" title="You Shook Me">You Shook Me</a>"</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">1963</span></dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/You_Need_Love_(Muddy_Waters_song)" title="You Need Love (Muddy Waters song)">You Need Love</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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