Muddy Water's Electric Mud was arguably the first example of post-war bluesmen adapting their sound to the burgeoning psych scene, and unlike many of his contemporaries, Muddy fully embraced the style. After the Rain, the follow up album, gave Muddy a chance to compose in the style and adapt some of his older riffs and motifs. Consequently the songs are a bit less far-out, but noticeably heavier and grimier. With sidemen who played for everyone from Earth Wind and Fire to Miles Davis and early flower power group Rotary Connection, he brews up a potent stew of soul, jazz, rock, funk, and weirdness, stretching the limits of the blues and slicing razorlines in it with his slide guitar.
I am all about this record.
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