Muddy Waters — North Sea Jazz Festival, 1979

Filmed live concert by Muddy Waters at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague on 15 July 1979. A founding father of electric Chicago blues, Muddy Waters delivers a landmark set with his Blues Band at the height of his stage maturity. Deep voice, incandescent slide and unstoppable groove: the capture conveys the quiet authority of a master who shaped all the rock to come. Between shuffles, slow blues and timeless standards, this historic performance documents the blues at its source, played by the man who gave it its electricity. An essential full concert for lovers of blues and of American popular-music history. Keywords: Muddy Waters live, North Sea Jazz 1979, Chicago blues, filmed live concert, full concert, electric blues.