title: Muddy, Brass & the Blues
text: # Muddy, Brass & the Blues
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | AllMusic | |
  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  Muddy, Brass & the Blues, sometimes referred to as Brass and the Blues, is an album by the blues musician Muddy Waters, released by Chess Records in 1966.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  AllMusic wrote: "Stripped of his guitar once again (the cover photo notwithstanding), Waters proved what a great R&B singer he was—there are moments on this album where he almost crosses over into Otis Redding territory."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Corine, Corina" (Bob Miller) – 3:38
  * "Piney Brown Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 3:16
  * "Black Night" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:22
  * "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 2:51
  * "Going Back to Memphis" (Will Shade) – 2:40
  * "Betty and Dupree" (Chuck Willis) – 3:04
  * "Sweet Little Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 3:33
  * "Take My Advice" (Jesse Anderson, Gene Barge) – 2:56
  * "Trouble" – 2:26
  * "Hard Loser" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:05
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
  * James Cotton – harmonica
  * Otis Spann – piano
  * James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison, Sam Lawhorn – guitar
  * Calvin Jones – bass
  * Willie Smith – drums
  * Gene Barge – tenor saxophone
  * Unknown musicians – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, trombone, organ
  