Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (LP Vinyl) artist-the-national *Diamonds in the Rough* finds

*Diamonds in the Rough* finds Prine leaning into the folk and country roots beneath the surface of his songwriting

with "A Day in the Life" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" taking on new depth and spatial presence

Trip Through Your Wires (3:31)

Medley: My Funny Valentine/Peace/What's New (7:34)

Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (LP Vinyl) artist-the-national *Diamonds in the Rough* findsRecorded in 1963 with an intimate small group setting that stripped Muddy back to acoustic guitar alongside Willie Dixon on bass and harmonica players Clifton James and Buddy Guy, Folk Singer stands apart from nearly everything else in the Chess catalog. It was a deliberate artistic statement, not a commercial calculation, capturing the raw Delta soul that had traveled north from Mississippi and seeded an entire generation of electric rock and blues.