Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981

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Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981
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Released10 July 2012 [1]
Recorded22 November 1981
Venue Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, United States [2]
Genre Rock, blues
Length90:00 (DVD)
Label Eagle Vision
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PopMatters 9/10 [4]
Uncut 7/10 [5]

Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 is a concert video and live album by American blues musician Muddy Waters and members of the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was recorded on 22 November 1981 by David Hewitt on the Record Plant Black Truck, mixed by Bob Clearmountain, and released on 10 July 2012. [1]

Contents

The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club in Bronzeville, on the South Side of Chicago, which was established in 1972 by Buddy Guy and L.C. Thurman. [6] [7]

Track listing

CD

  1. Introductions – 1:44
  2. "You Don't Have to Go" – 5:43
  3. "Baby Please Don't Go" – 11:00
  4. "Hoochie Coochie Man" – 4:18
  5. "Long Distance Call" – 4:49
  6. "Mannish Boy" – 10:25
  7. "Got My Mojo Workin'" – 3:18
  8. "Next Time You See Me" – 11:00
  9. "One Eyed Woman" – 9:44
  10. "Clouds in My Heart" – 6:22
  11. "Champagne and Reefer" – 6:58

DVD

  1. "Sweet Little Angel"
  2. "Flip Flop And Fly"
  3. Muddy Waters Introduction
  4. "You Don’t Have To Go"
  5. "Country Boy"
  6. "Baby Please Don’t Go"
  7. "Hoochie Coochie Man"
  8. "Long Distance Call"
  9. "Mannish Boy"
  10. "Got My Mojo Working"
  11. "Next Time You See Me"
  12. "One Eyed Woman"
  13. "Baby Please Don’t Go (Instrumental)"
  14. "Clouds in My Heart"
  15. "Champagne and Reefer"

Personnel

Muddy Waters and His Band
Guests

Charts

DVD charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart [8] 5
Austrian Music DVDs Chart [9] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart [10] 6
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart [11] 5
Dutch Music DVDs Chart [12] 2
Swedish DVDs Chart [13] 2
Swiss Music DVDs Chart [14] 3
UK Music Video Chart [15] 6

Album charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart [16] 34
French Albums Chart [17] 189
German Albums Chart [18] 36
US Blues Albums Chart [19] 15
2017 chart performance for Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 191
2022 chart performance for Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 199
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22] 21

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