''I'm Ready'' is a studio album by the Chicago blues musician

Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of moder ...

. The second of his

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-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, ''I'm Ready'' was issued one year after he found renewed commercial and critical success with '' Hard Again''. The album earned Waters a

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in 1978. It was reissued in 2004 by the Epic/Legacy, with three additional songs.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "the sharp distinctive tuning and chromatic slurs that mark his playing are still here, even though Waters now takes few slide guitar solos."

Track listing

All tracks are composed by Muddy Waters (listed as McKinley Morganfield), except where noted.

Personnel

* Muddy Waters – vocal, guitar *

– guitar (tracks 1, 3–5, 7, 9), production * Jimmy Rogers – guitar, vocals (track 11) * Bob Margolin – guitar, bass * Jerry Portnoy – harmonica (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9) *

Big Walter Horton Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the hi ...

– harmonica * Pinetop Perkins – piano * Willie "Big Eyes" Smith – drums

References

{{Authority control Muddy Waters albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Johnny Winter Blue Sky Records albums