''Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981'' is a concert video and

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by American

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musician

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and members of the English rock band

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. 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. The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club in Bronzeville, on the South Side of

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, which was established in 1972 by

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and L.C. Thurman.Parnell, Sean
"The New Checkerboard Lounge"
''The Chicago Bar Project''

Track listing

CD

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

DVD

#" Sweet Little Angel" #" Flip Flop And Fly" #Muddy Waters Introduction #"You Don’t Have To Go" #"Country Boy" #"Baby Please Don’t Go" #"Hoochie Coochie Man" #"Long Distance Call" #"Mannish Boy" #"Got My Mojo Working" #"Next Time You See Me" #"One Eyed Woman" #"Baby Please Don’t Go (Instrumental)" #"Clouds in My Heart" #"Champagne and Reefer"

Personnel

;Muddy Waters and His Band *Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar * Rick Kreher – guitar *

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– guitar * Lovie Lee – piano * Earnest Johnson – bass * Ray Allison – drums * George "Mojo" Buford – harmonica ;Guests *

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– lead vocals *

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership wi ...

– guitar *

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– guitar * Ian Stewart – piano *

– vocals, guitar * Lefty Dizz – vocals, guitar *

Junior Wells Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.; December 9, 1934January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. He is best known for his signature song " Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album '' Hoodoo Man Blues ...

– vocals, harmonica * Nick Charles – bass

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References

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