Trouble No More (song)
"Trouble No More" | ||||
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Single by Muddy Waters | ||||
B-side | "Sugar Sweet" | |||
Released | 1955 | –1956|||
Recorded | Chicago, November 3, 1955 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Chess | |||
Songwriter(s) | McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters (credited) | |||
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"Trouble No More" is an upbeat blues song first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1955. It is a variation on "Someday Baby Blues", recorded by Sleepy John Estes in 1935.[1] The Allman Brothers Band recorded both studio and live versions of the song in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Background
Several blues musicians have interpreted and recorded variations on "Some Baby Blues".[1] "Muddy Waters calls his 'Trouble No More' and Big Maceo titled his 'Worried Life Blues'. Be that as it may ... they all derive from Sleepy John Estes' 1935 classic 'Someday Baby Blues'."[2]
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Recording and releases
On November 3, 1955, Waters recorded "Trouble No More" in Chicago with Jimmy Rogers on electric guitar, Little Walter on amplified harmonica, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Francis Clay on drums.[3] Sometimes known as the "Headhunters", a loose group of fellow Chess recording artists, they were instrumental in defining Chicago blues.[1]
Other renditions
The Allman Brothers Band recorded their arrangement of "Trouble No More" for their debut album The Allman Brothers Band (1969). A 1971 live recording of the song from the Fillmore East was included on Eat a Peach (1972). In an album review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented, "They're at the best on the punchier covers of "One Way Out" and "Trouble No More", both proof of the group's exceptional talents as a roadhouse blues-rock band."[5]
References
- ^ a b c d
Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Muddy Waters". Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, Arkansas: ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
- ^ Tom, Poposello (1973). Live in New York (Album notes). Mississippi Fred McDowell. New York City: Oblivion Records. Back cover. OD-1.
- ^ Wight, Phil; Rothwell, Fred (1991). "The Complete Muddy Waters Discography". Blues & Rhythm. No. 200. p. 40.
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ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Allman Brothers Band: Eat a Peach – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2021.