The Super Super Blues Band is an album by blues musicians Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Bo Diddley, released on the Checker label in 1968.Both Sides Now: Checker Album Discography (1957-1971), Bsnpubs.com, accessed August 27, 2019Bo Diddley Discography, Softshoe-slim.com, accessed August 26, 2019Wirz' American Music: Howlin' Wolf Discography, Wirz.de, accessed August 27, 2019Wight, P. & Rothwell, F. The Complete Muddy Waters Discography, Bluesandrhythm.co.uk, accessed August 27, 2019Howlin' Wolf Sessionography, Depanorama.net, accessed September 19, 2019 It is one of several Chess albums of the 1960s to document an informal jam session between several of the label's artists, alongside Two Great Guitars (1964) and Super Blues (1967).
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AllMusic reviewer Ken Chang stated, "Wolf adamantly refuses to back down from his rivals, resulting in a flood of contentious studio banter that turns out to be more entertaining than the otherwise unmemorable music from this stylistic train wreck. Although Wolf and Waters duke it out in earnest on the blues standards, the presence of Diddley (and his rave-up repertoire) makes the prospect of an ensemble impossible; in the end, there are just too many clashing ingredients to make the mix digestible. ... At least it sounds like they had fun doing it".
Track listing "Long Distance Call" (McKinley Morganfield) – 9:10 "Medley: Ooh Baby / Wrecking My Love Life" (Ellas McDaniel / Clifton James, Kay McDaniel) – 6:28 "Sweet Little Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 6:30 "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 4:10 "Diddley Daddy" (McDaniel) – 5:10 "The Red Rooster" (Dixon) – 7:20 "Goin' Down Slow" (James B. Oden) – 4:47
Personnel Howlin' Wolf – vocals, guitar, harmonica Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar Otis Spann – piano Hubert Sumlin – guitar Buddy Guy – bass Frank Kirkland – drums Cookie Vee – vocals
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