SqueezeMyLemon: It's The Birthday Of Muddy Waters

How could I have missed Muddy Waters' birthday? I had the pleasure of seeing Muddy perform only once - I think it was in 1975 (maybe). It was at the old Ontario Place Forum - remember, it used to go around in circles and concerts were free with admission? Those were the days. Muddy was the headliner, but the James Cotton Band opened and they were pretty hot stuff. I was just 15 and already a blues geek. Back then, I didn't know about all the fantastic forms of roots music I listen to now, but even then I knew there was something desperately wrong with the whole pop music business, and I was looking for something else. It couldn't be jazz, because my dad loved jazz, and I couldn't allow him to be right. Years later, I 'discovered' some of the jazz players he loved to listen to....turned out he wasn't so off base after all.

I had a combination record player / 8 track player at that time. The 8 track had this annoying habit of switching tracks in mid song. Somebody thought that was a good idea?