VMP Magazine

In December 2018, members of Vinyl Me, Please Classics received Fathers and Sons, a 1969 electric blues album from the legendary Muddy Waters. It’s an album that found Muddy collaborating with a lot of the young, white bluesmen who treated his catalog like a talisman, and it hadn’t been reissued on vinyl in the U.S. in almost 30 years. 

Below, you can read an excerpt from our exclusive Listening Notes Booklet that is included with our edition of Fathers and Sons.

There’s a proprietary intimacy commensurate with universal experiences. The full-body quake of a first kiss, or the wild horse liberation of a new driver on the open road. Life’s milestones endure as unique impressions. For the legions of fans who’ve found the music of Townes Van Zandt, the feeling is as personal and revelatory.