{"product_id":"stepping-stones","title":"Stepping Stones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuddy Waters\u003c\/strong\u003e position in modern music is of great importance. By taking the pre-war Mississippi Delta sounds of artists like Son House and Robert Johnson and amplifying them in Chicago, he invented a new strand of Blues that was to become influential on a new generation of artists in the 1960's who would use Mississippi Delta Blues as the foundation for their own music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eRolling Stones\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLed Zeppelin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJimi Hendrix\u003c\/em\u003e, and many others would have sounded very different if it wasn't for \u003cstrong\u003eMuddy Waters\u003c\/strong\u003e. This release explores \u003cstrong\u003eMuddy's\u003c\/strong\u003e position as a link between the old Country Blues of the early decades of the last century and the Rock music of the 1960's and 1970's that was itself so influential on modern music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 60 tracks on this set comprise of songs that \u003cstrong\u003eMuddy\u003c\/strong\u003e covered, \u003cstrong\u003eMuddy's\u003c\/strong\u003e versions of these songs, and some of \u003cstrong\u003eMuddy's\u003c\/strong\u003e originals that would in turn become so important to later artists, resulting in a completely rounded look at his work. This set also includes the DVD, 'Talkin' Muddy', that contains interviews with musicians, musicologists, Blues scholars, and Delta historians discussing his life and work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proper","offers":[{"title":"CD | x4","offer_id":50439437353291,"sku":"312180","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e41c74b5-f653-4fc5-bee2-4f4d1e9e1c4f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726953835","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/stepping-stones","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}