{"product_id":"muddy-waters-folk-singergatefold","title":"MUDDY WATERS - FOLK SINGER(GATEFOLD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-section pdp-description-section quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden collapsible-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/i\u003e is like a good mystery: What’s on the page might draw you in, but it’s what \u003ci\u003eisn’t\u003c\/i\u003e that keeps you going. Released in 1964, \u003ci\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/i\u003e marked Muddy Waters’ first all-acoustic album—an experiment, in part, in trying to market him to a broader, whiter audience. While his early music released the energy that helped form rock ’n’ roll, \u003ci\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/i\u003e was subtle and restrained, an exercise in negative space. You never sense him swinging for the fences or pouring it all out. If anything, the album’s most dramatic moments are its quietest ones (“My Captain,” “Long Distance,” “Country Boy”). And even when the music picks up—“Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”—the mood has a spectral quality more redolent of country blues than of Waters’ electric strut. He says he’s after the schoolgirl—but it sounds like he’s singing to the moon. At the time he recorded \u003ci\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/i\u003e, Waters was riding a wave of interest, thanks in part to artists like The Rolling Stones and Cream, who’d helped repurpose electric blues as something like pop. At the same time, promoters and record labels were trying to market artists like Waters not just as entertainers, but as stewards of a unique American tradition that, like jazz, deserved serious attention and institutional respect. The subtext here was clear: Blues was Black and low-class. But an album like \u003ci\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/i\u003e, especially in the era of Bob Dylan, was a figure of cultural repute. Four years earlier, Waters’ label had gone so far as to photograph him holding an acoustic guitar for the cover of his live album \u003ci\u003eAt Newport 1960\u003c\/i\u003e—even though he’d played an electric one at the show. \u003ci\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/i\u003e not only accepted the gambit and beat the odds, but stands as one of the more singular blues albums of the post rock ’n’ roll era. Good poets know that words matter—but so do the spaces in between.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-section pdp-tracklist-section quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapsible-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eSide A\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"toggle-arrow\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"chevron up\"\u003e\u003cpath id=\"Vector 11 (Stroke)\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M5.63989 11.8235L6.347 12.5306L9.99345 8.88419L13.6399 12.5306L14.347 11.8235L9.99345 7.46998L5.63989 11.8235Z\" fill=\"black\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__tracklist collapsible-content\"\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Home Is In The Delta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Long Distance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. My Captain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Good Morning School Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. You Gonna Need My Help\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Cold Weather Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Big Leg Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Country Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Feel Like Going Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is Waters's only all-acoustic album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Volcanic Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67798154838316,"sku":null,"price":58.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/3947\/9852\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-07at9.42.38PM.png?v=1794040980","url":"https:\/\/volcanicvinyl.co.nz\/products\/muddy-waters-folk-singergatefold","provider":"Volcanic Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}