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Long Distance Call

In 1967, Chess Records attempted to capitalize on the psychedelic rock boom by putting their three biggest artists (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Bo Diddley) into Ter Mar Recording Studio to record The Super Super...

RecordedSeptember 1967, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois
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Show PlacementShow 36 (track order 27)

In 1967, Chess Records attempted to capitalize on the psychedelic rock boom by putting their three biggest artists (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Bo Diddley) into Ter Mar Recording Studio to record The Super Super Blues Band. The session had a loosely organized, contentious energy, filled with clashing egos and chaotic jams. On Muddy's classic "Long Distance Call," the underlying tension is audible. The three titans spend the track trading vocal jabs and spoken-word asides, turning a classic Chicago slow blues into a fascinating, competitive summit meeting of the genre's heavyweights.