This live performance, previously released on DVD, is now being released as standalone CD for the first time. Checkerboard Lounge: Live In Chicago 1981 captures a very special night in the middle of the Stones mammoth 1981 US tour when the band turned up on their night off at Buddy Guy’s Checkerboard Lounge blues club in Chicago where Muddy Waters was playing. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Ian Stewart all joined in the performance for a truly memorable night.
Line-Up: Muddy Waters (vocals, guitar); Mick Jagger (vocals); Keith Richards (guitar); Ronnie Wood (guitar); Ian Stewart (piano); Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Lefty Dizz (vocals, guitar); Junior Wells (harmonica, vocals); George Mojo Buford (harmonica); Lovie Lee (piano); Earnest Johnson (bass); Ray Allison (drums); John Primer (guitar); Rick Kreher (guitar); Nick Charles (bass).
1 Introduction – Muddy Waters
2 You Don’t Have to Go – Muddy Waters
3 Baby Please Don’t Go
4 Hoochie Coochie Man
5 Long Distance Call
6 Mannish Boy
7 Got My Mojo Workin’
8 Next Time You See Me
9 One Eyed Woman
10 Clouds in My Heart
11 Champagne and Reefer