Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 explained

Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981
Type:	video
Artist:	the Rolling Stones and Muddy Waters
Cover:	Checkerboard Lounge Rolling Stones.jpg
Released:	10 July 2012^[1]
Recorded:	22 November 1981
Venue:	Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, United States^[2]
Genre:	Rock, blues
Length:	90:00 (DVD)
Label:	Eagle Vision
Chronology:	The Rolling Stones
Prev Title:	L.A. Friday (Live 1975)
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Live at the Tokyo Dome
Next Year:	2012

Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 is a concert video and live album by American blues musician Muddy Waters and members of the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was recorded on 22 November 1981 by David Hewitt on the Record Plant Black Truck, mixed by Bob Clearmountain, and released on 10 July 2012.

The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club in Bronzeville, on the South Side of Chicago, which was established in 1972 by Buddy Guy and L.C. Thurman.^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

CD

1. Introductions – 1:44
2. "You Don't Have to Go" – 5:43
3. "Baby Please Don't Go" – 11:00
4. "Hoochie Coochie Man" – 4:18
5. "Long Distance Call" – 4:49
6. "Mannish Boy" – 10:25
7. "Got My Mojo Workin'" – 3:18
8. "Next Time You See Me" – 11:00
9. "One Eyed Woman" – 9:44
10. "Clouds in My Heart" – 6:22
11. "Champagne and Reefer" – 6:58

DVD

1. "Sweet Little Angel"
2. "Flip Flop And Fly"
3. Muddy Waters Introduction
4. "You Don’t Have To Go"
5. "Country Boy"
6. "Baby Please Don’t Go"
7. "Hoochie Coochie Man"
8. "Long Distance Call"
9. "Mannish Boy"
10. "Got My Mojo Working"
11. "Next Time You See Me"
12. "One Eyed Woman"
13. "Baby Please Don’t Go (Instrumental)"
14. "Clouds in My Heart"
15. "Champagne and Reefer"

Personnel

Muddy Waters and His Band

• Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
• Rick Kreher – guitar
• John Primer – guitar
• Lovie Lee – piano
• Earnest Johnson – bass
• Ray Allison – drums
• George "Mojo" Buford – harmonica

Guests

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals
• Keith Richards – guitar
• Ronnie Wood – guitar
• Ian Stewart – piano
• Buddy Guy – vocals, guitar
• Lefty Dizz – vocals, guitar
• Junior Wells – vocals, harmonica
• Nick Charles – bass

Charts

DVD charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Music DVDs Chart^[5]	5
Austrian Music DVDs Chart^[6]	1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart^[7]	6
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart^[8]	5
Dutch Music DVDs Chart^[9]	2
Swedish DVDs Chart^[10]	2
Swiss Music DVDs Chart^[11]	3
UK Music Video Chart^[12]	6

Album charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Dutch Albums Chart^[13]	34
French Albums Chart^[14]	189
German Albums Chart^[15]	36
US Blues Albums Chart^[16]	15

Notes and References

1. Web site: Checkerboard Lounge: Live Chicago 1981 – Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones . Leggett . Steve . . . 5 February 2013.
2. News: 'Muddy Waters & Rolling Stones Live at The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981' Coming to CD/DVD in July . Guitar World . 20 June 2012 . Damian . Fanell . 8 September 2020.
3. Web site: Reviving the Classic R&B Sound : Miami Herald . 20 February 1986 . Nl.newsbank.com . 2014-05-28.
4. Parnell, Sean, "The New Checkerboard Lounge", The Chicago Bar Project
5. 23 July 2012 . ARIA Top 40 Music DVD . . 1169 . 22 . 22 November 2012 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120715140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120716-0000/Issue1169.pdf . dead . 2012-07-15 .
6. Web site: Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 20.07.2012 . austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . de . 22 November 2012.
7. Web site: Muddy Waters / The Rolling Stones – Checkerboard Lounge / Live Chicago 1981 [DVD] . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . nl . 22 November 2012.
8. Web site: Muddy Waters / The Rolling Stones – Checkerboard Lounge / Live Chicago 1981 [DVD] . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . fr . 22 November 2012.
9. Web site: Dutch Charts Portal . dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien . nl . 22 November 2012.
10. Web site: Sveriges Officiella Topplista . . sv . 22 November 2012. Search for Rolling Stones and click Sök.
11. Web site: Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10 22.07.2012 . . Hung Medien . 22 November 2012.
12. Web site: 2012–07–21 Top 40 Music Video Archive . . 22 November 2012.
13. Web site: Muddy Waters / The Rolling Stones – Checkerboard Lounge / Live Chicago 1981 . dutchcharts.nl . nl . 22 November 2012.
14. Web site: Muddy Waters / The Rolling Stones – Checkerboard Lounge / Live Chicago 1981 . lescharts.com . fr . 22 November 2012.
15. Web site: Album – Muddy Waters / The Rolling Stones – Checkerboard Lounge / Live Chicago 1981 [DVD] . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023012516/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist%3DMuddy%2BWaters%2B/%2BThe%2BRolling%2BStones%26title%3DCheckerboard%2BLounge%2B/%2BLive%2BChicago%2B1981%2B%5BDVD%5D%26country%3Dde#91;DVD]&country=de . dead . 23 October 2014 . charts.de . . de . 22 November 2012.
16. Web site: Checkerboard Lounge: Live Chicago 1981 – Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones: Awards . . . 22 November 2012.