 All of Muddy's Grammy Award winning albums ("Hard Again," "I'm Ready," "They Call Me Muddy Waters," "Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live," "The London Muddy Waters Session," and "The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album") were released between 1971 and 1979 during Smith's tenure with the band.Though he did not play on all of these albums, Smith is estimated to have participated in twelve sessions yielding eighty-four tracks.In June 1980, Smith and other members of Muddy's band Pinetop Perkins (piano), Calvin Jones (bass) and Jerry Portnoy (harmonica) struck out on their own, also recruiting veteran Chicago blues man Louis Myers (harmonica/guitar) to form The Legendary Blues Band, with the vocals shared by all.