folk singer album folk singer fourth studio album released april album features waters acoustic guitar backed string bass drums acoustic guitar waters acoustic album numerous include bonus tracks subsequent sessions april october despite charting country folk singer received critical acclaim reviewers praised high quality sound especially remastered versions instrumentation album ranked number rolling_stone_magazine list greatest albums time background successful performance tours america encouraged waters record songs new studio album recording musicians waters band joined waters played newport replaced following years numerous drummer replaced played sentenced life prison murder wife jail formed band sounds incarcerated hare replaced succession including played right handed guitar left handed madison played guitar reissue bonus tracks allegedly suffered denied believing alcoholism electric guitarist recorded waters blues big bill released chess hired guy discovered waters shortly guy arrived chicago louisiana recording folk singer recording differs earlier albums featured electric blues sound title album chosen recorded time folk music popular order appeal fans folk music chess recorded acoustic album acoustic hired second guitarist played bonus tracks guy played original songs song feel like going home waters recording took place recording studios chicago september produced original vinyl release includes songs performed slower tempo exception uptempo good morning little recording waters emphasized singing releases tour original album released april numerous record labels released different versions different bonus tracks waters sessions versions released mobile fidelity sound lab containing bonus tracks lose thing remastered version contains bonus tracks thing lose john root short dress woman lay away supporting tour europe second american folk blues festival began month recording gig seventeen took place london performances belgium germany france denmark london waters began unreleased captain followed stone keeping folk theme quiet versions long years blow wind blow trouble home delta got mojo working performed critical reception contemporary review beat magazine found waters singing forced artificial writing suffers major flaw begins come close power intensity original numbers style time time gon need help home delta retrospective review writing allmusic enthusiastic deeming record sound fresh vital rolling_stone ranked number list greatest albums writing playing pioneering beloved blues folk fans alike issue rolling_stone reviewer wrote aren blues albums qualify recordings folk singer surely wonderfully intimate session delivers waters voice power subtlety rendering guitar work vivid realism think sitting studio track listing home delta waters long distance waters captain good morning little gon need help waters cold weather blues waters big leg woman country boy waters feel like going home waters bonus tracks thing lose waters bonus tracks thing lose waters john root short dress woman lay away personnel credits adapted allmusic
Folk Singer (album)