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The Super Super Blues Band
Studio album by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley
Released	1968
Recorded	September 1967
Studio	Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, IL
Genre	Blues, rhythm and blues
Length	44:04
Label	Checker LP-3010
Producer	Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf chronology
More Real Folk Blues (1967) The Super Super Blues Band (1968) The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969)
Muddy Waters chronology
Super Blues (1967) The Super Super Blues Band (1968) Electric Mud (1968)
Bo Diddley chronology
Super Blues (1967) The Super Super Blues Band (1968) The Black Gladiator (1970)

The Super Super Blues Band is an album by blues musicians Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley released on the Checker label in 1968.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

AllMusic reviewer Ken Chang stated "Wolf adamantly refuses to back down from his rivals, resulting in a flood of contentious studio banter that turns out to be more entertaining than the otherwise unmemorable music from this stylistic train wreck. Although Wolf and Waters duke it out in earnest on the blues standards, the presence of Diddley (and his rave-up repertoire) makes the prospect of an ensemble impossible; in the end, there are just too many clashing ingredients to make the mix digestible. ... At least it sounds like they had fun doing it".

Track listing

1. "Long Distance Call" (McKinley Morganfield) – 9:10
2. "Medley: Ooh Baby / Wrecking My Love Life" (Ellas McDaniel / Clifton James, Kay McDaniel) – 6:28
3. "Sweet Little Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 6:30
4. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 4:10
5. "Diddley Daddy" (McDaniel) – 5:10
6. "The Red Rooster" (Dixon) – 7:20
7. "Goin' Down Slow" (James B. Oden) – 4:47

Personnel

• Howlin' Wolf – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
• Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar
• Otis Spann – piano
• Hubert Sumlin – guitar
• Buddy Guy – bass
• Frank Kirkland – drums
• Cookie Vee – vocals

References

1. Both Sides Now: Checker Album Discography (1957-1971), Bsnpubs.com, accessed August 27, 2019
2. Bo Diddley Discography, Softshoe-slim.com, accessed August 26, 2019
3. Wirz' American Music: Howlin' Wolf Discography, Wirz.de, accessed August 27, 2019
4. Wight, P. & Rothwell, F. The Complete Muddy Waters Discography, Bluesandrhythm.co.uk, accessed August 27, 2019
5. Howlin' Wolf Sessionography, Depanorama.net, accessed September 19, 2019
6. ^ Chang, Ken. Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters / Bo Diddley: The Super Super Blues Band – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
7. "The Super Super Blues Band - Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

• 1968 collaborative albums
• Howlin' Wolf albums
• Muddy Waters albums
• Bo Diddley albums
• Checker Records albums
• Albums produced by Willie Dixon