In 1976 the Chicago based blues artist Muddy Waters started recording his album Hard Again. It is the first album that was produced by Johnny Winter. Its official release date is set in 1977. Waters opens up the album with the one song that cemented Muddy’s place in Rock & Roll heaven: Mannish Boy, on which Winter’s ecstatic ‘Yeah!’s can be heard on. Hard Again features Muddy Waters’ trademark blues sound: rugged, raw and full of energy. The album was very well received and to this day, is seen as one of Waters’ best efforts. Hard Again peaked at #143 on the Billboard 200, which was his first chart appearance since Fathers and Sons in 1969. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.Hard Again features Muddy Waters’ hits Mannish Boy, I Want To Be Loved and I Can’t Be Satisfied. 180 gram audiophile vinyl Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk RecordingProduced by Johnny WinterIncludes Mannish Boy, I Want to Be Loved and I Can’t Be Satisfied