“I’m a man,” Muddy Waters growls on this hard-driving blues song. But in the next breath he sings, “I’m a man-child.” The subtleties of this message are often lost on audiences (and maybe even the artist himself). This is no surprise, given the raw emotion and visceral low end in Muddy Waters’s voice. The guitar, bass, and harmonica echo him stubbornly, gradually building power until “Mannish Boy” becomes a challenge to anyone who will listen.
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