![]() I'm Ready (1978) [ larger cover art ] |
The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
I got a boy child's coming
He's gonna be a son of a gun
He gonna make pretty womens
Jump and shout
Then the world wanna know
What this all about
'Cause you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo too
I got the Johnny Concheroo
I'm gonna mess with you
I'm gonna make you girls
Lead me by my hand
Then the world'll know
The hoochie coochie man
But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
On the seventh hours
On the seventh day
On the seventh month
The seven doctors said
He was born for good luck
And that you'll see
I got seven hundred dollars
Don't you mess with me
But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
| snitramc (earth) | Posted: May 30, 2013 - 20:07 The building Muddy lived in for 20 years at 4339 S. Lake Park, Chicago, IL 60653 is up for demolition soon. Isn't there some Blues lovin' millionaire out there that can buy this place and convert it to a museum? |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 01:07 I interviewed Sen. Strom Thurmond for a magazine article once, and he told me that he takes exercise. As part of his regimen, he did so many "hoochie coochies." I was too shy to ask him to show me what that was. If had been a woman, he would not have waited for me to ask. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 20:24 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 23:31 Everybody, I mean it this time, in our village loves this http://www.broomemusic.com/bb/ |
| erdemimi | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 12:02 just i adore it |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 12:01 Just saw him and the Stones from 1982 in a small club on the south side on channel 11 here, interesting....... |
| Ballzak | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 11:59 I feel like getting dirty. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 12:43 Tell it, Muddy! You gotta black cat bone... ![]() |
| Pedro1874 (Newton-le-Willows, England) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 04:15 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote: Dear Radio Paradise: U R making me so happy today I'm sending you some moo-lah. ![]() Me too! Thanks Bill and Rebecca. I just luuurve Radio Paradise. ![]() |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 14:35 Dear Radio Paradise: U R making me so happy today I'm sending you some moo-lah. ![]() |
| ThePoose (Ottawa, capital of Canada) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 11:27 Gyspy woman told my mother before I was born You got a boy childs comin' Gonna be a son of a government functionary And so I am |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 11:03 Let's get the party started!! |
| ArseneFurst (England) | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 12:59 This is my adopted theme song, as I was born at 7 am on July 7. Sadly, I have no dollars, and not even €700. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 17:04 Big Fat 10 !!! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 18:12 Cynaera wrote: Aaahhhh - Muddy Waters. Never a bad note from him... Miss you so much, Ann... rest in peace... |
| Larry_Rosenow (Bend, OR) | Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:41 rabbi_phil wrote: now THIS is some black velvet! Yeah, so I will drink to that. |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 18:39 now THIS is some black velvet! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 10:37 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| Jahgal (Somewhere along the Rhine, über alles) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 23:22 Oh. Hell. Yeah! Perfect wake me up on a cool Tuesday spring morning in Germany! Alles gut, ja!! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 13:21 love Muddy - the first bluesman I ever got into. |
| michaelc (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 14:10 Chair Dance ![]() |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 14:07 Luv me some Muddy!! |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 23:05 YEAH! |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 02:45 Classic..every band in the 60' played this one. Great jamming tune. |
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 12:41 PFM wrote: You just don't hear about hoochie coochie men any more. They're becoming extinct. I know one in Kansas City......![]() |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 03:07 Captn_Pea wrote: The Hoochie coochie was a sexually provocative dance that became wildly popular during and after the Chicago World's Fair in 1893<3>. Since the dance was performed by women, a ‘hoochie coochie man' either watched them or ran the show. Alternatively, from the directly sexual meaning of hoochie coochie, he greatly enjoyed sexual intercourse. This and so many other songs by Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and other male blues artists are more full of innuendo than a Carry On film. When they weren't being miserable waking up of a morning, they surely were sex-obsessed - as they say this side of a Pond, like dogs with two dicks. Great music, juvenile cock-centric lyrics. Love old-style blues all the same, for all their strutting and boastfulness. 8 from the Nottingham jury. |
| X-jock | Posted: Apr 30, 2011 - 08:48 The Man...it's all good |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 17:45 bluedot wrote: Is this the version with Johnny Winter on lead guitar? I know that they worked together toward the end of Muddy's life, and that solo kinda sounds like a slightly "restrained" Johnny Winter. LOL Johnny's gettin' kinda old these daze too...haven't heard much from him lately... Winter produced the album—one of three for Muddy. Long time Waters guitarist Jimmy Rogers also played on these sessions. But we're most likely hearing Winter. |
| revolver (Templeton, California) | Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 17:42 This is the song that will be playing on at my Wedding on Saturday when I remove the garter =) |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 13:11 Captn_Pea wrote: The Hoochie coochie was a sexually provocative dance that became wildly popular during and after the Chicago World's Fair in 1893<3>. Since the dance was performed by women, a ‘hoochie coochie man' either watched them or ran the show. Alternatively, from the directly sexual meaning of hoochie coochie, he greatly enjoyed sexual intercourse. thanks for this!! 90 per cent of their mind is filled with something like sexual things, whatever!! |
| xtalman (What dimension?) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 13:08 10 |
| Captn_Pea (Spring Lake, MI) | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 12:33 The Hoochie coochie was a sexually provocative dance that became wildly popular during and after the Chicago World's Fair in 1893<3>. Since the dance was performed by women, a ‘hoochie coochie man' either watched them or ran the show. Alternatively, from the directly sexual meaning of hoochie coochie, he greatly enjoyed sexual intercourse. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 12:30 Aaahhhh - Muddy Waters. Never a bad note from him... |
| Beez | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 12:28 DaveInVA wrote: I saw him live in Chicago in '68. Damn am I really that old? Luckeeeeee! |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jan 10, 2010 - 12:43 I saw him live in Chicago in '68. Damn am I really that old? |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 04:14 PFM wrote: You just don't hear about hoochie coochie men any more. They're becoming extinct. Probably because you can actually put explicit sexual references in song lyrics these days. I'm no big expert on blues sexual euphemisms, but it sounds to me like this is one down 'n' dirty song boasting being a stud ready for action. These days you could sing that you've a big dick and can shag all night and no-one would bat an eyelid. Great classic blues, though. 8 from the Nottingham jury. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 08:22 PFM wrote: You just don't hear about hoochie coochie men any more. They're becoming extinct. Too right! And there are damn few real deal bluesmen any more either! RIP Muddy...we haven't fogotten ye! |
| PFM (On the road) | Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 06:03 You just don't hear about hoochie coochie men any more. They're becoming extinct. |
| chessie (Munich, Germany) | Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 06:02 MW simply the best, this song probably his finest. |
| ortallcowgirl (Globe, Arizona) | Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 06:02 I am currently dancing around the living room pumping up for another round of monitoring in the field all day. Good stuff to start out my day thats for damn sure! Never let down by RP! |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 17:39 whtahtefcuk wrote: Best album cover of the day! whathesaid. And it looked great on a big ol' 12" sleeve. |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 00:35 Is this the version with Johnny Winter on lead guitar? I know that they worked together toward the end of Muddy's life, and that solo kinda sounds like a slightly "restrained" Johnny Winter. LOL Johnny's gettin' kinda old these daze too...haven't heard much from him lately... |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 11:34 whtahtefcuk wrote: Best album cover of the day! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 08:51 Best album cover of the day! |
| bobcat1963 (the netherlands) | Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 03:48 paraclete wrote: Wow . . . Bluegrass to just the Blues. While the "color" stays the same, what a change in tone! bluegrass? white trash? don't think so, it's just chicagoblues with the roots in countryblues. GREAT by the way.... 10! of course |
| bb_bubbab (Way high in the mountains in SE New Mexico) | Posted: Oct 25, 2008 - 14:33 Inimitable. |
| paraclete (Citrus Heights, CA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2008 - 14:31 Wow . . . Bluegrass to just the Blues. While the "color" stays the same, what a change in tone! |
| Panama_Floyd (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Sep 23, 2008 - 22:47 Cruithne3753 wrote: Are those songs about what I think they're about? Yes. ![]() |
| Lyndra_Ski | Posted: May 20, 2008 - 19:07 Wait - this sounds like "Man Child," didn't he do that song, too? I'm so confused... |
| Panama_Floyd (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: May 20, 2008 - 19:04 10 for the Hootchie Coochie Man. Stuff like this is why people started pointing all that funny sound recording stuff at musicians in the first place.. |






