▁Bud dy ▁Guy ▁on ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar . ▁Fol k ▁S inger ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁commercial ▁success , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁la ud ed ▁by ▁critics , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁magazine ▁placed ▁it ▁at ▁number ▁ 2 8 0 ▁on ▁its ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 0 0 ▁greatest ▁albums ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁M ud dy ▁W aters ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁several ▁annual ▁European ▁t ours , ▁organized ▁as ▁the ▁American ▁Fol k ▁Blues ▁Festival , ▁during ▁which ▁he ▁also ▁performed ▁more ▁ac oust ic - orient ed ▁numbers . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁he ▁re - record ed ▁several ▁bl ues ▁standards ▁with ▁Bo ▁D idd ley , ▁Little ▁Walter , ▁and ▁How lin ' ▁Wolf , ▁which ▁were ▁market ed ▁as ▁Super ▁Blues ▁and ▁The ▁Super ▁Super ▁Blues ▁Band ▁albums ▁in ▁Ch ess ' ▁attempt ▁to ▁reach ▁a ▁rock ▁audience . ▁The ▁Super ▁Super ▁Blues ▁Band , ▁bringing ▁together ▁both ▁Wolf ▁and ▁W aters , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁long - standing ▁rival ry , ▁was , ▁as ▁Ken ▁Ch ang ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁All Music ▁review , ▁flo oded ▁with ▁" content ious ▁studio ▁ban ter ▁[...] ▁more ▁entertain ing ▁than ▁the ▁otherwise ▁un mem or able ▁music ▁from ▁this ▁sty list ic ▁train ▁w reck ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁at ▁the ▁inst ig ation ▁of ▁Marshall ▁Ch ess , ▁M ud dy