Crossing Muddy Waters

Crossing Muddy Waters
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
RecordedApril 23–26, 2000
StudioHound's Ear Studio, Franklin, Tennessee
GenreRock, bluegrass, folk rock
Length42:58
LabelVanguard
John Hiatt chronology
Little Head
(1997)
Crossing Muddy Waters
(2000)
The Tiki Bar Is Open
(2001)
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Crossing Muddy Waters is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's fifteenth album, released in 2000. A raw album recorded with no drummer, it is purely an acoustic album that brought elements of bluegrass music into his Americana sound. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Contemporary Folk Album.