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Muddy Waters
American blues musician (1913–1983)
For other uses, see Muddy Waters (disambiguation).
Musical artist
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983),[1] better known as Muddy Waters was an American bluessinger-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".[3] His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude".[4]
Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, copying local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson.[5] In 1941, Alan Lomax and Professor John W. Work III of Fisk University recorded him in Mississippi for the Library of Congress.[6][7] In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician. In 1946, he recorded his first records for Columbia Records and then for Aristocrat Records, a newly formed label run by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess.
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Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)
Major Works
Albums
- The Best of Muddy Waters (1958)
- Muddy Waters at Newport (1960)
- Muddy Waters (1964)
- Folk Singer (1964)
- Fathers and Sons (1969)
- After the Rain(1969)
- They Call Me Muddy Waters(1971)
- London Sessions(1972)
- Hard Again (1977)
- King Bee (1981)
Song Titles
- I Feel Like Going Home (1948)
- I Can’t Be Satisfied (1948)
- Mannish Boy (1955)
- I’m Ready (1956)
Muddy Waters: A Biography
by Jimmy Pratt (SHS)
Muddy Waters was one of the fathers of Chicago blues and a key figure in the history of blues. He was a master artist of his time, a terrific guitarist, a great song writer, a sensational bandleader, and a powerful performer. His unique style and personality revolutionized a new era in music and had a major impact on many musicians in both blues and rock (“Muddy Waters” 1).
Waters was born McKinley Morganfield in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in 1915 but was raised by his grandmother in Clarksdale, Mississippi, after his mother died. He earn
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McKinley (Morganfield) Waters (1913 - 1983)
McKinley(Muddy)Waters formerly Morganfield
Son of Ollie Morganfield and Berta Grant
Brother of Dave Morganfield[half], Luella (Morganfield) McNeal[half], Robert Morganfield[half] and Ellis Morganfield[half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Muddy (Morganfield) Waters is Notable.
Muddy Waters is best known as the "father of modern Chicago blues" and was a major inspiration for the rise of British blues in the 1960s.
McKinley Morganfield was born in Jug's Corner, Issaquena County, Mississippi, but in 1920, he relocated 80 miles north with his grandmother Della Jones Grant to the Stovall Plantation in Coahoma, Mississippi.[1] (Muddy was to make his first Library of Congress recordings there, describing himself in 1941 as "Stovall's famous guitar picker").
In the 1930 census Morganfield (age 16),
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