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Born: April 4, 1913 in Clarkson, Mississippi
Died: April 30, 1983 in Westmont, Illinois
Died: April 30, 1983 in Westmont, Illinois
McKinley Morganfield, better known
as Muddy Waters, was a blues
musician who is considered the
father of Chicago blues. The
harmonica was the first instrument
that Muddy Waters learned how to
play but he was also proficient on
the guitar as a teenager.
Waters played with Silas Green in St.
Louis in 1940 before moving back to
Mississippi a year later. He was first
recorded in the summer of 1941 by a
researcher from the Library of
Congress who was studying country
blues musicians. Waters was
recorded again the next year by the
same individual and these two
recordings were eventually released
on the Testament label.
Waters moved to Chicago in 1943
with hopes of playing professionally.
Waters was eventually able to open
for Big Bill Broonzy in night clubs.
Waters tried to get some of his
recording released by Columbia and
then Aristocrat records but his songs
were shelved. He finally realized
success with his song “Rollin’ Stone”
which was a smash hit.
as Muddy Waters, was a blues
musician who is considered the
father of Chicago blues. The
harmonica was the first instrument
that Muddy Waters learned how to
play but he was also proficient on
the guitar as a teenager.
Waters played with Silas Green in St.
Louis in 1940 before moving back to
Mississippi a year later. He was first
recorded in the summer of 1941 by a
researcher from the Library of
Congress who was studying country
blues musicians. Waters was
recorded again the next year by the
same individual and these two
recordings were eventually released
on the Testament label.
Waters moved to Chicago in 1943
with hopes of playing professionally.
Waters was eventually able to open
for Big Bill Broonzy in night clubs.
Waters tried to get some of his
recording released by Columbia and
then Aristocrat records but his songs
were shelved. He finally realized
success with his song “Rollin’ Stone”
which was a smash hit.
Waters began recording with a band he assembled in 1950. This band consisted of
Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elgin Evans on drums,
Otis Spann on piano, Big Crawford on bass, and Waters on vocals and slide guitar.
The band was able to record a series of blues hits during the early 1950s including
“Hoochie Coochie Man,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” and “I’m Ready.”
Waters influenced a wide variety of music genres: blues, rhythm and blues, rock and
roll, folk, jazz, and country. He toured England in 1958 and used an amplified, hard
rock band for possibly the first time. He eventually caught the attention of British
musicians such as Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, and Mitch Mitchell.
Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elgin Evans on drums,
Otis Spann on piano, Big Crawford on bass, and Waters on vocals and slide guitar.
The band was able to record a series of blues hits during the early 1950s including
“Hoochie Coochie Man,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” and “I’m Ready.”
Waters influenced a wide variety of music genres: blues, rhythm and blues, rock and
roll, folk, jazz, and country. He toured England in 1958 and used an amplified, hard
rock band for possibly the first time. He eventually caught the attention of British
musicians such as Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, and Mitch Mitchell.
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