For other uses, see Muddy Waters (disambiguation).
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters performing in 1976
Background information
Birth name
McKinley Morganfield
Born
(1913-04-04)April 4, 1913 Issaquena County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
April 30, 1983(1983-04-30) (aged 70) Westmont, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Blues
Chicago blues
Delta blues
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
bandleader
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
harmonica
Discography
Muddy Waters discography
Years active
1941–1982
Labels
Aristocrat
Chess
Blue Sky
Website
muddywatersofficial.com
Musical artist
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983),[1][2] known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer 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, emulating local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson.[5] He was recorded in Mississippi by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress in 1941.[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.
In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his band—Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and Otis Spann on piano—recorded several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon. These songs included "Hoochie Coochie Man," "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "I'm Ready". In 1958, he traveled to England, laying the foundations of the resurgence of interest in the blues there. His performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album, At Newport 1960.
Muddy Waters' music has influenced various American music genres, including rock and roll and subsequently rock.
^Palmer, Robert (May 1, 1983). "Muddy Waters, Blues Performer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^Gordon 2002, pp. 4–5.
^Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (DVD). Winstar Communications. 2003.
^Cogan, Jim (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. Chronicle Books. p. 10. ISBN 9780811833943. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^"His thick heavy voice, the dark colouration of his tone, and his firm, almost solid, personality were all clearly derived from House," wrote the music historian Peter Guralnick in Feel Like Going Home, "but the embellishments, which he added, the imaginative slide technique and more agile rhythms, were closer to Johnson."
^
Palmer, Robert (October 5, 1978). "Muddy Waters: The Delta Son Never Sets". Rolling Stone. p. 55.
^Gordon, Robert (May 24, 2006). "Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied". PBS. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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