Before the fame and duets with legends, Rod Stewart was a young musician captivated by a blues track that would forever influence his sound and career. 18:00, Sun, May 11, 2025 It’s easy to ...

bluesman McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield, and efforts by his family to re-purpose his old family home in Westmont, Illinois into a Muddy Waters museum. "I want the book to show the other side ...

Interestingly, the actor who portrays Moffette on screen, Big Bill Morganfield, is the son of celebrated Blues singer-songwriter McKinley Morganfield—better known as Muddy Waters. A blues singer and ...

A photo of Muddy Waters. Number of Albums: 31 Most Popular Songs: “I’m Ready,” “Hoochie Coochie Man,” You Shook Me,” “Mannish Boy McKinley Morganfield was born in Mississippi in 1913.

The red-brick two-flat in Kenwood was the longtime home and rehearsal space of the blues great and provided temporary housing and a place to jam for several other musicians. McKinley Morganfield ...

blues legend Muddy Waters—born as McKinley Morganfield—died in Illinois. He'd moved to Chicago from Mississippi during the Great Migration and bought an electric guitar, the instrument he used ...

born McKinley Morganfield, in 1913 -- Author Maya Angelou in 1928 File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI -- Actor Anthony Perkins in 1932 ...

born McKinley Morganfield, in 1913 -- Author Maya Angelou in 1928 -- Actor Anthony Perkins in 1932 -- Music producer Clive Davis in 1932 (age 92) ...

File: American Blues musician Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield, 1913 - 1983) plays an electric guitar as he performs onstage during the 'Foghat Blues Tribute' concert at the Palladium ...

Back when his grandmother gave toddler McKinley Morganfield his legendary nickname after his fondness for playing in mud puddles, Rolling Fork was a stop on the Illinois Central rail, which ran ...

The deliberate tempo of the McKinley Morganfield song sets off in stark relief the feverish solos of Hendrix as well as Mitchell. Notably, Redding has no such extended spotlight, but piggybacks on his ...

And they brought the music with them.” Selvin points out that folklorist Alan Lomax first recorded sharecropper Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield) at Stovall Plantation in Mississippi in ...