McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), [1] [2] known professionally as Muddy Waters was an American blues singer, 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]

Jan 16, 2025 · Muddy Waters was a dynamic American blues guitarist and singer who played a major role in creating the post-World War II electric blues. His best-known songs include “Trouble No More,” “Got My Mojo Working,” “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man,” and “Mannish Boy.”

Apr 2, 2014 · American singer and guitarist Muddy Waters may have been born in Mississippi, but he defined Chicago blues with songs like "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man."

He electrified the blues—literally and figuratively. You could call his the guitar that launched a thousand bands. Muddy Waters’ playing was revelatory, his singing unrivaled. He has inspired such icons as the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton to take up rock’s legacy.

Apr 4, 2023 · Over the course of four decades Muddy Waters played guitar on plantation shack porches, in sordid clubs, and on elaborate blues festival stages the world over. Throughout his career, he had a small army of both acoustic and electric guitars at his disposal.

Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924 – December 19, 1997) [1] was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s. [2]

Muddy Waters (1915–83) is the vital link between the pre-war Delta blues and the post-war Chicago blues. Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, he grew up on Stovall’s Plantation near Clarksdale and became steeped in the slide-guitar blues of Son House and Robert Johnson.

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.

Muddy Waters, born as McKinley Morganfield, was an American blues musician who is usually referred to as the "Father of modern Chicago blues". He, along with his band mates, recorded numerous blues classics, such as the singles "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I'm Ready", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Trouble No More", "Forty Days and Forty Nights ...

May 8, 2024 · Muddy Waters is a blues guitar icon who pioneered the sound of electric guitar in popular music – and invented a new soloing language as he did it