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Muddy Waters

Personal information
Birth nameMcKinley Morganfield
BornApril 4, 1913
Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States
DiedApril 30, 1983(age 70)
Westmont, Illinois, United States
GenresBlues, Chicago blues, country blues, electric blues
OccupationSinger, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, harmonica.
Years active1941 � 1982
LabelsAristocrat, Chess, Testament
Websitewww.muddywaters.com
Notable instrumentsGibson Les Paul
Fender Telecaster

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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 - April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters , was an American blues musician, generally considered the Father of modern Chicago blues. Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #11 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Muddy Waters Video

In this clip from a 1971 performance, Muddy Waters and his band perform "Manish Boy." From the DVD "Muddy Waters In Concert 1971." More info at guitarvideos.com
5.22 min. | 4.97 user rating		 Muddy Waters performing Hoochie Coochie Man and She's Nineteen Years Old, with Buddy Guy and Paul Oscher, from the movie Chicago Blues, in 1970.
4.30 min. | 4.94 user rating		 The great Muddy Waters doing an awesome song! Notice the move he busts at 2:34ish ! Cool dude
4.15 min. | 4.95 user rating		 Got My Mojo Working
3.58 min. | 4.95 user rating		 "Blues Masters" 1966
3.43 min. | 4.93 user rating
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied - Acoustic Blues
2.95 min. | 4.95 user rating		 solo-blues.blogspot.com The very real thing. First-class blues by Muddy Waters, rockin' out like Hell. Look at Jerry Portnoy and Muddy dancing to "Got My Mojo Workin'". Ain't it sweet? This is dedicated to all the people who only know the real stuff by Eric's versions. Taste a little bit of the Best of the Best. www.myspace.com ------------------ ooooOOOoooo -----------------
7.10 min. | 4.96 user rating		 This is the full lengh version of Muddy waters Got My Mojo Working. This rocks. Recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival 1960. DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHAT MICROPHONES THEY ARE USING?
7.02 min. | 4.97 user rating		 [Intro: Olu Dara singing] See I come from Mississippi I was young and runnin' wild Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive [Verse 1: Nas] Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey -- Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it But I'm still number one, everyday real Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap The history of music on this track Born in the game, discovered my father's music Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids Some are well-known, some doin' bids I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo [Olu Dara singing] Greatest man alive (Nas: Yeah, turn it up!) Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! [Verse 2: Nas] The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's Old school, new school, know school rules All these years I been voicin' my blues I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with Books to <b>...</b>
4.05 min. | 4.93 user rating		 Muddy Waters plays Blow Wind Blow. This was probably live in 1976 in Dortmund, Germany. The band consists of Muddy Waters on vocal/guitar, Bob Margolin on Guitar, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith on drums, Jerry Portnoy on Harmonica and Luther "guitar" Johnson on guitar.
3.65 min. | 4.96 user rating

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Wind Limits Prefishing for MWC Sandusky - Walleye Central Tweet this news
Walleye Central--As a result he will be concentrating on the Canadian and eastern waters, looking for areas that are clean enough to fish. His partner, Travis Hartman, who is also a biologist for the Ohio DNR, said that the late spring and -muddy waters- - Date : Wed, 18 May 2011 14:09:52 GMT+00:00
Residents along Mississippi River brace for flooding - KTVB Tweet this news
KTVB--If the levee doesn't hold in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the hometown of blues legend -Muddy Waters- could soon be filled with them. Cathy Prestinanni is packing everything she can and moving to higher ground. As she maps out her escape ... - Date : Tue, 17 May 2011 22:09:35 GMT+00:00
The rising Mississippi River and it's path of destruction - WLBT-TV Tweet this news
WLBT-TV--This is a site rarely seen, if ever. Then there was the the Rodney Community just southwest of Alcorn. Taken over beautiful places of worship, swamped homes. The owner of a house tried in vain to keep the -muddy waters- out.--- - Date : Wed, 18 May 2011 00:47:23 GMT+00:00
Extravaganza Draws Thousands for Annual UCSB Music Bash - Santa Barbara Independent Tweet this news
Santa Barbara Independent--For the “blues rock jam funk” ensemble � comprised of eight singers, drummers, guitarists, and even an organist � this was a career milestone: Up until now, they've mostly been playing smaller local venues like SoHo and - Date : Wed, 18 May 2011 18:45:07 GMT+00:00
To save Louisiana's lowlands, officials want to re-engineer the Mississippi - Washington Post Tweet this news
Washington Post--As a historically high Mississippi River rolls through Louisiana, straining an 80-year-old system of levees and spillways, ecologists lament a missed opportunity in all those -muddy waters-. The high river carries millions of tons of mud - Date : Tue, 17 May 2011 23:25:14 GMT+00:00
Put-Call Arrangements Muddy Waters - Moneycontrol.com Tweet this news
Moneycontrol.com--The position taken by SEBI in the Cairn India acquisition further muddies the -waters- adding to the uncertainty. This is not conducive to the investment environment in India because pre-emption rights and put and call arrangements are i - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:16:34 GMT+00:00
Councils muddy waters a revenue earner - Bayside Bulletin Tweet this news
Bayside Bulletin--IT wasn't so long ago that our main concern about -water- was its conservation. Now it's the cost that occupies our minds and pockets. During the last big drought in South East Queensland, households were encouraged to make cha - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:06:00 GMT+00:00
Coachella once again delivers a mammoth dose of soul-inspiring music - Ventura County Star Tweet this news
Ventura County Star--Lewis is a kick-ass guitar player who channels -Muddy Waters- and James Brown with a bit of Sly and Jimi in there as well. The 12th edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this past weekend was another cultural l - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:12:54 GMT+00:00
Blowin' in the wind - Colorado Springs Independent Tweet this news
Colorado Springs Independent--"We could talk, but when they went back further than me, then I had to listen," says Smith, who was all of 17 when his mother first took him to hear -Muddy Waters-, the blues legend he'd go on to play w - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:12:30 GMT+00:00
Steve Miller Band - Music News Tweet this news
Music News--Tracks from the likes of Junior Wells, -Muddy Waters-. John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed just can't fail but he does make them sound like Steve Miller originals. 'I Got Love If You Want It', Slim Harpo at his best, has a funky and - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:34:31 GMT+00:00

Grammy Awards :
Muddy Waters Grammy Award History
Year Category Title Genre Label Result
1971 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording They Call Me Muddy Waters folk MCA/Chess winner
1972 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording The London Muddy Waters Session folk MCA/Chess winner
1975 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album folk MCA/Chess winner
1977 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Hard Again folk Blue Sky winner
1978 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording I'm Ready folk Blue Sky winner
1979 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live folk Blue Sky winner

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame :
Year Recorded Title
1950 Rollin' Stone
1954 Hoochie Coochie Man
1955 Mannish Boy
1957 Got My Mojo Working

The Blues Foundation Awards :
Muddy Waters: Blues Music Awards
Year Category Title Result
1994 Reissue Album of the Year The Complete Plantation Recordings Winner
1995 Reissue Album of the Year One More Mile Winner
2000 Traditional Blues Album of the Year The Lost Tapes of Muddy Waters Winner
2002 Historical Blues Album of the Year Fathers and Sons Winner
2006 Historical Album of the Year Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Recordings, Volume 2, 1952 � 1958 Winner

Inductions :
Year Inducted Title
1980 Blues Foundation Hall of Fame
1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1992 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Inductions :
Year Stamp USA Note
1994 29 cents Commemorative stamp U.S. Postal Service Photo

Charting and notable singles :
Year Title Chart no.
1941 "Country Blues"
"I Be's Troubled"
1948 "(I Feel Like) Going Home" 11
"I Can't Be Satisfied"
1950 "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
"Rollin' Stone"
"Walkin' Blues"
"Louisiana Blues" 10
1951 "Long Distance Call" 8
"Honey Bee" 10
"Still a Fool" 9
1952 "She Moves Me" 10
"Standing Around Crying"
1953 "Turn the Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go)"
"Blow Wind Blow"
"Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me)" 6
1954 "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" 3
"Just Make Love to Me (I Just Want to Make Love to You)" 4
"I'm Ready" 4
1955 "I Want to Be Loved"
"Manish Boy" aka "Mannish Boy" 5
"Sugar Sweet" 11
1956 "Trouble No More" 7
"Forty Days and Forty Nights" 7
"Don't Go No Farther" 9
"Just to Be with You"
"Rock Me"
"Got My Mojo Working"
1957 "I Live the Life I Love (I Love the Life I Live)"
1958 "She's Nineteen Years Old"
"Close to You" 9
1959 "I Feel So Good"
1962 "You Shook Me"
"You Need Love"
1964 "The Same Thing"
"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had"

Selected albums :
Year Title Label
1958 The Best of Muddy Waters Chess
1960 Muddy Waters sings Big Bill Broonzy Chess
At Newport 1960 Chess
1964 Folk Singer Chess
1966 The Real Folk Blues Chess
Down on Stovall's Plantation: His First Recordings Testament
1967 More Real Folk Blues Chess
1968 Electric Mud Cadet Concept
1969 After the Rain Cadet Concept
Fathers and Sons Chess
Sail On Chess
1971 They Call Me Muddy Waters Chess
Live (at Mr. Kelley's) Chess
1972 The London Muddy Waters Sessions Chess
1973 Can't Get No Grindin Chess
"Unk" in Funk Chess
1975 The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album Chess
1977 Hard Again Blue Sky
1978 I'm Ready Blue Sky
1979 Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live Blue Sky
1981 King Bee Blue Sky
1989 The Chess Box MCA/Chess
1993 The Complete Plantation Recordings MCA/Chess
1994 One More Mile MCA/Chess
2000 Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection (Chess Masters 1947 � 1952) MCA/Chess
The Lost Tapes Blind Pig
The Essential Collection Universal/Spectrum
2001 Muddy Waters 1941 � 1946 Document
The Anthology (1947 � 1972) MCA/Chess
2004 Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2: 1952 � 1958 Hip-O Select/Chess
2006 The Definitive Collection Geffen/Chess
2007 Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down (Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, & James Cotton) Epic/Legacy
2009 Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium November 4 � 6, 1966 Geffen/Chess

Muddy Waters

Studio albumsMuddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy (1960) * Folk Singer (1964) * Electric Mud (1968) * After the Rain (1969) * Fathers and Sons (1969) * The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972) * The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975) * Hard Again (1977) * I'm Ready (1978) * King Bee (1981)
Live albumsAt Newport 1960 (1960) * Live (at Mr. Kelly's) (1971) * Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live (1979) * The Lost Tapes (2000) * Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down (2007) * Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium Nov. 4 - 6, 1966 (2009)
CompilationsThe Best of Muddy Waters (1958) * The Real Folk Blues (1966) * More Real Folk Blues (1967) * Sail On (1969) * The Complete Plantation Recordings (1993) * One More Mile (1998) * The Anthology (1947-1972) (2001) * Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Masters, Volume 2, 1952-1958 (2004) * The Definitive Collection (2006)
Singles1948: "(I Feel Like) Going Home" * "I Can't Be Satisfied" * 1950: "Rollin' and Tumblin'" * "Rollin' Stone" * "Walkin' Blues" * "Louisiana Blues" * 1951: "Long Distance Call" * "Honey Bee" * "Still a Fool" * 1953: "Baby Please Don't Go" * 1954: "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" * "I Just Want to Make Love to You" * "I'm Ready" * 1955: "Mannish Boy" * 1956: "Trouble No More" * "Forty Days and Forty Nights" * "Rock Me" * "Got My Mojo Working" * 1958: "She's Nineteen Years Old" * "Close to You" * 1962: "You Shook Me"
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Blues

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