Muddy Waters
4 April 1913 – 30 April 1983
Muddy Waters was an American blues singer and guitarist often called the 'Father of Modern Chicago Blues'. His electrified Delta sound helped shape postwar blues and profoundly influenced the development of rock and roll.
Lived at the same time
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Life events
McKinley Morganfield, known as Muddy Waters, was born in the Mississippi Delta region.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWaters was first recorded on his Stovall plantation home for folklorist Alan Lomax.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWaters relocated to Chicago, where he took up the electric guitar.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWaters began recording for Chess, producing a string of influential Chicago blues hits.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Willie Dixon song became one of Waters' signature hits.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWaters' electric performances influenced the emerging British blues and rock scene.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWaters received several Grammys for his blues recordings in the 1970s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWaters died of heart failure at age 70.
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