Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters was a great man who became a Delta Blues singer. Muddy Waters reported he was born April 4, 1915 but later in his life he discovered he was born in 1913. Had many wives & 4 kids 2 girls & 2 boys all with different woman. Muddy Waters also known as McKinley Morganfield. Muddy Waters was more than a major influence in the pop music world. Muddy’s blues were one of the most hardest to learn even though it seemed easy to learn.

Early Succses

In 1940 Waters moved to Chicago for the first time. He played with Silas Green a year later, and then returned to Mississippi. In the early part of the decade he ran a juke joint, complete with gambling, moonshine and a jukebox; he also performed music there himself. In the summer of 1941 Alan Lomax went to Stovall, Mississippi, on behalf of the Library of Congress to record various country blues musicians. "He brought his stuff down and recorded me right in my house," Waters recalled in Rolling Stone, "and when he played back the first song I sounded just like anybody's records. Man, you don't know how I felt that Saturday afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice. Later on he sent me two copies of the pressing and a check for twenty bucks, and I carried that record up to the corner and put it on the jukebox. Just played it and played it and said, `I can do it, I can do it.'" Lomax came back again in July 1942 to record Waters again. Both sessions were eventually released as Down On Stovall's Plantation on the Testament label.

continuation

In 1943 Waters headed back to Chicago with the hope of becoming a full-time professional musician. He lived with a relative for a short period while driving a truck and working in a factory by day and performing at night. Big Bill Broonzy, one of the leading bluesmen in Chicago at the time, helped Muddy break into the very competitive market by allowing him to open for his shows in the rowdy clubs. In 1945 Waters's uncle gave him his first electric guitar which enabled him to be heard above the noisy crowds.

 In 1946, Waters recorded some tunes for Mayo Williams at Columbia but they weren't released at the time. Later that year he began recording for Aristocrat, a newly-formed label run by two brothers, Leonard and Phil Chess. In 1947 Waters played guitar with Sunnyland Slim on piano on the cuts "Gypsy Woman" and "Little Anna Mae." These were also shelved, but in 1948 Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" and "I Feel Like Going Home" became big and his popularity in clubs began to take off. Soon after, Aristocrat changed their label name to Chess Records and Waters' signature tune, "Rollin' Stone", became a smash hit.

Muddy Waters’ Rollin stone Muddy Waters, Rolling

Stones Well, I wish I was a catfish,

swimmin in a oh, deep, blue seaI would have all you good lookin women,fishin, fishin after meSure 'nough, a-after meSure 'nough, a-after meOh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough

I went to my baby's house,and I sit down oh, on her steps.She said, "Now, come on in now, MuddyYou know, my husband just now leftSure 'nough, he just now leftSure 'nough, he just now left"Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well

Well, my mother told my father,just before hmmm, I was born,"I got a boy child's comin,He's gonna be, he's gonna be a rollin stone,Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stoneSure 'nough, he's a rollin stone"Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a

Well, I feel, yes I feel,feel that a low down time ain't longI'm gonna catch the first thing smokin,back, back down the road I'm goinBack down the road I'm goinBack down the road I'm goinSure 'nough back, sure 'nough back

England & low profile› Muddy decided to go to England in 1958, he

experienced seeing many shocked audiences. He joined Bo Diddley, Little Walter, & Howlin’ Wolf to record The Super Blues. In 1972, he went back to England to record another album, but them playing was not up to Muddy’s standards. When he played with them he had to bring all the excitement & when he stopped playing it would go back to regular music. “My blues look so simple, so easy to do, but it’s not they say my blues is the hardest blue in the world to play” said Muddy Waters once after he thought about leaving the band.

Muddy’s Comeback

› Muddy Waters was taken to a doctor & was told to quit smoking after his long-time wife Geneva died of cancer on March 15, 1973. after that he started gaining custody of some of his “outside kids”, he started moving them into his house. Another daughter showed up on his tour in New Orleans. Big Bill Morganfield was introduced to his father after a gig in Florida.

Influence

His influence is huge amongst his fans and his co workers , and over a lots of music genres: blues, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, hard rock, folk, jazz, and country. He also helped Chuck Berry get his first contract.

In muddy waters’ 1958 tour of England showed the first time signified, modern urban blues was heard there, but on his first tour he was the only one amplified. His backing was given by Englishman Chris Barber's trad jazz group. The Rolling Stones named themselves after his 1950 song "Rollin' Stone. Hendrix recalled "the first guitar player I was aware of was Muddy Waters.

Death On April 30, 1983 McKinley Morganfield died

in his sleep at his house in Westmont, Illinois. At his funeral blue musicians, many fans showed up to be there, to support his family. John P. Hammond told “Guitar World” magazine, “Muddy was a master of just the right notes”, many fans agreed with what John P. Hammond said. Two years after that, Chicago honored him by designating the one- block section between 900 & 1000 E. 43rd street near his last house on the South side, they called the street “ Honorary Muddy Waters Way”.

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