Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters was born McKinley Morganfield in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, sometime between 1913 - 1915.
He was raised by his grandmother, who gave him the nickname Muddy. As a child, he was always staying in a puddle. Later, some childhood friends would add on Waters.
Muddy's grandmother moved them to Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, and here he would learn from Delta Musicians like Son House and Robert Johnson.
He did his first recording at Stovall for the Library of Congress in 1941.
Like many other southern musicians, by 1943, Muddy found himself migrating to Chicago for the promise of a better life, and his influence would define the Chicago Blues.
Through his recording and performances, he not only became an Icon but a godfather to generations of Rock 'n' Roll.
Waters won multiple Grammys, was a charter member of the Blue's Foundations Hall of Fame, and in 1987 would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Waters would return to Mississippi to play festivals but made his home in Westmont, Illinois, where he would pass in his sleep in 1983.
He was raised by his grandmother, who gave him the nickname Muddy. As a child, he was always staying in a puddle. Later, some childhood friends would add on Waters.
Muddy's grandmother moved them to Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, and here he would learn from Delta Musicians like Son House and Robert Johnson.
He did his first recording at Stovall for the Library of Congress in 1941.
Like many other southern musicians, by 1943, Muddy found himself migrating to Chicago for the promise of a better life, and his influence would define the Chicago Blues.
Through his recording and performances, he not only became an Icon but a godfather to generations of Rock 'n' Roll.
Waters won multiple Grammys, was a charter member of the Blue's Foundations Hall of Fame, and in 1987 would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Waters would return to Mississippi to play festivals but made his home in Westmont, Illinois, where he would pass in his sleep in 1983.
