MUDDY WATERS

THE KING OF ELECTRIC BLUES

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EVERYBODY KNOWS

MUDDY WATERS INVENTED 'LECTRICITY

Born April 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi by the name of Mc Kinley Morganfield, he died April 30, 1983 of a heart attack in his sleep at the age of 68. He was to inducted to the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987.His first instrument was the harmonica.

A master artist that played slashing slide guitar with voice that was tough, the sign of a man who had seen his share of good and evil. He was also a powerful songwriter and interpreter. He was a powerful stage performer and recording artist. Muddy helped with the merge of deep Mississippi Delta blues with the hard edged urban electric Chicago blues, bringing together the the old and the new blues. He also helped the blues guitar sound.

Although other blues men had recorded with the electric guitar before Muddy his importance as an innovative is substantial. His guitar work wa as raw and executed with the same urgency as the blues by ROBERT JOHNSON, one of his mentors.
 

 

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