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Muddy Waters. McKinley Morganfield in real life, was born in Issaquena County, Mississippi. He is known as a blues musician from the U.S. and considered the "Father of Chicago blues, "and my father was real Big Bill Morganfield and Larry" Mud Morganfield "Williams. Rolling Stone magazine, ranks it at all. 17 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Muddy was discovered that claimed he was born in 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, but did not find documents later revealed his true date of birth to be on April 4, 1913. Due to the untimely death of his mother, the grandmother looked after him and perhaps that is where the confusion arose. Nobody ever know.

His nickname "Muddy" was created because of his fondness for playing in the mud. He himself then moved to "Muddy Water" and finally "Muddy Waters. "The first musical instrument he played was the harmonica. However, he fell in love with the guitar when aged 17 after being inspired by two artists from the blues South: Son House and Robert Johnson. It was House who influenced his style of voice thick, heavy, his tone dark, and his firm, almost solid personality, but it was Johnson, who contributed to his decorations, creative techniques and rhythms slide faster.

Mabel married Muddy Berry on November 20, 1932, but left when Mabel had Muddy his eldest son with another woman, a sixteen-year-old named Leola Spain. When he moved to Chicago in 1943, he left another girl named Sallie Ann. He was popular with the girls – for a while!

Muddy Waters started his musical career in the 1940s good, and he joined the Silas Green show tent in 1941, singing and playing harmonica. After his partnership with Silas Green, he met Allan Lomax and John Work who had the job of recording country blues musicians for the Library of Congress. Muddy was very happy with his first recording experience that gave him more self-confidence in their performances. The following year, Lomax returned with him to another recording. The two works were released together with the New Testament label.

He then tried his luck to become a professional musician full time. In 1943, one of the leading men of Chicago Blues Big Bill Broonzy gave him a much needed break, allowing you to perform at their shows, usually in the opening number that no one wanted to take.

His voice could barely be heard amid the noisy crowd, but thanks to his Uncle Joe Grant who gave him his first electric guitar, he was able to use it to rise above the noise. Because of this he was asked by audiences who were just waiting for the main act to appear.

On the other half the job of 40 years was given by a number of different companies, such as the work of Mayo Williams at Columbia University and later that year led to Aristocrat by Leonard Chess and Phil. He worked with Sunnyland Slim and not "Gypsy Woman" and "Little Anna Mae" in 1947. The year 1948 was his year of luck, because their two songs "I Can not Be Satisfied" and "I Feel Like Going Home" became big hits. This was followed by a roaring success in Aristocrat which changed its name to Chess Records – his signature song "Rollin 'Stone".

Muddy success has become unstoppable, and the early 1950, he reigned over the Chicago blues, along with his former harmonica player Little Water Jacobs and Howlin 'Wolf. Their relationship became more of a friendly competition If even after they were on their own. Muddy made the Chicago blues go electric and his work was the fuel for many blues bands who came after him.

The year 1954 was the culmination of the career of Muddy's. As having great influence on other artists of his time, he inspired them to succeed in their solo careers. Little Water Jacobs was able to mark their success in "Juke" When he left Muddy's band in 1952. Another band member, Rogers, also resigned in 1955 to work with their own band, and Otis Spann enjoyed his solo career from the mid 50s.

In 1958, he moved to Muddy England at that time had only given a very limited to the blues. With his voice, amplified guitar and thunderous beat, he shocked audiences. Certainly the sound generation was transformed into the Waters in 1960. Its excellent performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960, produced his first live album titled "At Newport 1960".

The next few years in England consisted of presentations with old acquaintances and new. However, never Muddy ranged from a style that was very simple blues, but extremely difficult to duplicate and follow correctly.

When his long-time Geneva wife died of cancer in 1973, he was so devastated that he started smoking that his doctor advised him to quit. He did so, but because of health Muddy decline of past performance of the public was in 1982 when he sat down with Eric Clapton's band in Florida.

During his life for short success Muddy Waters created a huge influence, not only in blues music, and roll, but also in R & B, rock, folk, jazz and country. His song 1950 "Rollin 'Stone" The Rolling Stones inspired to name their band after.

Muddy Waters died in his sleep on April 30, 1983 at his home in Chicago, Illinois. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992.

They were appropriate tribute to a man who changed the blues in Chicago, and has influenced the music and lives of people around the world from the 1940s to the British band The Rolling Stones in the 1960s. Muddy Waters deserves all the praise it received in life and death.

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This Muddy Waters biography was originally published at http://encyclopediaofblues.com/?p=184

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