When a local guitarist and blues singer in Clarksdale, Mississippi named McKinley Morganfield made his first field recording at the Stovall plantation, on August 31, 1941, he had no idea where this ...

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The estate of Chicago blues pioneer Muddy Waters has signed a worldwide deal with Sony Music Publishing to administer his complete catalog of songs, including legendary hits such as “Mannish Boy,” ...

If the blues is the backbone of American popular music, then Muddy Waters was the backbone of the blues. Sure, there were plenty of significant blues artists before him and others after his heyday, ...

Mud Morganfield has never felt any pressure following in the Chicago blues tradition of his famous father, Muddy Waters. The music just couldn’t be denied. Morganfield was compelled. “I tell people, I ...

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Jimi Hendrix praised Muddy Waters as one of the greatest ever, revealing how the blues icon inspired his approach to guitar ...

Blues veteran Bob Margolin – better known as Steady Rollin’ – has looked back on the time a chance encounter backstage ended up with him playing guitar alongside his long-time hero, Muddy Waters.

The offspring of the legendary guitarist said the forthcoming record will drop on November 11. The new album is out on Delmark Records and Morganfield will record the album release party at The Venue ...

All Is By My Side – the Jimi Hendrix biopic currently being shot in Ireland, starring Outkast‘s Andre Benjamin (a.k.a. Andre 3000) – will feature new recordings of Benjamin covering the Beatles, Muddy ...

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