Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muddy Waters with his iconic red Fender Telecaster. There are few figures in blues history as notable as Muddy Waters. Born ...

“Well the blues had a baby and they named him rock and roll.” So sang Muddy Waters on his 1977 album Hard Again. Produced by the late blues guitar icon Johnny Winter, this album was recorded after ...

In the pantheon of electric blues, there is one name that stands high above all others - McKinley Morganfield, a.k.a. Muddy Waters. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I LIVE THE LIFE I LOVE, I LOVE THE LIFE I LIVE" ...

The words Chicago blues conjure perhaps the most powerful and evocative images in the history of American music. Think smoke-filled taverns on the South or West Side nearly ablaze with tremendous ...

Maybe you've grown up on the blues or maybe you're just looking to connect with something real. Any way you slice it, Chicago is the undisputed birthplace of the blues and here are a few of the city's ...

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KEYSTONE – Muddy Waters always wanted one of his children to follow in his footsteps and play the blues. But his wish didn’t come true until he died. A few years after Waters died in 1983, his son, ...

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