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Mud Morganfield, the son of legendary blues singer Muddy Waters, will be sharing his original blues song Feb. 26 at SPACE in Evanston.
"Muddy Waters embodies the American Dream. A Mississippi sharecropper who followed his dreams to Chicago, created the Chicago Blues and changed the world." ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi ...
This story was originally posted in our sister paper, the Village Voice. Muddy Waters Restored in Rolling Fork: The March tornado that destroyed the Mississippi hamlet near the birthplace of blues ...
On this day in 1983, blues legend and modern music icon, Muddy Waters, peacefully passed away in his sleep at 70 years old.
The four-bedroom Westmont home that blues legend Muddy Waters owned from 1973 until his death in 1983 sold for $329,000. Many view Waters as the father of Chicago blues, and he found commercial suc… ...
The Muddy Waters presents New Orleans Roots and Blues Band on Saturday, July 14 - 9:00 p.m. The Muddy Waters, 1708 State Street, Bettendorf, IA presents the Peter Novelli Band, on Saturday, July 14.
The home in the South Side North Kenwood neighborhood where blues legend Muddy Waters lived is a step closer to becoming an official city of Chicago landmark. The Landmarks Commission on Thursday ...
The Chicago City Council landmarked the home of blues great Muddy Waters today, capping a months-long effort by preservationists and the musician’s family to gain official recognition of the ...
Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died at his home in Chicago. Lay died Saturday of ...