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    Muddy Waters was an influential American blues musician born in 1913 in Mississippi. He is considered the "father of modern Chicago blues" and was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s. Some of his most notable instruments were the Gibson Les Paul and Fender Telecaster guitars. He recorded and performed from the 1940s until his death in 1983.

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    Muddy Waters was an influential American blues musician born in 1913 in Mississippi. He is considered the "father of modern Chicago blues" and was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s. Some of his most notable instruments were the Gibson Les Paul and Fender Telecaster guitars. He recorded and performed from the 1940s until his death in 1983.

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    Muddy Waters was an influential American blues musician born in 1913 in Mississippi. He is considered the "father of modern Chicago blues" and was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s. Some of his most notable instruments were the Gibson Les Paul and Fender Telecaster guitars. He recorded and performed from the 1940s until his death in 1983.

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    Muddy Waters

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album). For the college football coach, see Muddy Waters (American football). For the MUD, see Muddy Waters (online game).

    Muddy Waters

    Muddy Waters at the opening of Peaches Records & Tapes in Rockville, Maryland (mid-1970s)

    Background information

    Birth name

    McKinley Morganfield

    Born

    April 4, 1913 Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States

    Died

    April 30, 1983 (aged 70) Westmont, Illinois, United States

    Genres

    Blues, Chicago blues, country blues, Delta blues, electric blues

    Occupations

    Singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader

    Instruments

    Vocals, guitar, harmonica

    Years active

    19411982

    Labels

    Aristocrat, Chess,[1] Testament

    Website

    www.muddywaters.com

    Notable instruments

    Gibson Les Paul Fender Telecaster

    McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913[2] April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician who is considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s[3] and is ranked No. 17 inRolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[4]
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    1 Early life 2 Early career 3 Commercial success 4 England and low profile 5 Comeback 6 Death 7 Influence 8 Awards and recognition

    o o o o

    8.1 Grammy Awards 8.2 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 8.3 The Blues Foundation Awards 8.4 Inductions

    9 Discography

    9.1 Studio albums

    10 Notes 11 References 12 External links

    Early life[edit source | editbeta]


    Although in his later years Muddy usually said that he was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi in 1915, he was most likely born at Jug's Corner in neighboring Issaquena County in 1913.[5] Recent research has uncovered documentation showing that in the 1930s and 1940s he reported his birth year as 1913 on

    both his marriage license and musicians' union card. A 1955 interview in the Chicago Defender is the earliest claim of 1915 as his year of birth, which he continued to use in interviews from that point onward. The 1920 census lists him as five years old as of March 6, 1920, suggesting that his birth year may have been 1914. The Social Security Death Index, relying on the Social Security card application submitted after his move to Chicago in the mid-1940s, lists him as being born April 4, 1913. Muddy's gravestone gives his birth year as 1915. Muddy's grandmother, Della Grant, raised him after his mother died shortly following his birth. Della gave the boy the nickname "Muddy" at an early age because he loved to play in the muddy water of nearby Deer Creek.[6] Muddy later changed it to "Muddy Water" and finally "Muddy Waters". The shack where Muddy Waters lived in his youth on Stovall Plantation is

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