Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
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Artist Information
Genres: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Blues Revival, Slide Guitar Blues, Regional Blues
Active: 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's
Born: April 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, MS
Influences
Robert Johnson, Son House, Big Joe Williams, Tommy Johnson, Robert Nighthawk, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Dixon, Leroy Carr, Sonny Boy Williamson
Similar Artists
James Cotton, The Legendary Blues Band, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Johnny Winter, Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Rogers, Elmore James, B.B. King, Magic Sam, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson
Followers
Chuck Berry, Savoy Brown, Otis Taylor, Duke Tumatoe, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Butterfield, Canned Heat, Johnny Winter, The Rolling Stones, Syl Johnson, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, The Animals, The Prime Movers, Van Morrison, John Ussery, Stan West, Bo Diddley, Roy Buchanan
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Biography
A postwar Chicago blues scene without the magnificent contributions of Muddy Waters is absolutely unimaginable. From the late '40s on, he eloquently defined the city's aggressive, swaggering, Delta-rooted sound with his declamatory vocals and piercing slide guitar attack.
Discography
Release: May 11, 2010
Label: Blues Boulevard
Release: April 19, 2010
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