Muddy Waters

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Born: Apr 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, MS
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Died: Apr 30, 1983 in Westmont, IL
Genre: Blues
Styles: Delta Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Blues Revival, Slide Guitar Blues
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. When he passed away in 1983, ...Read full biography
Muddy Waters Live At Newport 1960 [Bonus Track]
Released: 2001
Label: Geffen
Critics' Rating:
For many back in the early '60s, this was their first exposure to live recorded blues, and it's still pretty damn impressive some 40-plus years down the line. Muddy, with a band featuring Otis Spann, James ...Read full review
Hard Again [Expanded]
Released: 2004
Label: EPIC/LEGACY
Critics' Rating:
The importance of Muddy Waters' 1977 album Hard Again cannot be overstated, and its place as a near universal favorite in the Muddy Waters catalog is no mistake. Recorded in the last decade of his life, ...Read full review
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