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Muddy Waters

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Born 04 April 1915. Died 30 April 1983.

Muddy Waters is a performance name for the person McKinley Morganfield.

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Biography

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". He is also the actual father of blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
"Unk" in Funk 2006
Hoochie Coochie Man 2005
Got My Mojo Working 2000
Ol' Man Mud 2000
Honey Bee 1999
 

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