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American blues musician (1913–1983)

For other uses, see Muddy Waters (disambiguation).

Musical artist

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983),^[1] known professionally as Muddy Waters was an American blues singer, songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".^[3] His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude".^[4]

Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, copying local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson.^[5] In 1941, Alan Lomax and Professor John W.

Work III of Fisk University recorded him in Mississippi for the Library of Congress.^[6][7] In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician. In 1946, he recorded his first records for