Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield

On 10 records in 2 Record Tribe collections

Played on

Hackney DiamondsRolling Stones, 2023Written-By El Mocambo 1977The Rolling Stones, 2022Written-By Both Sides Of The SkyJimi Hendrix, 2018Written-By LiveGary Clark Jr., 2014Written-By BBC SessionsLed Zeppelin, 1997Written-By BluesJimi Hendrix, 1994Written-By Radio OneThe Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1988Written-By I Got 29 WaysWillie Dixon, 1982Vocals, Guitar The Last WaltzThe Band, 1978Vocals The Best Of Mose AllisonMose Allison, 1970Written-By

About

American blues guitarist, singer and composer.
Born 4 April 1913, Rolling Fork, Mississippi, USA.
Died 30 April 1983, Westmont, Illinois, USA.

Father of , , and (died December 10, 2020, aged 56).

Considered by many to be a founder of the modern Chicago Blues style. A powerful inspiration in the emergence of the electric blues-oriented groups in the UK during the ’60s. He became the most prominent interpreter of the electric blues.

On Morganfield’s marriage license and Musician’s Union card, he indicates the year of his birth as 1913. His place of birth was, in fact, in Issaquena County near Rolling Fork, Mississippi. However, his gravestone remains dated as 1915.

Morganfield was inducted into the ‘Rock And Roll Hall of Fame’ in 1987 (Performer).