|
 
Muddy
Waters Guitar Style
With Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin
(Video)
Read More
Inventory #324034 $19.95 (US).
|
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield – Muddy Waters – was perhaps the
most influential electric blues guitarist, and a guitarist whose
influence extended far beyond the blues, to the world of rock
music and every genre where the basic band setup of electric guitar,
bass and drums can be found. Influential for the songs he wrote,
the musicians he inspired, his style of guitar playing, and for
inventing the modern rock band as we know it, Muddy Waters altered
the course of popular music.
From his roots in the Mississipi delta where the blues was born,
Muddy Waters carried the blues of Son House and Robert Johnson
to Chicago in the 1940s. In those days, the South Side of Chicago
was where acoustic delta blues was being transformed to modern
electric blues, and Muddy (along with bluesman Jimmy Rogers) was
at the forefront of this electrification of the music.
Beginning in the late Forties, Muddy Waters cut a series of records
for Chess Records. Many of these went on to become classics: "I
Can’t Be Satisfied," "Hootchie Cootchie Man,"
"Honey Bee," "Mannish Boy," and "Baby
Please Don’t Go," to name just a few. Not only did he
produce a stream of blues hits, but he also made it a point to
nurture the careers of talented up-and-coming bluesmen such as
Buddy Guy, Otis Spann, Little Walter, and rock & roller Chuck
Berry.
In the late Fifties, Waters’ music reached the UK, where
young rockers like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and
many others were transformed by his records, and inspired to emulate
his sound in their own music. In the United States, a young Jimi
Hendrix was likewise inspired. Muddy’s songs were central
to the late 1960s blues revival, becoming standards that were
constanty re-interpreted over the years.
Muddy Waters continued recording, touring and collaborating with
other musicians throughout the ‘70s and up until his death
in 1983 ended his 40-year career.
Click the link below for a more detailed biography:
|