Muddy Waters was born in a rural county of Mississippi under the name of McKinley Morganfield in the year of 1915. It took a few years before the artist actually knew his birth year and was later said that is was found out through the Social Security Birth Index. Shortly after his birth, he went to live with his grandmother due to the death of his mother.

Muddy Waters

I stone got crazy when I was somebody run down them strings with a bottle neck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn.

Rural South

Muddy Waters was born in a rural county of Mississippi under the name of

McKinley Morganfield in the year of 1915. It took a few years before the artist actually knew his birth year and was later said that is was found out through the Social Security Birth Index. Shortly after his birth, he went to live with his grandmother due to the death of his mother.

He would start playing the harmonica at a very young age but eventually purchase a guitar and begin playing parties around his hometown as early as the age of seventeen, emulating popular blues musicians of the day. He was said to have a thick and heavy voice, which would resonate the old blues sounds perfectly and his ability to use a number of slide techniques would create a very smooth style of play.

Career Start

Muddy Waters would continue to play in and around his hometown gathering attention from everyone who watched him play. He would move to Chicago for a short time where he would play his guitar and would make a little money. He came back to Mississippi and would open a nightclub  that also covered as a gambling joint as well. In 1941, a representative from the  Library of Congress would come to his nightclub to hear him play and make a recording of a record of Muddy Waters.

He would send the record back to Muddy after it was done and it was later said by Waters that it was one of the greatest days of his life to hear himself play on that record and sound just like the ones he played on his jukebox. He would head back to Chicago in 1943 hoping to further his music career and would work a full time job during the day along with performing at night. He would continue to play and get a few record deals but nothing would really come to fruition although he would eventually get his break.

Success of the Career

In the year of 1948 he would play with Sunnyland Slim. He would produce two songs that would eventually become instant hits on the top of the charts. His singles called I Feel Like Going Home was his first to make it into the charts but the song that is still played of the present would be his hit tune titled Rollin’ Stone. During the 1950’s, Waters had gained the attention of practically everyone in the blues music community. He would begin playing with greats such as Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, and Elga Edmonds.

The band would go on to record some of the most famous blues tunes in history. One of his hits would be called Hoochie Coochie Man and later a writer from Rolling Stone magazine would say that these songs were his most upfront songs concerning a sexual nature and that Waters was not accustomed to make songs such as those types of works.

He would eventually leave the band and would head across the ocean to the country of England, bringing his new sound to a country who had nothing like that before. Many of Waters’ fans can find more information on the internet and may find some of his music available on the internet as a free music downloads.

Did You Know

• Waters was married for three years.

• He brought blues style music to the country of England.

• His music is still played on certain radio stations of the present.

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