There are few figures in blues history as notable as Muddy Waters. Born McKinley Morganfield in 1913, Muddy was cetral to the evolution of the genre, from its beginnings as the folk music of the ...

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OLD SAYBROOK — With a name like Muddy “Mississippi” Waters and an address in Chicago for most of his life, you wouldn’t think blues legend Muddy Waters would be a candidate for enshrinement in the New ...

It’s May 1968 and a turbulent age, with the life-changing political events of half a century still unfolding. Riots and revolution circle this third stone from the sun as war, terrorism and civil ...

Paul Oscher, who moved to Austin eight years ago after a career that included many years in blues legend Muddy Waters' band, died Sunday at age 71. He had been hospitalized with COVID-19 for several ...

It can’t be easy following in the footsteps of Muddy Waters, but Mud Morganfield, son of the blues legend, has carved out an impressive blues career of his own. Morganfield will be sharing some of his ...

If you’ve ever tuned into KJZZ on Sunday nights you know Bob Corritore. Corritore is not just the host of Those Lowdown Blues ...

In July 1974 a group of Chicago based blues artists who had already achieved legendary status gathered together with some of their younger blues brethren from all over the country to pay tribute to ...

People, how come I can’t be happy, like everybody else? / Yeah, how come I can’t be happy, well you know like everybody else? / You know I’ve been layin’ round in Chicago, you know I just been grievin ...

Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Portrait offers fourteen powerful numbers by Muddy Waters' eldest son, Mud ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.