Larry “Mud” Morganfield was born in Chicago in 1954 to Mildred McGhee and one of the greatest blues artists of all-time, Muddy Waters. He was largely raised by his recently deceased mother, who he ...

Blues veteran recalls the “reefer” moment that landed him a job with his hero, the Gibson archtop that’s seen in the movie, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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It's hard when you are the son of blues royalty. It's even harder when you are the son of Muddy Waters. No matter how hard you try, you're never going to be Muddy Waters. So, you have to forge your ...

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 ...

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