What is Muddy Waters birthday?

Muddy Waters was born at 1913-04-04

When was Muddy Waters died?

Muddy Waters was died at 1983-04-30

Where was Muddy Waters died?

Muddy Waters was died in Westmont, Illinois

Which age was Muddy Waters died?

Muddy Waters was died at age 70

Where is Muddy Waters's birth place?

Muddy Waters was born in Issaquena County, Mississippi

What is Muddy Waters nationalities?

Muddy Waters's nationalities is American

Who is Muddy Waters spouses?

Muddy Waters's spouses is Geneva Morganfield (m. ?–1973), Mabel Berry (m. 1932–1935), Marva Jean Brooks (m. 1979–1983)

Who is Muddy Waters's father?

Muddy Waters's father is Ollie Morganfield

Who is Muddy Waters's mother?

Muddy Waters's mother is Bertha Jones

How famous is Muddy Waters?

Muddy Waters is famouse as Musician

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Muddy Waters's Personal Details

Muddy Waters was a blues musician referred to as the 'father of modern Chicago blues.'

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 4, 1913
Died on	April 30, 1983
Nationality	American
Famous	Black Musicians, Musicians, Guitarists
City/State	Mississippi
Spouses	Geneva Morganfield (m. ?–1973), Mabel Berry (m. 1932–1935), Marva Jean Brooks (m. 1979–1983)
Known as	McKinley Morganfield
Birth Place	Issaquena County, Mississippi
Height	175
Gender	Male
Father	Ollie Morganfield
Mother	Bertha Jones
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Issaquena County, Mississippi
Famous as	Musician
Died at Age	70

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Who is Muddy Waters?

Muddy Waters, born as McKinley Morganfield, was an American blues musician who is usually referred to as the "Father of modern Chicago blues". He, along with his band mates, recorded numerous blues classics, such as the singles "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I'm Ready", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Trouble No More", "Forty Days and Forty Nights" and "You Shook Me", to name a few. He also released several studio albums, live albums, and compilation albums including ‘Folk Singer’, ‘Electric Mud’, ‘After the Rain’, ‘Fathers and Sons’, ‘The London Muddy Waters Sessions’, ‘Hard Again’, ‘King Bee’, ‘The Real Folk Blues’, ‘The Anthology’, ‘At Newport 1960’ and ‘Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981’. Known to work with renowned labels like Columbia Records and Aristocrat Records, Waters had tremendous influence not only on the blues and rhythm and blues genres but also on hard rock, rock and roll, jazz, folk music and country music. Talking about his awards and accolades, the American musician won many Grammy Awards and Blues Foundation Awards in his career. He was also inducted into several prestigious halls of fame. On a personal note, Waters married twice in his lifetime and had many children. He died from heart failure in his sleep at the age of 70.

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Childhood & Early Life

Muddy Waters was born as McKinley Morganfield on 4 April 1913 (his birth year is stated to be 1915 in some sources) in the city of Rolling Fork in Mississippi. His father Ollie Morganfield was a blues guitar player as well as a farmer.

His father abandoned the family shortly after Waters was born. At the age of three, Waters lost his mother, Bertha Jones, and went to live with his grandmother, Della Grant.

He started playing the harmonica when he was five and began performing music on the streets as a teenager.

Career

In the early 1940s, Muddy Waters went to Chicago and started living with his relative. He then met Big Bill Broonzy, one of the leading bluesmen of that time, who decided to give the talented young man a chance. Broonzy let him open his shows in clubs and gave him the chance to play in front of a large audience.

In 1946, Waters recorded some songs for Columbia Records. Soon after this, he started recording for Aristocrat Records. He also played guitar on the cuts "Little Anna Mae" and "Gypsy Woman". He sang for the tracks "I Feel Like Going Home" and I Can't Be Satisfied" which became huge hits.

His popularity grew with the passing years and by 1953 he was recording with one of the most celebrated blues groups in history with Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Otis Spann on piano and Elga Edmonds on drums. During the early 1950s, the band released a series of blues classics including "I'm Ready", "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I Just Want to Make Love to You".

Waters released the single “Juke” with Little Walter. This was followed by the release of the singles "Sugar Sweet", "Trouble No More", "Don't Go No Farther", "Got My Mojo Working" and "Forty Days and Forty Nights".

In the late 1950s, Waters’ career began to decline and his single "Close to You" became the only one of his songs to reach the charts in 1958. The same year, he also released his album titled ‘The Best of Muddy Waters’.

During the 1960s, the American artist’s career experienced a revival as his works gained appreciation from a new generation of music lovers. He recorded his first live blues album titled ‘At Newport 1960’ at the Newport Jazz Festival.

He recorded his album ‘Fold Singer’ in 1963. The same year, he participated in the first annual European tour and performed additional acoustic-oriented numbers. Shortly after, Waters released ‘The Blues of Otis Spann’ with Spann. He then went on to release the compilation album titled ‘The Real Folk Blues’ in 1966.

In 1967, he re-recorded many blues standards with Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley for the album ‘Super Blues.’ After this, Waters’ album ‘Electric Mud’ was released under the label Cadet Concept. He then recorded a follow-up album titled ‘After the Rain’ that came out on May 12, 1969.

In 1971, his album ‘They Call Me Muddy Waters’ was released. This album had Waters’ old, but previously unreleased, numbers. That next year, the musician’s album titled ‘The London Muddy Waters Sessions’ was released.

Waters then recorded his last LP on Chess Records in 1975. The album titled ‘The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album’ featured Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Paul Butterfield, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm.

In 1981, he played live at the Checkerboard Lounge with the Rolling Stones. A DVD version of this performance was then released in the year 2012. In 1982, Waters stopped performing due to his declining health. His last performance took place at a concert in the summer of 1982.

Major Works

In 1969, Muddy Waters recorded the album titled ‘Fathers and Sons’ that included performances by his longtime fans Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfield who had wanted to work with Waters from a long time. This album was the most successful work of Waters' music career.

Awards & Achievements

Muddy Waters won several Grammy Awards in his music career. Between 1972 to 1980, he received six Grammys under the category ‘Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording’ for ‘They Call Me Muddy Waters,’ ‘The London Muddy Waters Session,’ ‘The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album,’ ‘Hard Again,’ ‘I'm Ready,’ and ‘Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live.’

In 1980, he was inducted into the ‘Blues Foundation Hall of Fame’. Then in 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’.

After his death, the American musician was awarded with the ‘Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award’ in 1992.

In 1994 and 1995, he received two Blues Foundation Awards under the category ‘Reissue Album of the Year’. Also in 1994, Waters was depicted on the 29-cent commemorative stamp by the U.S. Postal Service.

Personal Life

Muddy Waters was first married to a lady named Geneva. She died of cancer in March 1973, leaving him a widower. Then in 1979, he went on to marry his second wife, Marva Jean Brooks. He had many kids, including sons Big Bill Morganfield, Larry "Mud" Morganfield, and Joseph “Joe” Morganfield.

On April 30, 1983, the American musician died in his sleep from heart failure.

Two years after Waters’ death, Chicago honored him by assigning one one-block section near his former house as the "Honorary Muddy Waters Drive".

In 1993, Paul Rodgers released the album titled ‘Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters’ in order to honor the late musician.

Muddy Waters' songs have been featured in Martin Scorsese’s films, including ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘The Color of Money,’ and ‘Casino.’

Trivia

Waters was given the nickname "Muddy" as he loved playing in muddy water.

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Muddy Waters's awards

Year	Name	Award
Other
1977	Best Ethnic for Traditional Folk Recording
1978	Best Ethnic for Traditional Folk Recording
1979	Best Ethnic for Traditional Folk Recording
1994	Reissue Album of the Year for The Complete Plantation Recordings
1995	Reissue Album of the Year for One More Mile
2000	Traditional Blues Album of the Year for The Lost Tapes of Muddy Waters
2002	Historical Blues Album of the Year for Fathers and Sons
2006	Historical Album of the Year for Hoochie Coochie Man
0	1971 - Best Ethnic for Traditional Folk Recording
0	1972 - Best Ethnic for Traditional Folk Recording
0	1975 - Best Ethnic for Traditional Folk Recording

Muddy Waters biography timelines

// 4th Apr 1913 To 1915
Muddy Waters was born as McKinley Morganfield on 4 April 1913 (his birth year is stated to be 1915 in some sources) in the city of Rolling Fork in Mississippi. His father Ollie Morganfield was a blues guitar player as well as a farmer.
// 1946
In 1946, Waters recorded some songs for Columbia Records. Soon after this, he started recording for Aristocrat Records. He also played guitar on the cuts "Little Anna Mae" and "Gypsy Woman". He sang for the tracks "I Feel Like Going Home" and I Can't Be Satisfied" which became huge hits.
// 1953
His popularity grew with the passing years and by 1953 he was recording with one of the most celebrated blues groups in history with Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Otis Spann on piano and Elga Edmonds on drums. During the early 1950s, the band released a series of blues classics including "I'm Ready", "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I Just Want to Make Love to You".
// 1958
In the late 1950s, Waters’ career began to decline and his single "Close to You" became the only one of his songs to reach the charts in 1958. The same year, he also released his album titled ‘The Best of Muddy Waters’.
// 1960
During the 1960s, the American artist’s career experienced a revival as his works gained appreciation from a new generation of music lovers. He recorded his first live blues album titled ‘At Newport 1960’ at the Newport Jazz Festival.
// 1963 To 1966
He recorded his album ‘Fold Singer’ in 1963. The same year, he participated in the first annual European tour and performed additional acoustic-oriented numbers. Shortly after, Waters released ‘The Blues of Otis Spann’ with Spann. He then went on to release the compilation album titled ‘The Real Folk Blues’ in 1966.
// 1967 To 12th May 1969
In 1967, he re-recorded many blues standards with Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley for the album ‘Super Blues.’ After this, Waters’ album ‘Electric Mud’ was released under the label Cadet Concept. He then recorded a follow-up album titled ‘After the Rain’ that came out on May 12, 1969.
// 1969
In 1969, Muddy Waters recorded the album titled ‘Fathers and Sons’ that included performances by his longtime fans Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfield who had wanted to work with Waters from a long time. This album was the most successful work of Waters' music career.
// 1971
In 1971, his album ‘They Call Me Muddy Waters’ was released. This album had Waters’ old, but previously unreleased, numbers. That next year, the musician’s album titled ‘The London Muddy Waters Sessions’ was released.
// 1972 To 1980
Muddy Waters won several Grammy Awards in his music career. Between 1972 to 1980, he received six Grammys under the category ‘Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording’ for ‘They Call Me Muddy Waters,’ ‘The London Muddy Waters Session,’ ‘The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album,’ ‘Hard Again,’ ‘I'm Ready,’ and ‘Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live.’
// Mar 1973 To 1979
Muddy Waters was first married to a lady named Geneva. She died of cancer in March 1973, leaving him a widower. Then in 1979, he went on to marry his second wife, Marva Jean Brooks. He had many kids, including sons Big Bill Morganfield, Larry "Mud" Morganfield, and Joseph “Joe” Morganfield.
// 1975
Waters then recorded his last LP on Chess Records in 1975. The album titled ‘The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album’ featured Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Paul Butterfield, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm.
// 1980 To 1987
In 1980, he was inducted into the ‘Blues Foundation Hall of Fame’. Then in 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’.
// 30th Apr 1983
On April 30, 1983, the American musician died in his sleep from heart failure.
// 1992
After his death, the American musician was awarded with the ‘Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award’ in 1992.
// 1993
In 1993, Paul Rodgers released the album titled ‘Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters’ in order to honor the late musician.

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Muddy Waters's FAQ

What is Muddy Waters birthday?
Muddy Waters was born at 1913-04-04
When was Muddy Waters died?
Muddy Waters was died at 1983-04-30
Where was Muddy Waters died?
Muddy Waters was died in Westmont, Illinois
Which age was Muddy Waters died?
Muddy Waters was died at age 70
Where is Muddy Waters's birth place?
Muddy Waters was born in Issaquena County, Mississippi
What is Muddy Waters nationalities?
Muddy Waters's nationalities is American
Who is Muddy Waters spouses?
Muddy Waters's spouses is Geneva Morganfield (m. ?–1973), Mabel Berry (m. 1932–1935), Marva Jean Brooks (m. 1979–1983)
How tall is Muddy Waters?
Muddy Waters's height is 175
Who is Muddy Waters's father?
Muddy Waters's father is Ollie Morganfield
Who is Muddy Waters's mother?
Muddy Waters's mother is Bertha Jones
What is Muddy Waters's sun sign?
Muddy Waters is Aries
How famous is Muddy Waters?
Muddy Waters is famouse as Musician