Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muddy Waters with his iconic red Fender Telecaster. There are few figures in blues history as notable as Muddy Waters. Born ...

On this day, January 7, 1954, this blues legend recorded the hit song that would later inspire the booming genre of rock 'n' roll.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi Delta ...

The studio Waters recorded the song in, even influenced the (then-future) style of rock and roll, on its own. The Rolling ...

In the pantheon of electric blues, there is one name that stands high above all others - McKinley Morganfield, a.k.a. Muddy Waters. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I LIVE THE LIFE I LOVE, I LOVE THE LIFE I LIVE" ...

“Well the blues had a baby and they named him rock and roll.” So sang Muddy Waters on his 1977 album Hard Again. Produced by the late blues guitar icon Johnny Winter, this album was recorded after ...

Musician Ed Bloom, who calls himself “Krazy Eddie” and portrays Mick Jagger in a Rolling Stones tribute band, said he wanted to pay respects to the man who “electrified the blues.” So the frontman for ...

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The Chicago City Council landmarked the home of blues great Muddy Waters today, capping a months-long effort by preservationists and the musician’s family to gain official recognition of the historic ...