Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters
Author: Lionel Decoster, Paris, France (1976), Creative Commons.

Born Apr. 4, 1913 in MS

Died 1983

The “Father of modern Chicago blues,” he was born McKinley Morganfield but got his nickname from always playing in filthy Deer Creek!

Signature songs included “Trouble No More” and “Hoochie Coochie Man.”

1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, among others, credit him as their greatest influence.