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McKinley Morganfield, né à Rolling Fork, Mississippi le 4 avril 19131 et mort à Westmont, Illinois le 30 avril 19832,3, plus connu sous le nom de Muddy Waters (traduisible en français par «eaux boueuses»), est un musicien américain de blues. Il est l'une des figures historiques du Chicago ...blues….Biographie

Muddy Waters enregistre pour la première fois dans une plantation du Delta du Mississippi, avec Alan Lomax, pour la Bibliothèque du Congrès, en 1940. Il part ensuite pour Chicago, où il abandonne la guitare acoustique au profit de la guitare électrique, ajoutant une section rythmique et un harmonica pour former les Chicago blues. Son groupe joue dans la banlieue ouest de Chicago, avant de rejoindre Chess Records. Ses débuts en tant que bluesman à Chicago ne sont pas évidents : il doit s'y reprendre à trois reprises devant Leonard Chess, patron de Chess Records, avant de signer enfin un contrat d'édition discographique. En 1954, il s'installe avec sa famille au 4339 S. Lake Park Avenue dans le Comté d'Issaquena (Mississippi) où il accueille volontiers d'autres musiciens, comme Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry pour des répétitions ou des jam sessions. Le pianiste Otis Spann et l'harmoniciste Paul Oscher (en), qui font partie du groupe de Muddy Waters, vivent quelque temps dans le sous-sol de la maison. En 1974, Muddy Waters quitte cette maison et s'installe à Westmont4.

Muddy Waters aidera Chuck Berry à obtenir son premier contrat d'enregistrement en 1955.

Guitare Martin 0018-E 1956 ayant appartenu à Muddy Waters (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio)

Ses concerts en Angleterre au début des années 1960 font entendre pour la première fois un groupe de Chicago blues. Les Rolling Stones ont choisi leur nom à cause de la chanson de Waters Rollin Stone, également connue sous le nom de Catfish Blues. Il est important de noter que le titre de cette chanson Rollin Stone se réfère, selon Muddy Waters, à la genèse même de la musique : "dès le moment où la Terre naquit, la musique aussi". Ainsi Rollin Stone, signifiant "pierre roulante", prend son fondement dans la collision entre les premières roches, émettant ainsi le tout premier son. Un des grands succès de Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love, était basé sur une chanson de Muddy Waters You Need Love, écrite par Willie Dixon. Ce dernier écrira d'ailleurs plusieurs des chansons les plus connues de Muddy, comme I Just Want to Make Love to You, Hoochie Coochie Man, et I'm Ready.

Son influence est énorme sur de nombreux genres musicaux : blues, rhythm and blues, rock, folk, jazz et country5. Adopté, comme beaucoup d'autres vieux bluesmen noirs, par les jeunes musiciens anglais et américains qui sont nombreux à se réclamer de son influence, il est souvent sur scène à leurs côtés, notamment dans un des premiers festivals de rock en plein air, the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair, près de Seattle, à Sultan, en août 19686. Il est aussi au Monterey Jazz Festival en octobre de la même année.

Souvent opposé lors de sa carrière à Howlin' Wolf, autre artiste de Chess Records qui fut l'un de ses meilleurs rivaux, il comptera dans son groupe de nombreux harmonicistes de renom notamment Little Walter qui partira faire une carrière solo et James Cotton.

On peut aussi citer des chansons ayant contribué au succès de Muddy Waters telles que Long Distance Call, Mannish Boy, le blues rock I've Got My Mojo Working et bien sûr Rollin' Stone.

Muddy Waters est mort à l'âge de 70 ans et est enterré au cimetière de Restvale, à Alsip dans l'Illinois, en banlieue de Chicago. Son fils "Big Bill" Morganfield (en) est également guitariste.

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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 19131 – April 30, 19832,3) was an American blues musician. He is one of the historical figures of Chicago ... blues....Biography

Muddy Waters first recorded on a plantation in the Mississippi Delta, with Alan Lomax, for the Library of Congress in 1940. He then moved to Chicago, where he abandoned acoustic guitar in favor of electric guitar, adding a rhythm section and harmonica to form the Chicago blues. His band played in the western suburbs of Chicago, before joining Chess Records. His debut as a bluesman in Chicago was not easy: he had to do it three times in front of Leonard Chess, boss of Chess Records, before finally signing a record publishing contract. In 1954, he moved with his family to 4339 S. Lake Park Avenue in Issaquena County, Mississippi, where he welcomed other musicians, such as Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry for rehearsals or jam sessions. Pianist Otis Spann and harmonica player Paul Oscher, who were part of Muddy Waters' band, lived for some time in the basement of the house. In 1974, Muddy Waters left this house and moved to Westmont4.

Muddy Waters helped Chuck Berry secure his first recording contract in 1955.

Martin 0018-E 1956 guitar that belonged to Muddy Waters (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio)

His concerts in England in the early 1960s made a Chicago blues band perform for the first time. The Rolling Stones chose their name because of Waters Rollin Stone's song, also known as Catfish Blues. It is important to note that the title of this song Rollin Stone refers, according to Muddy Waters, to the very genesis of music: "from the moment the Earth was born, so did music". Thus Rollin Stone, meaning "rolling stone", takes its foundation in the collision between the first rocks, thus emitting the very first sound. One of Led Zeppelin's big hits, Whole Lotta Love, was based on a Muddy Waters song You Need Love, written by Willie Dixon. The latter will also write several of Muddy's best-known songs, such as I Just Want to Make Love to You, Hoochie Coochie Man, and I'm Ready.

His influence is enormous on many musical genres: blues, rhythm and blues, rock, folk, jazz and country5. Adopted, like many other old black bluesmen, by young English and American musicians who are many to claim his influence, he is often on stage with them, especially in one of the first outdoor rock festivals, the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair, near Seattle, in Sultan,  in August 19686. He was also at the Monterey Jazz Festival in October of the same year.

Often opposed during his career to Howlin' Wolf, another chess records artist who was one of his best rivals, he will count in his group many renowned harmonica players including Little Walter who will go to make a solo career and James Cotton.

We can also mention songs that contributed to the success of Muddy Waters such as Long Distance Call, Mannish Boy, the blues rock I've Got My Mojo Working and of course Rollin' Stone.

Muddy Waters died at the age of 70 and is buried in Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His son "Big Bill" Morganfield is also a guitarist.

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McKinley Morganfield (4. travnja 19131. - 30. travnja 19832., 3.) bio je američki blues glazbenik. On je jedna od povijesnih ličnosti Chicaga ... blues....Biografija

Muddy Waters je prvi put snimljen na plantaži u delti Mississippija, s Alanom Lomaxom, za Kongresnu knjižnicu 1940. godine. Zatim se preselio u Chicago, gdje je napustio akustičnu gitaru u korist električne gitare, dodajući ritam sekciju i harmoniku kako bi formirao chicago blues. Njegov bend svirao je u zapadnom predgrađu Chicaga, prije nego što se pridružio Chess Recordsu. Njegov debi kao bluesmana u Chicagu nije bio lagan: morao je to učiniti tri puta ispred Leonarda Chessa, šefa Chess Recordsa, prije nego što je konačno potpisao ugovor za objavljivanje ploča. Godine 1954. preselio se s obitelji na 4339 S. Lake Park Avenue u okrugu Issaquena, Mississippi, gdje je dočekao druge glazbenike, kao što su Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry na probama ili jam sessionima. Pijanist Otis Spann i harmonikaš Paul Oscher, koji su bili dio benda Muddyja Watersa, neko su vrijeme živjeli u podrumu kuće. 1974., Muddy Waters je napustio ovu kuću i preselio se u Westmont4.

Muddy Waters pomogao je Chucku Berryju da osigura svoj prvi ugovor za snimanje 1955.

Martin 0018-E 1956 gitara koja je pripadala Muddyju Watersu (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio)

Njegovi koncerti u Engleskoj početkom 1960-ih natjerali su chicago blues bend da nastupi prvi put. Rolling Stonesi su ime odabrali zbog pjesme Waters Rollin Stonea, poznate i kao Catfish Blues. Važno je napomenuti da se naslov ove pjesme Rollin Stone odnosi, prema Muddyju Watersu, na samu genezu glazbe: "od trenutka kada se Zemlja rodila, tako je i glazba". Tako Rollin Stone, što znači "valjanje kamena", zauzima svoj temelj u sudaru prvih stijena, emitirajući tako prvi zvuk. Jedan od velikih hitova Led Zeppelina, Whole Lotta Love, naišao je na pjesmu Muddyja Watersa You Need Love, koju je napisao Willie Dixon. Potonji će također napisati nekoliko Muddyjevih najpoznatijih pjesama, kao što su I Just Want to Make Love to You, Hoochie Coochie Man i I'm Ready.

Njegov utjecaj je ogroman na mnoge glazbene žanrove: blues, ritam i blues, rock, folk, jazz i country5. Usvojen, kao i mnogi drugi stari crni bluesmeni, od strane mladih engleskih i američkih glazbenika koji mnogi tvrde da ima njegov utjecaj, često je s njima na pozornici, posebno na jednom od prvih rock festivala na otvorenom, Sky River Rock Festivalu i Lighter Than Air Fairu, u blizini Seattlea, u Sultanu,  u kolovozu 19686. Također je bio na Monterey Jazz Festivalu u listopadu iste godine.

Često se tijekom karijere protivio Howlin' Wolfu, još jednom umjetniku šahovskih ploča koji mu je bio jedan od najboljih suparnika, u svoju će skupinu računati mnoge renomirane harmonikaše, uključujući Little Waltera koji će otići napraviti solo karijeru i Jamesa Cottona.

Možemo spomenuti i pjesme koje su pridonijele uspjehu Muddyja Watersa kao što su Long Distance Call, Mannish Boy, blues rock I've Got My Mojo Working i naravno Rollin' Stone.

Muddy Waters umro je u dobi od 70 godina i pokopan je na groblju Restvale u Alsipu, Illinois, predgrađu Chicaga. Njegov sin "Big Bill" Morganfield je također gitarist.

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