Name: King Of Chicago Blues
Brand: Muddy Waters

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2006-03-20

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4 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Muddy Waters

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R&B / Neo-Soul

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American blues guitarist, singer and composer, Muddy Waters was born on April 4, 1913 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. He is considered a founder of the modern Chicago Blues style and became the most prominent interpreter of the electric blues. His powerful influence inspired the emergence of electric blues-oriented groups in the UK during the '60s. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, his legacy continues to shape and define blues music.
Muddy Waters was a father figure to many influential musicians including [a4092559], [a1965346], and [a10232473]. Sadly, one of his children passed away on December 10, 2020 at the age of 56.
Despite some discrepancies regarding his birth year and place, Muddy Waters' impact on music remains undeniable. His talent and contributions have solidified him as an iconic figure in American blues history.

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budget priced 4 cd box set the majority of well known migrating bluesmen made their recording debut after their move to a city muddy was first captured on tape in rural mississippi in 1941 and '42 by alan lomax. 13 of those 'field' recordings open this 97 track set, allowing the listener to then hear how muddy progressed once he had settled in chicago, where he recorded briefly for columbia in 1946 the balance of disc 1 before being signed by the chess brothers in 1947. it was as a chess recording artist that he soon became top dog on the burgeoning chicago blues scene. discs 2 4 of this set cover all of his important recording up to end 1955, including the 12 r&amp;b chart hits that put him at the forefront of that era's chicago bluesmen.

King Of Chicago Blues

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