MUDDY WATERS

Muddy Waters is not just a Chicago bluesman, he is the Chicago Bluesman — he gave the music its shape and style, and th city he worked in gave it the name.

Muddy was born McKinley Morganfleld in Rolling Fork Mississippi on April 4, 1915. That was in the heart of delta country, and delta country was blues country — Muddy heard and saw both Son House and Robert Johnson (two of the finest around) playing nearby.