Da Muddy Waters (* 4. Aprui 1913 z Rolling Fork, Mississippi; † 30. Aprui 1983 z Westmont, Illinois; amtli: McKinley Morganfield) wor oana vo de bedeitandstn amerikanischn Bluesmusikantn. Es Rolling Stone Magazine fiat eam af Plotz 17 vo de 100 bestn Senga vo oin Zeidn.

Da wichtigste Beidrog vom Muddy Waters zua Entwicklung vom Blues wor da konsequente Einsotz vo da elektrischn Gitarr. De Vawendung vo da E-Gitarr mit aus wenign Akkordn afbautn Riffs geht afn Muddy Waters zruck und is bis heit es Grundmeakmoi vo da Blues- und Rockmusi bliebm.

Da Muddy Waters is 1980 in de Blues Hall of Fame und 1987 in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame afgnumma worn..

Diskografie (Auswoi)

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Auszeichnunga

Grammy Awards

1971 - Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording - They Call Me Muddy Waters
1972 - Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording - The London Muddy Waters Session
1975 - Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording - The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
1977 - Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording - Hard Again
1978 - Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording - I'm Ready
1979 - Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

De Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hod via Liada in de Listn vo de 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll afgnumma.

1950 - Rollin' Stone
1954 - Hoochie Coochie Man
1955 - Mannish Boy
1957 - Got My Mojo Working

Blues Music Awards

1994 -  Reissue Album of the Year - The Complete Plantation Recordings
1995 - Reissue Album of the Year - One More Mile
2000 -  Traditional Blues Album of the Year - The Lost Tapes of Muddy Waters
2002 - Historical Blues Album of the Year -  Fathers and Sons
2006 - Historical Album of the Year -  Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Recordings, Volume 2, 1952-1958

Sunstige Auszeichnunga

1980 Blues Hall of Fame
1987  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1992 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Literatua

Robert Gordon: Can't Be Satisfied: the Life and Times of Muddy Waters. Back Bay Books, 2003, ISBN 0-316-16494-1.
Bob Margolin: Blues Sky From The Inside. – In: Blues Power Magazin, 5, 1992, S. 29ff.
Jim O'Neal: Muddy Waters. – In: Living Blues. 64, 1985, S. 15–40.
James Rooney: Bossmen: Bill Monroe and Muddy Waters. Da Capo Press, 1971, ISBN 0-306-80427-1.
Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues: the City & the Music. Da Capo Press, 1988, ISBN 0-306-80145-0.
Sandra Tooze: The Mojo Man. ECW Press, 1997, ISBN 1-55022-296-1.

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