That man was a blessing to the world. A genuine genius.

@michaelsneed9548

2 жыл бұрын

He is legend and belongs to the.ages!

@NellieKAdaba

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏿

@koko-pu5vn

Жыл бұрын

Muddy made some of the deepest, most soulful music in the history of American music!!

muddy waters singing {hoochie coochie man}howlin wolf singing{smoke stack lightning} and jimmy reed singing {big boss man} were 3 of my father's favorite blues artist and i loved them also..i still have an album by each of them that my father had of those 3 great blues singers

If it wasn't for Muddy Waters getting an electric guitar plugging in getting the backbeat with drums and doing what he did it was the birth of rock and roll which took over the world. We all owe him so much for all the joy blues and rock and roll has given to the world him Chuck Berry little Richard and a handful of other great blues men and woman who's contribution to the joy of music is unexplainable God bless them the blues had a baby and called it rock and roll got our mojos working thanx muddy you made history.

Muddy was a great artist. RIP Muddy

I didn't know anything about this awesome artist until I watched Cadillac Records.

@joeymorvant161

2 жыл бұрын

I knew he had awesome music before seeing the movie(GREAT movie, btw!), but learned things about him upon seeing it, as well.

@chriscreed6410

2 жыл бұрын

The movie is far from historically accurate, btw. But glad it introduced alot of folks to the artists.

@johnrichburg9009

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeymorvant161 7l

As a kid, I was told, there is everyone and then there is Muddy Waters. The Man! The single most important musician in American history and probably the world.

Saw Muddy open for Eric Clapton at The Palmer Auditorium in Austin, Texas in 1977. After Muddy finished his set, half of the crowd left. They had seen what they came for. Saw Muddy at Antones Home of The Blues, backed by Fabulous Thunderbirds. Lou Ann Barton sat on Muddys lap. Angela Strehli sang, too. We thought we were in Heaven. Back then, The Headliner would play Thursday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and then hang around for Blue Monday, as well. It was like collage for us, and we’d be down there every night. Muddy and Band played Antones many times through the years. Mick and Keith and Brian and Yardbirds, and Eric and Jimmy and Jeff, and Ronnie, too, etc. would have loved to had been there. We were so lucky.

@kelleysaint8606

2 жыл бұрын

The year I was born , my mother loved both of them she would have loved to be at that concert

@robertnelsonjr663

2 жыл бұрын

Palmer Auditorium yes I remember those days palmer Auditorium is know the long center Down on town lake

@TheMargarita1948

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you know how lucky you were. Muddy Waters opening for EC is kinda weird. But it’s a weird business they are/ were in.

@mahlonthomas1775

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMargarita1948 So true

@chriscreed6410

2 жыл бұрын

Crazy Lucky to have been at Antones back then. I've got many great albums recorded there, but it was well before my time. I still go see Kim Wilson from the thunderbirds play. His band is always crazy tight.

I got the pleasure of hearng him live in Chicago!

@vandalking8341

2 жыл бұрын

I envy you sir!

@terrymiller111

2 жыл бұрын

"Lucky"--Napoleon Dynamite

@kenkunz1428

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! A few times.

@christineparis5607

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky!! Happy!!

@curvy71

2 жыл бұрын

I'm jealous.

Muddy Waters and his band performed several 3-night gigs at the new Penelope coffee house on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal in the late 1960s. New Penelope was not the most comfortable venue (hard benches) but I was there every night. One of those nights, I spoke to the man himself as he was getting down off the stage; I just wanted to tell him how much I loved his music. He took my hand in both of his, looked into my face, and thanked me warmly and sincerely. Somehow, that brief experience had a profound effect on me. There were a lot of male blues fans around who enjoyed insulting women for the amusement of their posse. After that brief experience with Muddy Waters, I saw those clowns for what they were. I would think to myself, “Muddy Waters shook my hand and thanked me for my appreciation of the blues. You guys got nothing.”

@jamesedward9306

2 жыл бұрын

I love this story. Thanks for sharing.

@mariazahedi7444

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@donnyrosado3321

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome story you got to meet a legend

@yvonnewitherspoon846

2 жыл бұрын

A true pioneer. My dad talked about him when I was a little girl in the 60's RIP

@gemmaharrison5271

Жыл бұрын

Yes thank you for sharing great story

"I am the blues" ～Muddy Waters

@tomlewis5542

2 жыл бұрын

So is life

@TheMargarita1948

2 жыл бұрын

Also Willie Dixon.

@shreyanshroy7892

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMargarita1948 poet of the blues

saw muddy back in 1979, dec 1. we knew it might be the last chance to see him, i'll never forget it.

@mikefannon6994

2 жыл бұрын

I saw him in a bar in Atlanta about that same time. Unforgettable!

No one does it better than Muddy Waters.

@christineparis5607

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm a man, spelled M....A child, N....

I saw him at Bogarts in Cincinnati in the late 70's...the band was awesome featuring Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, and of course Johnny Winter. It was probably the best show I ever experienced.

@jayatkins43

2 жыл бұрын

Good ol Bogarts. U got me beat bruh. I saw B. B. There n saw Cotton at music hall

@steve4547

2 жыл бұрын

They skipped over muddy winning a Grammy with Johnny Winter and his whole reemergence in the mid to late 70's.

My favorite artist for over 40 years. I thank all the artists from England to rejuvenating the blues at a time when it almost died. Go in record store with 100's of albums and you'd be lucky to see half a dozen albums. Muddy did as much as anyone for making Rock & Roll a genre. Thank you Grunge for this post, a very important post.

@HappyHermitt

2 жыл бұрын

You're so right about the English. They were smart, and it made them successful. And there's some excellent blues guitarists across the Atlantic.

@chriscreed6410

2 жыл бұрын

Your right about the slim pickings on blues in record stores aswell. Blues is all I collect on Vinyl. In fact I was in a record store in Pennsylvania just today and bought two muddy albums.. Also found an old copy of Hoodoo Man Blues and Some Jeff Healey.

@louisegross3886

2 жыл бұрын

Dam true

@louisegross3886

2 жыл бұрын

@@HappyHermitt yep

Seeing Muddy waters onstage was an experience I won't forget. He had a great stage presence, as did every other significant blues-man of his time.

He had his mojo working. A true music legend who inspired MANY.

This is why I 💓 Grunge. Always bringing us THE best stories. ✌🏻💖🌺

I seen Muddy at the Colonial Tavern on Yonge Street in Toronto surprisingly there wasn't a huge crowd so I was able to hang out by the stage and on the upper level etc watching him play I wish we had camera mobile phones back then I only have the memory. Cheers Muddy you're still one of the greatest bluesmen ever to walk the face of this planet!

@johnnewland2409

2 жыл бұрын

We might have been at the same show ...

Muddy Waters is my great-great grandpa on my dads side. He changed 🎶! ❤️🤞🏾

@NellieKAdaba

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@liljimitwofeatherz9735

Жыл бұрын

I kno muddy ppl around Glen Allen

I'm glad Cadillac Records gave Muddy Water, Howling wolf and other Mississippi blues artists recognition. They opened the door for other artists.

I love Muddy and learned to play so much of his music but you can't have a story about Muddy without also telling the story of Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf. The Wolf and his guitar player Hubert Sumlin were so good that Muddy tried to steal Hubert for a time from the Wolf. Have mercy those guys were great musicians and entertainers!

@Christopher-ii6tr

Жыл бұрын

Actually out the mouth of Hubert Sumlin himself, played only during one of the times The Wolf fired him and Wolf came to one joints Muddy Waters was playing watched the whole show and after it was over. Wolf approached Muddy and Hubert. Wolf looked Hubert then Muddy and told Muddy he was there to take his son back. Muddy said he was free to go. Wolf loved Hubert and nurtured him as a father as one should.

That part about the cup of water is powerful in its own little way, and sad at the same time.

Gregg ALLMAN loved him. He asked that any Muddy Waters music be played at his funeral and it was. ✌️

I saw him in 1973, and it remains my all time favorite show. I've seen dozens of the best rock and blues artists of my day, but he was the best.

@beachidiot

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and the Wolf supposedly told Muddy he would kill him if he stole his guitar player. That put a stop to that.

He had his mojo workin'.

I love Blues music. Muddy is one of my favorites. I love "40 days and 40 Nights", "Same Thing", "Just to be with you", "King Bee", "Rock Me" to name a few.

I heard muddy at a very young age on the John R show on WLAC all my peers were into country, not me I could hardly wait for the sun to go down and John R to crank up all the blues greats!!!

I had the pleasure of seeing him with Eric Clapton June 10th of 1979. Great show. He was the opening act for Clapton but also did the last couple tunes and the encore.

How in the world did you leave out Muddy's relationship with Johnny Winter? In the late 70's Johnny revived Muddy's career and introduced him to a whole new audience of blues fans bringing him a popularity he 'd not known before. Together they made some of Muddy's best recordings. I got to see Muddy with B.B. King and Bo Diddley at SIU Arena in Carbondale, Ill. in '73 or '74. I got to see him again in an underground club up close in Raleigh, N.C. along with my Dad and my brother in 1976. That was tremendous! Willie " Big Eyes" Smith was on drums, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson on guitar, Jerry Portnoy on harp, Calvin Jones on bass.

@ppvk2610

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh I know that setup from his concert in Germany, RockPalace.. '78.. watched it with my dad on TV.. Jerry did some great harp lines

This is a great presentation on a great man, Muddy Waters.

My friend , Brian . played with Muddy at the White House when Carter was president . He told some absolutely priceless stories about his time in the band . Just remember . " Blues Is My Religion." Muddy Waters

Grew up listening to him, the stuff with Johnny Winter was fantastic

@mikekemsley1531

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, They kind of missed the whole Johnny Winter resurgence era.

@ricksmith7881

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikekemsley1531 yes and I don't know why , it was a very important part of his career

@garylefevers

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@likesloth7926

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love the "Hard Again" record, it's the good stuff.

@richardhincemon9423

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of guitar players that claimed that Muddy Waters was their father. Muddy Waters said he only had one son and that was Johnny Winter!!!

RIP 🥀 Mr Waters.

Glad to learn about this guy. Awesome story

As a child and young adult, I didn't care for the blues, but after listening to B. B. King with my mother during the late 1970's and early 80's, I began to like some blues songs! Muddy Waters was cool too! I have that track, "I just want to make love to you," on CD! I think that the movie, Cadillac Man, if I'm not mistaken, gave me a different perspective, respect and admiration for the blues!

the KINGPIN of electric blues guitar So many owe so much to so few

Muddy Water liveed a rough life in his youth, and achieved greatness later in life by virtue of his brilliance, talent, and enculturation. We are all better off for this man's achievements. Bless this man.

Loving this the true story about him I heard so far I call him a legend never really got his real props no muddy water no blues an icon in my eyes

If you are a guitar player and musical then muddy is king! It's just that simple!!!

Wow, just watched Cadillac Records (Jeffrey Wright played him in that movie) and just came on KZread to see this video. Thanks Grunge!

Muddy walked so others like Jimi Hendrix, Gregg Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page can run.

@perijetton9275

2 жыл бұрын

And don’t forget Gregg ALLMAN!

@KateBates22zabu

2 жыл бұрын

Stevie Ray🕊

@coltonbaldridge1340

2 жыл бұрын

@@crystalharris7394 Yeah they do. Each one of them was greatly inspired by this guy, and I can guarantee that if Stevie was still alive, they all would’ve have incredible respect for each other and would be familiar with one another’s music. They may not play the same style of music, but all of it comes from the same source. And that source is Muddy.

@crystalharris7394

2 жыл бұрын

Together with the grapes

@mokodo813

2 жыл бұрын

@VVoOꟻF Metal wouldn’t be nothing without the Delta bluesman. Good observation.

had the honor of seeing Muddy Waters backed up by the nighthawks in 1980 (or 81?) at Painter’s Mill music fair just outside Baltimore. Great memories, thank you!

@pughoneycutt1986

2 жыл бұрын

Night hawks were great, I had the pleasure of seeing them in person several times, sadly never got to see muddy live, just on the radio

Wow, jam packed with riveting detail. I remember hearing of Muddy back in the 80s, when a photographer I met, told me of his chance encounter with Mr. Waters (Mayfield) for a portrait session. I wish I'd gotten a print. But I remember the Stones version of Mannish Boy, being played regular on FM radio. I still got the vinyl, "Sucking In The Seventies". I hadn't heard of his passing until years later. R.I.P. Mr. Waters.

Real amazing he was, his Blues is going on and on happenly.

Nice but why was Johnny Winter not mentioned, he revitalized Muddy's career in the mid 70's and they scored three Grammy's together. Muddy called Johnny his son, and was very grateful for their relationship as he finally gained some financial rewards for the 3 albums they recorded together.

@tonydelgado9201

2 жыл бұрын

Because it’s not necessary to glorify white dudes playing blues when telling the story of an original master.

@Olkv3D

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonydelgado9201 Yet they did mention The Rolling Stones (whom owe their namesake to to Muddy) and also Eric "I like their music, but wouldn't share a cup with'em" Clapton.

@coltonbaldridge1340

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonydelgado9201 Normally I’d say yeah, it’s not necessary to mention everyone he came in contact with or that was influenced by his music, but his experiences with Johnny were a huge part of his life. They should’ve been included.

@FrankinDallas

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonydelgado9201 If the white dudes hadn't been playing the blues, guys like Muddy Waters and B.B. King would only be footnotes in the history of American music. The British Invasion of the late 60's revitalized their careers; King and Waters were playing in bars for a few bucks a night at the time.

ABOUT time a story about the man himself

@janehacker6471

2 жыл бұрын

Love his music!

The original 🙌🏾

Muddy, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Roger's, Willie Dixon!! Chess Records was a incredible label!! Muddy is my favorite!! 🎸🎸🎸

Muddy Waters is a legend along with his good friend Little Walter, the best harmonica player to ever live.

@JamesJones-cx5pk

Жыл бұрын

Little Walter is the second best. John Popper is the best.

@chrischarizard4067

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesJones-cx5pk If John Popper is the best harmonica player I must've imagined the 1 million people that sound better than him. And the fact you think that guy is good enough to even begin to compare to Little Walter, who can make a harmonica sound like a post-hendrix electric guitar 17 years before hendrix even played his first note, and then on top of that play entirely off-beat, in a band that also plays entirely off-beat and still sound so damn powerful you can hear the song clenching your heart must be the most appalling thing I've seen.

Wishing I could have enjoyed his music in person .

@daphnemcbride6929

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

(This is my wife's account, YT 86ed mine😡) Muddy IS A TRUE AMERICAN LEGEND! I'm a 51 year old white guy who grew up in Missouri! This is my religion! Always has and always will be! I can NEVER GO AGAINST all these great heroes! When I think of Mississippi I think of Clarksdale! Your video could of been made by me! Terrific job, bro!😎😎😎😎

Muddy Waters and Sister Rosetta Tharpe made a big impression on many future artist while on tour together in England. "Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones... the list goes on. You have to remember that Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy, Sister Rosetta - they were icons to us."

My Grandmama was born and raised in Yazoo City, Mississippi and she told me years ago, when I was 15 that Muddy is from the Mississippi Delta, my Grandmama also told me that she knew Musdy's family, she said that they lived right up the way she called their name, however, I don't remember it now. I wish I could recall all of those stories my Grandmama used to tell me about growing up down in the Delta.

@liljimitwofeatherz9735

Жыл бұрын

I kno some of family..from the Mississippi delta down by the riverside

Its nice to see this He earned it

A true legend

Once again, the truth remains untold. It was my mentor, Sunnyland Slim, who brought Muddy to Chess records while Mud was driving a delivery truck.

This man was like a family member to me lol Manish boy my family anthem and my grandfather's favorite song and now is mine !

They once had the cabin Muddy Waters lived in as a kid at Stovall Plantation inside the Delta Blues Museum at Cladrksdale MS. Striking to see such a great piece of his history but sad that a human being had to live that way in relatively recent 100 years ago.

@billyclub56

2 жыл бұрын

Got married at the Crossroads in Clarksdale

Eddie Murphy maybe one day would play muddy waters

Thank you for doing this video on my grandfather!! ❤️❤️

Big fan of Muddy Waters

so great to see these video clips of beautiful Muddy Waters.

I've seen Willie Dixon, John Lee , and numerous other greats but I can only wish that I could have seen him. RIP

I saw Muddy open for Eric Clapton 1977 Muddy gave us 3 encores !

Legendary Bluesman 4 Real!🎤🎸🎵📀❤️🙏

I saw him at Adams State College in Alamosa Colorado in 1973. He opened for Joe Walsh right after Walsh recorded Barnstorm. He literally stole the show.

Saw Muddy just once....in Berkeley about 1970. With Pinetop Perkins on piano; Sammy Lawhorn on guitar; and Paul Oscher on harmonica. Weird night...drove less than a mile from Muddy and got to see J.B. Hutto and his very loud trio at another joint. J.B. wearing that fez and walking out into the audience at the end of a 50 foot extension cord, playing that nasty slide guitar.

Really well done overview of a truly incredible musician 🙏🏽🎶

No Muddy, no Zeppelin. Simple as that.

@Olkv3D

2 жыл бұрын

No Chicago Blues, No Zeppelin

@HappyHermitt

2 жыл бұрын

Muddy is only one. Many of their songs are reworks from many blues players.

@Olkv3D

2 жыл бұрын

No Mississippi Delta Blues, No Zeppelin.

@jayannakelley9051

2 жыл бұрын

Listening to bootlegs Robert always mentions Muddy, Howling Wolf & another I’m drawing a blank on at the moment. Grateful Zep looked up to them..

@louisegross3886

2 жыл бұрын

Dam right

He is the reason I bought a guitar and have been playing for 35 years.

Legend!

a legend a man before his times, rock on brother you touched so many lives,RIR,

Oh we loved you Muddy!

I saw him live at the NAC in Ottawa in 1974. He really rocked that staid venue!

I knew most of this but I didnt know his last Live Gig was with Eric. Rather fitting to pass it on.

Imagine that.. A young black man bought a guitar for $14 at Sears and now it’s priceless…. What an amazing talent….

Really enjoyed the Doco .... thank you !

what a great history segment , very well made , thanks .....

Unreal stuff. God bless🙏🙌😇🌞😎👆🤘✌

Muddy Waters 2022 still listening today 02 25 2022.

I'm so glad they made a movie about muddy Waters because i didn't know about him until the movie cane came out and i fell in love with his music and little Walter music and Etta James. ❤

I certainly liked Muddy Waters performance on The Last Waltz with The Band and many others.

Just finished reading Can't be Satisfied (though I bought it in NY in 2002!). Really good book and gives a lot of detail about Muddy. I've had his CD's since I was 13 or 14. My personal favourite tune was always Mean Red Spider.

I was in college when Muddy passed away. I was very sad.

Muddy Waters, um dos mesu favoritos no Blues. maneco - Brasil.

Jonny Winter deserved a mention

Great video of a great artist and one of the most important figures in American music. Influenced so many others. Thank you.

Legend. Gave my favorite band their name…

It's always great hearing about The Great Bluesmen who were the Father's of the guitar driven RnR that we love. However, to not mention Johnny Winter's producing, playing on, helping to revive Muddy's career by exposing him along with other blues greats to younger audiences is a bit of an oversight I think. This isn't an overstatement either, Water's said on several occasions he looked at Johnny Winter as his adopted son.....

@orno8906

2 жыл бұрын

got to see John Winter live in late 90s.

@webb12344

2 жыл бұрын

@@orno8906 I saw Johnny Winter in 1973 great concert!

@orno8906

2 жыл бұрын

@@webb12344 I saw him late in career & the venue wasn’t the best, but he still was awesome!

@mikefannon6994

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Winter was one of my favorites! Saw him several times, from a bar in Atlanta to the huge 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival. Chatted briefly in an airport once. Electrifying performer and nice guy.

Thank you for everything you did Muddy Waters. Real music wouldn’t be the same without you❤💯❤️

Still shaking my head as I grew up and understand more my my need I say more

Grande documentário do King dos Blues de Chicago o Mestre Muddy Waters pena não ser traduzido em português.

@pareidolights

9 ай бұрын

Wie heißt er den auf Portugiesisch?

He was nicknamed the "father of modern chicago blues"

So fitting and awesome that his final show was with Clapton.

King of the Blues

@NellieKAdaba

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏿

Rip Muddy ... you are unforgotten ❤

32 year old grandmother??? Wow

"You Can't Kill Rock and Roll. It's here to stay." Ozzy Osbourne, Blizzard of Ozz

Thanks for sharing 😊

Simply fantastic