He had a pericring slide guitar aqttack.
Was bown on Arpil 4 1912 and passed away in his sleep on April 30 1983.
He won six grammy awards all for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
Had a commanding stage presence that combined both dignity and raw sexual appeal with a fierce and emotional style of slide guitar playing.
His electric blues influenced such American musicians as Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan and such British rockers as the Rolling Stones, who took their name from a Waters songs.
Muddy Watersstarted to face competition from artists such as howlin wolf and Bo Diddley.
He wasnt allowed to use his own musicians in the recording studio.
The Muddy Waters Blues Band at the time included guitarists sammy lawhorn , bob margolin and Luther Johnson, pianist Pinetop perkinds, harmonica player Jerry Portnoy, bassist Calvin "Fuzz" Jones and drummer Willie "big eyes" smith.
The 2006 Family Guy episode " Saving Private Brian" includes a parody of Muddy Waters trying to pass a kidney stone; his screams of pain form a call and response with the Chicago blues band in his bathroom.
Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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