Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield, patriarch of Chicago electric blues, who amplified Delta feeling into urban band power.

Biography

McKinley Morganfield, patriarch of Chicago electric blues, who amplified Delta feeling into urban band power.

Influence

British blues-rock (Stones named after his song) and countless electric guitarists start from his Chess Records voltage.

Historical context

McKinley Morganfield, patriarch of Chicago electric blues, who amplified Delta feeling into urban band power. British blues-rock (Stones named after his song) and countless electric guitarists start from his Chess Records voltage. He migrated the Delta to Chicago electrically—geography as genre technology.

Associated instruments

Electric Guitar
Vocals

Specimen note

He migrated the Delta to Chicago electrically—geography as genre technology.