What was Muddy Waters real name.?

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 鈥?April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". He is also the actual father of blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry 'Muddy Junior' Williams.

Muddy Waters is best remembered as one of the greatest bluesmen of all time, a huge inspiration for the British beat explosion in the 1960s and widely considered one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

In 2004 he was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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McKinley Morganfield in Issaquena County, Mississippi in 1913

Muddy "Mississippi" Waters was born on April 4th, 1915 as McKinley Morganfield. :o)

http://www.muddywaters.com/bio.html

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