The Untold Truth Of Muddy Waters
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Muddy Waters is one of the true icons of the blues. From his childhood in rural 1910's Mississippi to his place at the forefront of the Chicago blues scene, Waters was a first class musician and a profound influence on the electric guitar music that came after him. When the Blues started to peter out in the United States, the first wave of British rock and roll musicians saw Muddy Waters and a primary influence, and were more than happy to collaborate with him on stage and in recordings. Till the day he died, Waters was plugged into popular music, even if he was no longer the driving force behind the newest style. There's a lot more to learn about this 20th century icon. Here's the untold truth of Muddy Waters.
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Early years shrouded in mystery | 0:12
Raised by his grandmother | 1:38
Turned on to the blues | 3:11
Bought first guitar at 17 | 3:59
Moonshiner and fur trapper | 4:47
A life-changing glass of water | 5:34
The birth of Chicago Blues | 6:36
Muddy's band of blues all-stars | 7:31
Brought the blues to Britain | 8:39
Failed attempt as rock artist | 10:00
Final show | 11:05
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That man was a blessing to the world. A genuine genius.
He is legend and belongs to the.ages!
👍🏿
Muddy made some of the deepest, most soulful music in the history of American music!!
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.
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.
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
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.
The year I was born , my mother loved both of them she would have loved to be at that concert
Palmer Auditorium yes I remember those days palmer Auditorium is know the long center Down on town lake
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.
@@TheMargarita1948 So true
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!
I envy you sir!
"Lucky"--Napoleon Dynamite
Me too! A few times.
Lucky!! Happy!!
I'm jealous.
"I am the blues"
～Muddy Waters
So is life
Also Willie Dixon.
@@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.
I saw him in a bar in Atlanta about that same time. Unforgettable!
No one does it better than Muddy Waters.
"I'm a man, spelled M....A child, N....
Muddy was a great artist. RIP Muddy
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.”
I love this story. Thanks for sharing.
Cool!
Awesome story you got to meet a legend
A true pioneer. My dad talked about him when I was a little girl in the 60's RIP
Yes thank you for sharing great story
I didn't know anything about this awesome artist until I watched Cadillac Records.
I knew he had awesome music before seeing the movie(GREAT movie, btw!), but learned things about him upon seeing it, as well.
The movie is far from historically accurate, btw. But glad it introduced alot of folks to the artists.
@@joeymorvant161 7l
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.
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.
Good ol Bogarts. U got me beat bruh. I saw B. B. There n saw Cotton at music hall
They skipped over muddy winning a Grammy with Johnny Winter and his whole reemergence in the mid to late 70's.
Muddy Waters is my great-great grandpa on my dads side. He changed 🎶! ❤️🤞🏾
Nice
I kno muddy ppl around Glen Allen
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.
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.
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.
Dam true
@@HappyHermitt yep
I'm glad Cadillac Records gave Muddy Water, Howling wolf and other Mississippi blues artists recognition. They opened the door for other artists.
He had his mojo working. A true music legend who inspired MANY.
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!
We might have been at the same show ...
This is why I 💓 Grunge. Always bringing us THE best stories. ✌🏻💖🌺
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.
Yes and the Wolf supposedly told Muddy he would kill him if he stole his guitar player. That put a stop to that.
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!
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.
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.
Gregg ALLMAN loved him. He asked that any Muddy Waters music be played at his funeral and it was. ✌️
Muddy, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Roger's, Willie Dixon!! Chess Records was a incredible label!! Muddy is my favorite!! 🎸🎸🎸
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.
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.
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
He had his mojo workin'.
RIP 🥀 Mr Waters.
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.
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
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!!!
This is a great presentation on a great man, Muddy Waters.
the KINGPIN of electric blues guitar
So many owe so much to so few
Grew up listening to him, the stuff with Johnny Winter was fantastic
Yup, They kind of missed the whole Johnny Winter resurgence era.
@@mikekemsley1531 yes and I don't know why , it was a very important part of his career
Agreed.
Yes, I love the "Hard Again" record, it's the good stuff.
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!!!
If you are a guitar player and musical then muddy is king! It's just that simple!!!
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!
Thank you for doing this video on my grandfather!! ❤️❤️
Glad to learn about this guy. Awesome story
Wow, just watched Cadillac Records (Jeffrey Wright played him in that movie) and just came on RUclips to see this video. Thanks Grunge!
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
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!
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
(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!😎😎😎😎
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.
I kno some of family..from the Mississippi delta down by the riverside
Wishing I could have enjoyed his music in person .
Same here
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.
ABOUT time a story about the man himself
Love his music!
Muddy Waters is a legend along with his good friend Little Walter, the best harmonica player to ever live.
Little Walter is the second best. John Popper is the best.
@@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.
Muddy walked so others like Jimi Hendrix, Gregg Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page can run.
And don’t forget Gregg ALLMAN!
Stevie Ray🕊
@@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.
Together with the grapes
@VVoOꟻF Metal wouldn’t be nothing without the Delta bluesman. Good observation.
I've seen Willie Dixon, John Lee , and numerous other greats but I can only wish that I could have seen him. RIP
The original 🙌🏾
Real amazing he was, his Blues is going on and on happenly.
Its nice to see this
He earned it
Big fan of Muddy Waters
A true legend
Thanks for sharing 😊
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.
Got married at the Crossroads in Clarksdale
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 !
Eddie Murphy maybe one day would play muddy waters
so great to see these video clips of beautiful Muddy Waters.
Rip Muddy ... you are unforgotten ❤
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."
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.
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.
Because it’s not necessary to glorify white dudes playing blues when telling the story of an original master.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
Muddy Waters 2022 still listening today 02 25 2022.
King of the Blues
Legendary Bluesman 4 Real!🎤🎸🎵📀❤️🙏
So fitting and awesome that his final show was with Clapton.
Really well done overview of a truly incredible musician 🙏🏽🎶
Oh we loved you Muddy!
a legend a man before his times, rock on brother you touched so many lives,RIR,
I love it , thanks for sharing, this going to be a great information for my two daughters (the youngest’s Muddy Waters granddaughters) 🥰🙏
Glad this was finally told.r.i.p.king.feb2022.
Really enjoyed this concise and up to the point video.😎💙
Legend!
Imagine that.. A young black man bought a guitar for $14 at Sears and now it’s priceless…. What an amazing talent….
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. ❤
Great video of a great artist and one of the most important figures in American music. Influenced so many others.
Thank you.
what a great history segment , very well made , thanks .....
Unreal stuff. God bless🙏🙌😇🌞😎👆🤘✌
Really enjoyed the Doco .... thank you !
What a Legend
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.
Simply fantastic
I saw him live at the NAC in Ottawa in 1974. He really rocked that staid venue!
I'm from Clarksdale Mississippi birthplace of the blues 🎸👏🏾 2:46
God bless his mother and grandmother and his whole family they done the lag
Awesome. So interesting. Voice over very good
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 knew most of this but I didnt know his last Live Gig was with Eric. Rather fitting to pass it on.
Muddy Waters, um dos mesu favoritos no Blues. maneco - Brasil.
I was in college when Muddy passed away. I was very sad.
I saw Muddy open for Eric Clapton 1977 Muddy gave us 3 encores !
I certainly liked Muddy Waters performance on The Last Waltz with The Band and many others.
Legend. Gave my favorite band their name…
Still shaking my head as I grew up and understand more my my need I say more
Excellent presentation.
Grande documentário do King dos Blues de Chicago o Mestre Muddy Waters pena não ser traduzido em português.
Wie heißt er den auf Portugiesisch?