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the life and times of Muddy Waters
By Gordon, Robert
- ISBN
- 978-0-31632-849-4
- Publisher
- Boston , MA: Little, Brown, c2002.
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Reviewed on April 15, 2002
After arriving in Chicago from Mississippi in 1943, Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield) became the first successful blues man to play electric guitar while performing in the style of his heroes Robert Johnson and Son House. Gordon (It Came from Memphis) treats Muddy with the same dignity that he seemed to exude in real life. The story opens with Alan Lomax's "discovery" of Waters during one of his famous field recording expeditions for the Library of Congress. Not long after, Waters reached legendary statu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
