Muddy Waters (1913–1983) is considered the father of Chicago blues. Waters started out on harmonica but by age seventeen he was playing the guitar at parties and fish fries, emulating two blues artists who were extremely popular in the south, Son House and Robert Johnson. Waters sound was basically Delta country blues electrified. Following Waters's death, B.B. King told Guitar World, "It's going to be years and years before most people realize how great he was to American music."
This clip is from a broadcast on German TV of a program called "Jazz For Fun", with a pretty clever edit of two different live performances of the Muddy Waters band doing the same song eight years apart, the first in 1968, and the second in 1976. The band in 1968 features James "Pee Wee" Madison and Luther "Snake" Johnson on guitars, Paul Oscher on harmonica, Otis Spann on piano. The band in 1976 features Bob Margolin and Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson on guitars, Jerry Portnoy on harmonica, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Calvin Jones on bass, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith on drums.
Got My Mojo Workin'
More Mojo with Sonny Boy Williamson on Harmonica
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