The Story Of The Blues 02
The second half hour instalment of this 2 hour programme looks at the impact of the depression and the lost blues men such as Skip James and Son House. It also follows the trail of the folklorists John and Alan Lomax and the discovery of Leadbelly and Muddy Waters.
About Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude". Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by the age of 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, copying local blues artis...
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