McKinley Morganfield / Muddy Waters - Signed / Autographed Photo RARE - PSA/DNA

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This is a beautiful color 5x7 inch photo that has been perfectly signed by Blues legend McKinley Morganfield more commonly known as Muddy Waters. Waters was a legend and inspired many of todays biggest rock and roll bands. Muddy Waters is an extremely rare signture and even rarer on a photo. Condition is ExMt. Please bid with confidence and email me with any questions. This item comes with full letter from Beckett authentication.
McKinley Morganfield / Muddy Waters - Signed / Autographed Photo RARE - PSA/DNA
McKinley Morganfield / Muddy Waters - Signed / Autographed Photo RARE - PSA/DNA
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Description
This is a beautiful color 5x7 inch photo that has been perfectly signed by Blues legend McKinley Morganfield more commonly known as Muddy Waters
. Waters was a legend and inspired many of todays biggest rock and roll bands. Muddy Waters is an extremely rare signture and even rarer on a photo. Condition is ExMt. Please bid with confidence and email me with any questions. This item comes with full letter from Beckett authentication.
McKinley Morganfield
(April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983),
[1]
[2]
known professionally as
Muddy Waters
, was an American
blues
singer 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
".
[3]
His style of playing has been described as "raining down
Delta
beatitude".
[4]
Muddy Waters grew up on
Stovall Plantation
near
Clarksdale, Mississippi
, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the
harmonica
, emulating local blues artists
Son House
and
Robert Johnson
.
[5]
He was recorded in Mississippi by
Alan Lomax
for the
Library of Congress
in 1941.
[6]
[7]
In 1943, he moved to Chicago to become a full-time professional musician. In 1946, he recorded his first records for
Columbia Records
and then for
Aristocrat Records
, a newly formed label run by brothers
Leonard
and
Phil Chess
.
In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his band—
Little Walter Jacobs
on harmonica,
Jimmy Rogers
on guitar,
Elga Edmonds
(also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and
Otis Spann
on piano—recorded several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter
Willie Dixon
. These songs included "
Hoochie Coochie Man
," "
I Just Want to Make Love to You
" and "
I'm Ready
". In 1958, he traveled to England, laying the foundations of the resurgence of interest in the blues there. His performance at the
Newport Jazz Festival
in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album,
At Newport 1960
.
Muddy Waters' music has influenced various
American music
genres, including
rock and roll
and subsequently
rock
.
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