Timeline Muddy Waters: Father of Chicago Blues

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• 1913 Muddy Waters born in Issaquena County, Mississippi McKinley Morganfield Nicknamed Muddy as a child for playing in the creek mud.
• 1918 Muddy Waters raised on the Stovall Plantation Near Clarksdale After his mother's death he grows up with his grandmother on a cotton plantation.
• 1941 Muddy Waters recorded by Alan Lomax Library of Congress Folklorist Alan Lomax records him at Stovall — hearing himself convinces him to go professional.
• 1943 Muddy Waters moves to Chicago The Great Migration Drives a truck by day, plays house parties at night.
• 1948 Muddy Waters records I Can't Be Satisfied First hit His first hit for the Aristocrat label, soon renamed Chess.
• 1950 Muddy Waters records Rollin' Stone A band and a magazine The song that gave its name to the Rolling Stones and Rolling Stone magazine.
• 1954 Muddy Waters records Hoochie Coochie Man Written by Willie Dixon The first of a run of hits with I Just Want to Make Love to You and I'm Ready.
• 1955 Muddy Waters sends Chuck Berry to Chess Records A tip to Leonard Chess Tells the young Chuck Berry to see Leonard Chess.
• 1958 Muddy Waters tours England Too loud for British purists His electric blues shocks audiences and inspires a generation of British bands.
• 1960 Muddy Waters plays the Newport Jazz Festival At Newport 1960 A live album that brings him to the white folk audience.
• 1964 Muddy Waters releases Folk Singer Acoustic album A quiet acoustic record made for the folk revival.
• 1969 Muddy Waters records Fathers and Sons With Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield His best-selling album of the period, with his young white admirers.
• 1976 Muddy Waters plays The Last Waltz Mannish Boy A show-stopping Mannish Boy at The Band's farewell concert.
• 1977 Muddy Waters releases Hard Again Produced by Johnny Winter A late-career comeback that wins a Grammy.
• 1981 Muddy Waters jams with the Rolling Stones Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago The Stones join their hero on stage on the South Side.
• 1983 Muddy Waters dies Westmont, Illinois Dies in his sleep near Chicago.
• 1987 Muddy Waters inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted as an early influence on rock and roll.