If the blues is the backbone of American popular music, then Muddy Waters was the backbone of the blues. Sure, there were plenty of significant blues artists before him and others after his heyday, ...

The offspring of the legendary guitarist said the forthcoming record will drop on November 11. The new album is out on Delmark Records and Morganfield will record the album release party at The Venue ...

The blues is a family business for Marshall Chess. His father, Leonard Chess, co-founded the legendary Chess Records label of Chicago in 1950. And, boy, did they release music - Chuck Berry, Muddy ...

OLD SAYBROOK — With a name like Muddy “Mississippi” Waters and an address in Chicago for most of his life, you wouldn’t think blues legend Muddy Waters would be a candidate for enshrinement in the New ...

Bob Corritore has been a major player on the Phoenix blues scene for decades, having moved here from Chicago, the hometown that continues to inspire him, in the early ‘80s. A decade after his arrival, ...

Mud Morganfield has never felt any pressure following in the Chicago blues tradition of his famous father, Muddy Waters. The music just couldn’t be denied. Morganfield was compelled. “I tell people, I ...