Muddy Waters was born McKinley Morganfield in Issaquena County, Mississippi in 1913. He was born to Ollie Morganfield and Bertha Jones. His father, Ollie, was from the Magnolia Plantation where he was known for playing good blues. His mother, Berta, was born next to the Cottonwood Plantation. She shortly died just a couple years after Muddy was born and he would be raised by his grandmother, Delia Jones. Delia would give him the nickname Muddy, referring to the fact that “he loves playing in the mud (Gordon 2002). When he was 5 years old, Muddy had begun to play the harmonica. His skills with the harmonica were quite good. When he was 17 years old, he has received his first guitar. He listened to play by MISSISSIPPI TO CHICAGO _______________________________ …show more content…
Having discovered Waters, Lomax and Work knew they had discovered someone very special. The Muddy founded a group with Jimmy Rogers and Little Walter in Chicago. They were playing together as Muddy Waters’ first band in Chicago. Waters was renowned for blues playing piano across the Mississippi Delta. It was not until 1943 when he left for Chicago that Muddy Waters skills’ became a recognized entity on Chicago’s south side where he shared a stage with pianists Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Boyd, and guitarist Blues Smith (Gordon