Muddy first hit the charts in 1948 with "I Feel Like Going Home" and by 1951, Muddy Waters hit the R&B charts with several songs like "Still A Fool" and "Long Distance Call". By the mid 40s, his playing skills were becoming a recognized part of Chicago's South Side where he shared a couple stages with a few star pianists and a guitarist. When Waters left for Chicago in 1943, he was already renowned for his blues playing power across the Delta. When Alen Lomax ran across him in 1941, he must've known that he had found a very special blues singer. Growing up, Muddy's hero was the powerful Son House, another Delta bluesmen whose side guitar playing heavily influenced Waters. Like many of his fellow musicians in the Chicago blues circuit, Muddy Waters came from the Mississippi Delta. When he died, the Windy City would never fully recover. From the late 40s until his death in 1983, Muddy defined the sound of Chicago electric blues with his vocals and his slide guitar attacks.
A post-WWII Chicago blues scene without the contributions of Muddy Waters would be unthinkable.
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