muddy the waters

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Muddy Waters

a US blues singer, songwriter, and guitar player, who greatly influenced many other singers of popular music (1915-83). orig. McKinley Morganfield born April 4, 1915, Rolling Fork, Miss., U.S. died April 30, 1983, Westmont, Ill. U.S. blues guitarist and singer. He grew up in the cotton country of Mississippi and taught himself harmonica as a child. He later took up guitar, eagerly absorbing the classic delta blues styles of Robert Johnson and Son House. He was first recorded in 1941 by archivist Alan Lomax (see John Lomax). In 1943 he moved to Chicago; there he broke with the country blues style by playing over a heavy dance rhythm, adopting the electric guitar and adding piano and drums while retaining a moan-and-shout vocal style and lyrics that were by turns mournful, boastful, and risqué. The result came to be known as urban blues, from which sprang in large part later forms such as rock music and soul music. A surge in interest in the roots of popular music in the early 1960s brought Waters widespread fame, and he performed internationally into the 1970s

Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield (1915-1983), famous American blues singer and guitarist

Hyphenation

mud·dy the waters

Turkish pronunciation

mʌdi dhi wôtırz

Pronunciation

/ˈmədē ᴛʜē ˈwôtərz/ /ˈmʌdiː ðiː ˈwɔːtɜrz/