April 4th 1913 a Music Legend Was Born
McKinley Morganfield was born April 4th 1913 in a shack in Mississippi; he became a musician, changed his name to Muddy Waters and became the father of modern Chicago blues. Growing up in Mississippi in the 1920”s Muddy Waters was influenced by bluesmen Son House and Robert Johnson. Muddy started out on harmonica, but by the age of 17 he was playing guitar fulltime and burned his unique delta blue