McKinley Morganfield, better known by his stage name Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and guitarist who lived from April 4, 1913, to April 30, 1983.
He was a significant influence in the post-war blues scene and is sometimes referred to as the “father of contemporary Chicago blues.” “Raining down Delta beatitude” has been used to define his playing style.
Muddy Waters children: Meet Mud Morganfield, Mercy Morganfield,Big Bill Morganfield, Joseph Morganfield, Rosiland Morganfield, Rene Morganfield
Muddy was a known womanizer with a fantastic track record of seizing ladies at the first available chance.
He had six children named Mud Morganfield, Mercy Morganfield, Big Bill Morganfield, Joseph Morganfield, Rosiland Morganfield, and Rene Morganfield. There isn’t much information about his children available in the public domain.
The precise location and date of Muddy Waters’ birth are unknown. He claimed to have been born in Rolling Fork, Sharkey County, Mississippi, in 1915, but other information shows that he was really born in Jug’s Corner, an unincorporated area in nearby Issaquena County, in 1913.
Before he became well-known, in the 1930s and 1940s, his marriage license, recording credits, and musicians’ union card all listed his birth year as 1913. The earliest interview in which he identified 1915 as the year of his birth was published in the Chicago Defender in 1955, and he went on to mention that year in subsequent interviews. He was five years old as on March 6, 1920, according to the 1920 Census.
