Linda's Final Music 34 Project... I meant to add a sound track, but it's VERY difficult or impossible with PowerPoint.

1. Muddy Waters By Linda M. Smith

2. Born Apr. 4, 1915, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi Birth name: McKinley Morganfield Muddy was his childhood nickname; he liked playing in the mud The Rolling Stones got their band name from one of Muddy Waters’ songs!

3. Childhood At age 3, when his Mom died, his Grandma raised him 100 miles North of home, in Clarksdale, Missouri He labored as a farm worker in his childhood—before he even discovered his first musical instrument… He comes from the Delta Region

4. Instruments 1st instrument: harmonica, at age 13 2nd instrument: guitar, at age 17 3rd instrument: his voice Can “slide” be considered a 4th instrument? Muddy quickly mastered sliding a bottleneck on the guitar as a way of bending and stretching notes…

5. Chicago Blues In 1943, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he vastly influenced “Chicago Blues” His early musical influences: Son House Robert Johnson His first recording, “I Can’t Be Satisfied”, was at Aristocrat Records in 1947, with help from Sunnyland Slim, friend and fellow musician

6. 4 songs that shaped Rock ‘n Roll Rollin’ Stone, recorded in 1950 HoochieGoochie Man, recorded in 1954 Mannish Boy, recorded in 1955 Got My Mojo Working, recorded in 1957

7. “I Just Wanna Make Love to You” Written by Willy Dixon in 1954 Muddy Waters was the first to record this blues classic Foghat do a GREAT cover of that song, with Rod Price on slide guitar and “Lonesome” Dave Peverett on guitar and vocals (Price and Peverett are deceased—RIP) Many have covered this song

8. Jimi Hendrix said, “The first guitar player I ever heard of, was Muddy Waters—and he scared me to death!”

9. End of Muddy’s Earthwalk Died on Apr. 30, 1983, in his sleep, in Westmont, Illinois Westmont is a region of Chicago

10. Post-Mortem 1998 Hall of Fame award for “I’m Your Hoochie-GoochieMan” Muddy has won numerous other awards, including a number of Grammies

11. I Got My MojoWorkin’ What ain’tworkin’ is PowerPoint sound track insertion capabilities Yes, I bought a Muddy Waters CD especially for this project After much effort, I’m just turning this in sans music So, you’re gonna have to IMAGINE a live Muddy peformance (or buy a Muddy Waters CD and listen along…. )