Trust the British to go and dig up as much blues roots as possible. The blues as a music form was born in the states with folks like Robert Johnson, Son House and Muddy Waters. It was a blend of art ...

Muddy Waters knew catfish. And catfishers. “Well, I wish I was a catfish/ Swimmin’ in the deep, blue sea/ I’d have all you good-lookin’ women/ Fishing after me,” the seminal bluesman winked in his ...

In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S. Michigan Ave. It was where Chicago’s Black blues performers made the records ...

The red-brick two-flat in Kenwood was the longtime home and rehearsal space of the blues great and provided temporary housing and a place to jam for several other musicians. McKinley Morganfield ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The longtime North Kenwood home of Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters is poised to become an official city landmark, after the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted Thursday to grant ...

Since June 2017, Muddy Waters' image has beamed down from a 10-story mural at 17 N. State St. in Chicago. But the king bee of Chicago blues looms even larger over the city with his outsized musical ...