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Title: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by FPM on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 4:22pm

Happy Birthday to Muddy Waters, born McKinley Morganfield 100 years ago today. There would absolutely be no Rolling Stones without him.

I took these pictures of the great man on Aug 29, 1980, at Mancini's in McKees Rocks PA. Sirmoonie's balliwick, I reckon.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by mojoman on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 4:48pm

happy birthday muddy!!

:boring :sad :smilebrian :will-ya :wtf1 :loloncemore

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by SheRat on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:00pm

Quote:

I took these pictures of the great man on Aug 29, 1980, at Mancini's in McKees Rocks PA. Sirmoonie's balliwick, I reckon.

what does "sirmoonie's balliwick" mean?

and, of course, happy birthday muddy!!!

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by LadyJane on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:24pm

Two words:

Checkerboard Lounge.

Happy Birthday Mr Waters.
Without you there would be no Rollin Stones.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by Child of the Moon on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:44pm

Holy shit, 100 years old... that officially makes the great man an Institution, doesn't it?

Muddy Waters is one of the first people who made me love the blues. I mean, the Stones were a great introduction, and Robert Johnson certainly captured my imagination early on. But Muddy Waters, man... he was inviting in a way that Robert J. was forbidding. Robert Johnson's music felt like hallowed ground, not to be trod upon but for the sacred few. Muddy, though, felt like a badassed elder statesman, inviting you to come and check out the mind-bending sounds he was making. And, hey, if you feel like it, join on in. Muddy Waters, for me, made the blues something I could understand and relate to that no other artist could.

So happy birthday, Mr. Morganfield. I raise a glass to you, on this special day. I think I'll go spin Folk Singer for a while...

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by Nellcote on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:49pm

The Best. No one does it better for me than Muddy Waters. 3/15/79 Paradise Theatre Boston. He was right in front of me, sitting on that chair, sweating & singing like his life depended on it. Listening to Hard Again right now, terrific comeback lp. Johnny Winter infused life into Muddy. You can have Elvis. Muddy is the man for me.

Thanks for those photos FPM, they are super.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by SheRat on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 9:16pm

Child of the Moon wrote on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:44pm:

what a great description! i didn't know it til i just read it here, but i felt the same way about robert johnson. thanks!!

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by FPM on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 9:17pm

SheRat wrote on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:00pm:

Quote:

I took these pictures of the great man on Aug 29, 1980, at Mancini's in McKees Rocks PA. Sirmoonie's balliwick, I reckon.

what does "sirmoonie's balliwick" mean?

and, of course, happy birthday muddy!!!

McKees Rocks is, or was, a bad section of Pittsburgh, or right outside it. Mancini's used to be a regular stop on the blues circuit. If it's still around I'd be surprised if Sirmoonie hadn't quaffed some moof piss there.

And yeah, Muddy was what opened up the entirety of the Blues to me, too. Hard Again turned me into a true believer. All of a sudden it ALL made sense.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by SheRat on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 10:33pm

sirmoonie and his moof piss. hard again!

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by Bluzdude on Apr 5^th, 2013 at 12:34am

Muddy is who turned me on to the blues. I regret never seeing him live.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by Irina on Apr 5^th, 2013 at 9:35am

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by Heart Of Stone on Apr 5^th, 2013 at 9:56am

Happy Birthday to the man who's song The Rolling Stones got their name from!! :)

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Post by philgood on Apr 5^th, 2013 at 12:29pm

FPM, thanks a lot for starting this thread. The man deserves it.
One of the greatest and most important ever!
And, happy birthday Muddy.

P.S. These are fantastic pics, thanks for sharing.