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FPM Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 697 Right here in the USA Gender:	Happy Birthday Muddy Waters! 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.
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SheRat Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 381 Chicago, IL Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters! Reply #2 - 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!!!
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LadyJane Rocks Off Regular Offline Stones Purist Posts: 4,929 Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters! Reply #3 - Apr 4^th, 2013 at 8:24pm Two words: Checkerboard Lounge. Happy Birthday Mr Waters. Without you there would be no Rollin Stones.
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Reply #4 - 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...

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Reply #5 - 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.

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Reply #6 - Apr 4^th, 2013 at 9:16pm

Child of the Moon wrote 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...

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!!

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Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Reply #7 - Apr 4^th, 2013 at 9:17pm

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

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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.

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SheRat Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 381 Chicago, IL Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters! Reply #8 - Apr 4^th, 2013 at 10:33pm sirmoonie and his moof piss. hard again!
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Bluzdude Rocks Off Regular Offline I'm here-that's all that matters. Rocks Off Rules! Posts: 439 Los Angeles Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters! Reply #9 - Apr 5^th, 2013 at 12:34am Muddy is who turned me on to the blues. I regret never seeing him live.
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philgood Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 410 Cologne Area, Germany Gender:	Re: Happy Birthday Muddy Waters! Reply #12 - 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.
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