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Muddy Waters was the most important link between his urban black audience in the nightclubs of Chicago and the young white fans who came to know him as a result of the folk music craze beginning in the early to mid ’60s. Blues fans have heard his story time and time again. Here’s some things you may not have heard.

See what made Little Walter so unique.

Interview with Marshall Chess and Keith LeBlanc about new album ‘New Moves,’ out now!

This article is part one of a three-part look at a man who spiked the sweet tea that is today’s blues scene.

Happy Birthday to Chuck Berry!

Chess went on to put out some of the most beloved LPs in music history. Here are ten of them.

A true paragon of the blues, he brought the music of the Mississippi Delta to Chicago in 1952.

Muddy Waters had an arsenal of guitars, both electric and acoustic.

First release since their acclaimed 2019 self-titled debut

For more than half a century, the name of Cash McCall has been musical money in the bank