Love it when I get surprised by another past blues music guitar great like I was this past week hearing “Woman Don’t Lie” from “Snake Boy” Johnson.
Born in Georgia, relocating to Chicago IL after the war, had direct experience with Muddy Waters and followed Elmore James closely. While his birth date is not entirely certain, many peg him as being born in the Fall of 1941 having passed on in 1976 from brain cancer…what a joy he left us with his self-taught guitar playing and soulful voice.
Give this a listen, oh ya – and that Gibson SG looks SO COOL in black and white
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Muddy Waters influenced multiple generations of British and American blues giants, there is no denying his place as a key bridge between Mississippi blues and the electrification of the blues opening up a whole new generation influencing everyone from the King’s to today’s stars such as Gary Clark Jr, the Vaughan Brothers, Joe Bonamassa and Eric Clapton.
This video saw Muddy near the end (1981, 2-years prior to his death) but gives you a sense of his influence as the Rolling Stones join him at Buddy Guy’s older club (Checkerboard Lounge at the time).
Amazing footage…
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I had no idea that Stevie Ray Vaughan had ever met Muddy Waters, until now, most others didn’t either.
Can you imagine the stories they would have and, if a few years earlier, the kind of music Stevie and Muddy may have made together.
Two giants of the blues guitar and blues music in general, equally large in terms of stage presence and charisma, there’s no telling the possibilities.
Take a look at this YouTube video from a photographer who worked for magazines in the past who has some very exclusive photos of Stevie and the great bluesman Muddy Waters:
Isn’t that cool?
Filed under Blues Legends, stevie ray vaughan by on Dec 11th, 2011. 1 Comment.
