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William "Big Bill" Morganfield (born 19 June 1956, Chicago
Chicago

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, Illinois
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) is an American
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 blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 singer and guitarist
Guitarist

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, son of blues legend Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield , better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues"....
 (whose real name was McKinley Morganfield).

anfield was born in Chicago, raised in Southern Florida and now lives in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

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, Georgia
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. He came to music later in life, having first worked as a teacher
Teacher

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 after earning bachelors degrees in English
English studies

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 from Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University

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 and Communications from Auburn University
Auburn University

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.

His first independent album Nineteen Years Old: A Tribute to Muddy Waters was put out on Taxim Records in 1997.






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William "Big Bill" Morganfield (born 19 June 1956, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 singer and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
, son of blues legend Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield , better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues"....
 (whose real name was McKinley Morganfield).

Career

Morganfield was born in Chicago, raised in Southern Florida and now lives in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. He came to music later in life, having first worked as a teacher
Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
 after earning bachelors degrees in English
English studies

English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics , and English sociolinguistics ....
 from Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University

Tuskegee University is a private university, Historically black colleges and universities university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, Alabama, United States....
 and Communications from Auburn University
Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, Alabama, United States With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty, it is one of the largest university in the state....
.

His first independent album Nineteen Years Old: A Tribute to Muddy Waters was put out on Taxim Records in 1997. It was produced by Billy Earl McCelland and recorded in Memphis. After signing with Blind Pig Records
Blind Pig Records

Blind Pig Records is an American blues record label.Blind Pig was formed in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Jerry Del Giudice, owner of the Blind Pig , and his friend Edward Chmelewski....
, he began releasing albums on that label in 1999. The first, Rising Son, was released to popular and critical acclaim. The magazine Guitar Player
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 expressed their belief that Morganfield's album would have brought a smile to his father's face. In 2000, he won the W.C. Handy Award for Best New Blues Artist.

Morganfield recorded Rising Son in Chicago, the site of many of Waters' recording
Sound recording and reproduction

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 sessions. Bob Margolin
Bob Margolin

File:BobMargolin1996.jpgBob Margolin is an United States blues guitarist.Margolin was a backing musician for Muddy Waters from 1973 to 1980, performing with Waters and The Band in The Last Waltz....
, Waters' guitarist, served as record producer
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 and also appeared on the album. Featured were several of Waters' bandmates, including: drummer
Drummer

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 Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, pianist
Pianist

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 Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins

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, and harmonica
Harmonica

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 player Paul Oscher
Paul Oscher

Paul Oscher is an United States blues singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
. Also in attendance was blues bassist
Bassist

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 Robert Stroger, an ex-member of Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim

Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew , was a blues pianist who was born in the Mississippi Delta and later moved to Chicago, to contribute to that city's post-war scene as a center for blues music....
's band. In 1999 Morganfield appeared at the San Francisco Blues Festival
San Francisco Blues Festival

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.

Ramblin' Mind, Morganfield's next album, featured an appearance by Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal (musician)

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks , who goes by the stage name Taj Mahal, is an internationally recognized blues musician who folds various forms of world music into his offerings....
 on two songs, which also featured Billy Branch
Billy Branch

Billy Branch is a blues harp player and singer of Chicago blues and harmonica blues....
 on harmonica. Mahal also contributed his original composition "Strong Man Holler" to the album. One of Waters' songs, "You're Gonna Miss Me," was also included.

In concert
Concert

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 Morganfield performs his own material with an occasional number from his father's work. In 2007 he headlined the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival
Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival

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.

Album discography

  • 1997 - Nineteen Years Old
  • 1999 - Rising Son
  • 2001 - Ramblin' Mind
  • 2005 - Blues in the Blood


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