Mannish Boy

Muddy Waters was the single most important artist to emerge in post-war American blues. A singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader of one of the strongest bands in the genre, Waters absorbed the influences of rural blues from the Deep South and moved them uptown, injecting his music with a fierce, electric energy and helping pioneer the Chicago Blues style that would come to dominate the music through the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. The depth of Waters’ influence on rock as well as blues is almost incalculable. The original version of “Mannish Boy” was recorded in Chicago on May 24, 1955, under the title “Manish Boy”. “Mannish Boy” was featured on the film soundtracks of Risky Business and Goodfellas, as well as several television commercials, perhaps most notably for Levi’s 501 jeans.

McKinley Morganfield (April 4,1913 April 30, 1983) known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer songwriter and musician who is often cited as the “father of modern Chicago blues”, and an important figure on the post war blues scene. His style of playing has been described as “raining down Delta beatitude”.