Born: McKinley Morganfield, April 4, 1915, Rolling Fork, MS
Died: April 30, 1983, Westmont, IL
Instrument: guitar, vocals
Bands: Muddy Waters (1st recording: 1941)
Played with: Son Simms Four (1942), Homer Harris (1946), James Clark (1946), Sunnyland Slim (1947-48), St Louis Jimmy Oden (1948), Leroy Foster (1948), Little Johnny Jones (1949), Jimmy Rogers (1950-54), Junior Wells (1954), Sonny Boy Williamson (1955)
Discography:
| THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS | 1958 |
| SINGS BIG BILL BROONZY | 1959 |
| AT NEWPORT (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, July 3, 1960) | 1960 |
| FOLK SINGER | 1963 |
| THE REAL FOLK BLUES (Compilation) | 1966 |
| MUDDY, BRASS & THE BLUES | 1966 |
| SUPER BLUES (with Bo Diddley & Little Walter) | 1967 |
| THE SUPER SUPER BLUES BAND (with Howlin’ Wolf & Bo Diddley) | 1967 |
| ELECTRIC MUD | 1968 |
| AFTER THE RAIN | 1969 |
| FATHERS AND SONS | 1969 |
| SAIL ON | 1969 |
| McKINLEY MORGANFIELD A.K.A. MUDDY WATERS (Compilation) | 1971 |
| LIVE (AT MR. KELLY’S) | 1971 |
| THE LONDON MUDDY WATERS SESSIONS | 1972 |
| MUD IN YOUR EAR | 1973 |
| CAN’T GET NO GRINDIN’ | 1973 |
| "UNK" IN FUNK | 1974 |
| THE MUDDY WATERS WOODSTOCK ALBUM | 1975 |
| LIVE AT JAZZ JAMBOREE ’76 | 1976 |
| THE WARSAW SESSION | 1976 |
| HARD AGAIN | 1977 |
| I’M READY | 1978 |
| MUDDY MISSISSIPPI WATERS LIVE | 1979 |
| KING BEE | 1981 |
Albums which released later than the recording date:
| THE COMPLETE PLANTATION RECORDINGS (Released in 1993) | 1941-42 |
| RARE AND UNISSUED (Released in 1982) | 1947-54 |
| MORE REAL FOLK BLUES (Released in 1967) | 1948-52 |
| THEY CALL ME MUDDY WATERS (Released in 1971) | 1951-67 |
| HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN | 1964 |
| LIVE RECORDINGS | 1965-73 |
| AUTHORIZED BOOTLEG: LIVE AT THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM (San Francisco, November 4-6, 1966) |
1966 |
| LIVE IN PARIS | 1968 |
| THE LOST TAPES (Live at the Washington University & at the Oregon University; Released in 1999) |
1971 |
| LONDON REVISITED (Split LP with Howlin’ Wolf; Released in 1974) | 1971 |
| MOJO: THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS LIVE | 1971-76 |
| PARIS 1972 (Released in 1997) | 1972 |
| LIVE IN ANTIBES (Recorded July 24, 1974; released in 1988) | 1974 |
| BREAKIN’ IT UP AND BREAKIN’ IT DOWN (Released in 2007) | 1977 |
| LIVE IN CHICAGO | 1979 |
| THE CHESS BOX (Released in 1989) | |
| GOIN’ BACK (Released in 1997) | |
| ONE MORE MILE (Released in 1998) |
DVD, Video:
| CLASSIC CONCERTS | 1960/70/77 |
| IN CONCERT | 1971 |
| THE CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL | 1979 |
As backing musician: (Muddy Waters - guitars)
| Otis Spann: THE BLUES IS WHERE IT'S AT | 1963 |
| Otis Spann: THE BLUES OF OTIS SPANN | 1964 |
| Otis Spann: THE BLUES NEVER DIE | 1964 |
| John Lee Hooker: LIVE AT THE CAFÉ AU-GO-GO | 1966 |
| Big Mama Thornton: WITH THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND (Live in San Francisco, April 25, 1966) |
1966 |
| Otis Spann: THE BOTTOM OF THE BLUES | 1968 |
| George Harmonica Smith: A TRIBUTE TO LITTLE WALTER | 1968 |
| Luther Johnson: WITH THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND | 1969 |
| Otis Spann: CRACKED SPANNER HEAD (Recorded in 1964, overdubbed in 1969) | 1969 |
Band members:
Little Walter - harmonica (1950-56)
Junior Wells - harmonica (1952,55)
Big Walter Horton - harmonica (1953)
James Cotton - harmonica (1956-66,71-72,76,78)
George Smith - harmonica (1966-67,71)
Little Walter - harmonica (1967)
George ‘Mojo’ Buford - harmonica (1967,72,80-81)
Paul Oscher - harmonica (1967-71)
Carey Bell - harmonica (1970-71)
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica (1974-80)
Jimmy Rogers - guitar (1950-55)
Hubert Sumlin - guitar (1956)
Pat Hare - guitar (1956-60)
Matt Murphy - guitar (1961,63)
Earl Hooker - guitar (1962)
Luther Tucker - guitar (1963)
Buddy Guy - guitar (1963)
James ‘Pee Wee’ Madison - guitar (1964-72)
Sam Lawhorn - guitar (1964-67,69-72)
Luther Johnson - guitar (1966-68)
Phil Upchurch - guitar (1968-69)
Pete Cosey - guitar (1968-69)
Roland Faulkner - guitar (1968)
Marshall Hooks - guitar (1968)
Louis Myers - guitar (1972)
Bob Margolin - guitar (1974-80)
Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson - guitar (1974-80)
Johnny Winter - guitar (1976-78,80)
John Primer - guitar (1980-81)
Rick Kreher - guitar (1980-81)
Sunnyland Slim - piano (1948)
Otis Spann - piano (1953-68)
John ‘Big Moose’ Walker organ (1962)
Lafayette Leake - piano (1962,72)
Charles Stepney - organ (1968-69)
Joe ‘Pinetop’ Perkins - piano (1969-80)
Lovie Lee - piano (1980-81)
Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford - bass (1948-51)
Willie Dixon - bass (1953-58,63-64)
Al Hall - bass (1959)
Andrew Stephenson - bass (1959-60)
Milton Rector - bass (1961)
Earnest Johnson - bass (1962,67,80-81)
Ransom Knowling - bass (1964)
Milton Rector - bass (1964)
Calvin Jackson - bass (1965-66)
Mac Arnold - bass (1966)
Sonny Wimberley - bass (1967-70)
Louis Satterfield - bass (1968-69)
Calvin Jones - bass (1969-80)
Dave Myers - bass (1972)
Charles Calmese - bass (1976,78)
Elgin Evans - drums (1951-54)
Fred Below - drums (1954-58,72)
Francis Clay - drums (1955-56,59-61,66-67)
Odie Payne - drums (1956)
George Hunter - drums (1958)
Graham Burbridge - drums (1958)
Shep Sheppard - drums (1959)
Willie Smith - drums (1959,63-67,69-80)
Al Duncan - drums (1961)
Casey Jones - drums (1962)
Clifton James - drums (1963)
Billy Stepney - drums (1963)
SP Leary - drums (1964,67-68)
Morris Jennings - drums (1968-69)
Ray Allison - drums (1980-81)
Alex Atkins - alto sax (1948)
AC Reed - tenor sax (1962)