Muddy Waters , many of whom covered Muddy's music.
Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
He was voted the 17th Greatest Rock n Roll Artist of all time by Entertainment Weekly, being the oldest artist to be include on their list of 50 "immortals."
He helped discover Chuck Berry.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 847-850. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1998.
Children: Joseph, Mercy, Rene, and Rosiland. He has another son who is also a blues musician Big Bill Morganfield.
His cousin is pastor and blues musician Willie Morganfield.
I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn.
