A Blues giant

布鲁斯巨人

　

Muddy Waters

References:

参考资料

Official Website of Muddy Waters

官方网站

Discography of Muddy Waters

专辑目录

Background Music:

背景音乐

I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man   

简   介

这位最有影响力的芝加哥布鲁斯艺人出生名为McKinley Morganfield，他在密西西比三角洲布鲁斯音乐中加入了电吉他，使之现代化，开创了现在为人熟知的合奏为特点的芝加哥风格，发动了一场声音革命。Waters在棉田中长大，小时候自学了口琴演奏。不久他操起了吉他，如饥似渴地学习Robert Johnson、Son House等人的经典三角洲布鲁斯。为了寻找更好的生活，1940年代他去了芝加哥，在那里遇到了Big Bill Broonzy和Sunnyland Slim，开始录制一些几乎称得上是现代布鲁斯范本的音乐。他逐渐形成了自己的风格，作品有进取精神，很少歌词。他突破了乡村布鲁斯，加入了热烈的舞蹈节奏，使用了电吉他还有钢琴和鼓。他的音乐后来因其独有的芝加哥形式被称作城市布鲁斯。

Brief introduction

Born by the name of McKinley Morganfield, the most influential Chicago bluesman modernized the Mississippi Delta blues by adding an electric guitar, developing the now-ubiquitous ensemble-driven Chicago style, revolutionizing the music's sound. Waters grew up in the cotton country and taught himself to play harmonica as a child. He took up the guitar somewhat later and eagerly absorbed the classic delta blues styles of Robert Johnson, Son House, and others. Moved to Chicago during the 1940s to find a better life, there he met Big Bill Broonzy and Sunnyland Slim, and began recording what is almost a canon of modern blues. He gradually evolved a style of his own, aggressive and less purely lyrical. He broke with the country blues style by playing over a heavy dance rhythm, adopting the electric guitar, and adding piano and drums. His music came to be known as urban blues in its characteristic Chicago form.

Audios online

音频在线

Sample albums on CD Universe

Sample albums on VH1

Sample albums on All of Mp3

Sample albums on Emusic

Sample albums on CDNOW

Sample albums on 微播音乐

Jul 24, 2005