<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Muddy-waters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/muddy-waters Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:55:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Bob Dylan had me, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Ronnie Wood, Levon Helm and Paul Butterfield. It wasn’t the greatest music I ever played”: Bob Margolin on The Last Waltz, the jam party afterwards and his years with Muddy Waters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bob-margolin-muddy-waters-last-waltz 75YnRd9VhFTbJsa5YJkyYg Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I saw the harmonica player, and he asked me, ‘Do you have any reefer?’ He also said, ‘Oh, Muddy just fired somebody last night...’” Bob Margolin had long admired Muddy Waters – then came a chance backstage encounter, and the gig of a lifetime ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bob-margolin-on-how-he-landed-the-muddy-waters-gig 2VbBzC873EfCqFDS36dYDB Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:08:30 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:06:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A call for peace, justice, and unity in a divided world”: Eric Bibb pays tribute to blues pioneer Muddy Waters in new single – taken from upcoming album with John Mayer and Paul McCartney collaborator ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-bibb-muddy-waters-tribute fzratW5rtgzWyzPsA9L34n Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:46:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Since Clapton was in London, I was tapped to fill in the spaces – I was given credit in the ‘special thanks’ section”: He played with blues legends and taught Trey Anastasio. Now Paul Asbell is reflecting on 50 years as a player’s player ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/paul-asbell-stages-memoir fBkiuufZj3nQiAEhy3UKQc Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:10:28 +0000 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:01:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Muddy Waters and BB King, I knew ’em before they passed away, and they told me, ‘Man, if you outlive me, just try to keep the blues alive’”: Buddy Guy is still on the road – and he’s back on the big screen in Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/buddy-guy-sinners-appearane Z6AgJgPLqSPGY3muTra65B Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:26:18 +0000 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:56:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Chess was cussin' when I got to the session with Muddy. But when he heard me, he just sat there with his mouth open”: Leonard Chess wanted to cash in on the folk boom, and asked Muddy Waters to bring him an old acoustic bluesman. He brought him Buddy Guy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/muddy-waters-buddy-guy-leonard-chess-acoustic-album fcWD8ZvDJVFfJhix3T7kBn Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:18:10 +0000 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:32:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I view the instrument I play not as an object to be mastered, but as a partner with which to share with the listener a meaning”: Pioneering pedal steel guitar virtuoso Susan Alcorn has died aged 71 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pedal-steel-guitar-virtuoso-susan-alcorn-has-died-aged-71 AFN8C2D4e8AS9vURcRyuG6 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:09:56 +0000 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:53:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can only imagine the effect this had on the young Keith Richards and Eric Clapton”: 9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/essential-british-blues-boom-albums-for-guitarists sHdpHWeV8kYayemk6CeXhk Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:39:35 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:55:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we finished playing, Bill Clinton came up and introduced himself – with the Secret Service all around. A couple of weeks later, I got this envelope in the mail from the White House”: Jimmy D. Lane was raised among blues greats, but found his own way ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jimmy-d-lane-interview mGiDiW7XnYim8sbwdwg99L Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:47:01 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:23:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Muddy Waters is a blues guitar icon who pioneered the sound of electric guitar in popular music – and invented a new soloing language as he did it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/muddy-waters-slide-open-tuning GU8awSeMnJd9wAgo7YBWcc Wed, 08 May 2024 10:57:49 +0000 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:01:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 legendary blues guitars, from Lucille to Lucy and the ‘Loch Ness Monster of Les Pauls’ –a priceless Gibson that has been missing for more than 50 years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/10-legendary-blues-guitars DMpLXd8HwtpmssJGTFbNZc Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:30:28 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wrote Black Dog on a train. There was a Muddy Waters song with a riff that never ended...” HowJohn Paul Jones wrote Led Zeppelin's Black Dog ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-john-paul-jones-wrote-black-dog LkECq9XBEcuvF6a6fh86aG Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:00:22 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Primer: "When I played with Muddy Waters, he set my amp tone up for me. I use the same settings he gave me back in the mid-'70s" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/john-primer-hard-times-muddy-waters 5ZTEW2mmYuVAoB7p9dDSVZ Fri, 05 May 2023 10:55:41 +0000 Fri, 05 May 2023 10:58:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Primer: “I tried the Cry Baby wah pedal and a phase shifter, but the blues guys said, ‘Hey, you throw that thing in the garbage’” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/john-primer-hard-times-interview xu3dnbGTHZjyonFL6ez6Gh Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:42:13 +0000 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:09:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to make the most of open strings in blues guitar solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/how-to-make-the-most-of-open-strings-in-blues-guitar-solos miEEo3iVuWcRtkHYHB6pcc Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:29:56 +0000 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:07:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to incorporate open-string drones into an improvised blues solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/open-string-drones-blues-guitar-solos AMeeg7wmXdo83gxEckPbnV Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:44:47 +0000 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:24:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Learn the slippery soloing style of Muddy Waters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/muddy-waters-blues-soloing-style cJcssCcXy7pWWMG8Dudr6K Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:14:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Muddy Waters' former Chicago home to be turned into community center and blues museum ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/muddy-waters-former-chicago-house-to-be-turned-into-community-center-and-blues-museum YFeFnAwnTnR5Yu2FUwrvYV Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:44:11 +0000 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:47:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Muddy Waters' Vintage Dr. Pepper Radio Commercial ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/muddy-waters-dr-pepper-radio-ad j4DBNjpXC6tEDjWfWkTxAX Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:50:44 +0000 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:51:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Career-Spanning Rory Gallagher Set, ‘Blues,’ To Be Released May 31 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/career-spanning-rory-gallagher-set-blues-to-be-released-may-31 vHoSajJWMZdL85NTonWiZe Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:48:39 +0000 Wed, 01 May 2019 20:07:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mojo Workin': 10 Damn Impressive Muddy Waters Covers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/mojo-workin-10-great-muddy-waters-covers AxmR2JFvunqgPwP9JLQ6YQ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:59:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to Billy Gibbons' Cover of Muddy Waters' "Standing Around Crying" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/hear-billy-gibbons-cover-of-muddy-waters-standing-around-crying 4zWN3G9smneMqfoZkKArgc Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:07:06 +0000 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:08:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Jimi Hendrix's Previously Unreleased Cover of "Mannish Boy" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/hear-jimi-hendrix-previously-unreleased-cover-mannish-boy xcCN3JaPbUxEEHkbFGC8GL Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:38:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Unraveling the Mysteries of Chicago and Texas Blues Shuffles, Part 1 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/unraveling-mysteries-chicago-and-texas-blues 2pnnS4kXJysS6bXKXkfzQU Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:00:08 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Buddy Guy Shares Muddy Waters' Last Words to Him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/buddy-guy-shares-muddy-waters-last-words-him j22ZxzXHS8MFzZqcyNgNyi Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:21:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Rolling Stones and Buddy Guy Play "Champagne and Reefer" — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-rolling-stones-jam-champagne-and-reefer-buddy-guy-video wANRwJUUPrwjMSKzM8QeV9 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:56:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tedeschi and Trucks Perform an Acoustic "Rollin' and Tumblin'" Live — Video Finds ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation/acoustic-nation-susan-tedeschi-and-derek-trucks-perform-acoustic-rollin-and-tumblin-live-video-finds 3T6jBVxMdWVoF6vgjpXisV Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:56:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa Covers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf on New DVD — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-covers-muddy-waters-and-howlin-wolf-new-dvd-video vBRQrYdKY3bjgYVjxknKzD Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:00:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Muddy Waters & Rolling Stones Live at The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981' Coming to CD/DVD in July ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/muddy-waters-rolling-stones-live-checkerboard-lounge-chicago-1981-coming-cddvd-july MTx87Ep4B6dKMZ4nkaEUKf Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:44:01 +0000