Muddy Toilets

McKinley Morganfield (born with Rolling Fork, the Mississippi on April 4th 1915 - died with Westmont, Illinois on April 30th 1983), more known under the name of Muddy Toilets , was an American musician of Blues. It is one of the historical figures of the Chicago Blues .

Biography

Toilets records for the first time in a plantation of the Delta of the Mississippi, with Alan Lomax, for the Bibliothèque of the Congress, in 1940. It leaves later for Chicago, where it changes its acoustic guitar for electric, adding a rhythm section and Harmonica to form the Chicago Blues . Its group plays in the western suburbs of Chicago, before joining Chess Records. Its beginning as a bluesman in Chicago are not obvious, it must there be begun again with three recoveries in front of Leonard Chess, owner of Chess records, before finally signing a contract for its discs.

Its influence is enormous on many musical genres: blues, Rhythm and blues, rock'n'roll, Folk, Jazz, and Country. Toilets will help Chuck Berry to obtain its first contract of recording.

Its concerts in England at the beginning of the Years 1960, made hear for the first time a pure and hard rock group. The Rolling Stones decided to be called thus because of the song of Toilets “Rollin Stone”, so known under the name of “Catfish Blues”. One of great successes of Led Zeppelin, “Whole Lotta Coils”, was based on a song of Toilets “You Need Love”, written by Willie Dixon. Besides this last will write several of the most known songs of Muddy, as “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, “Hoochie Coochie Man”, and “I' m Ready”.

Often opposed at the time of his career to Howlin' Wolf, another artist of Chess Records which was one of its best rivals it will count in his group of many harmonicists of reputation in particular Little Walter who will leave to make a career solo and James Cotton.

One can also quote songs having contributed to the success of Muddy such as “Long distance Cal”, “Mannish Boy”, and the blues-rock'n'roll “I' ve Got My Mojo Working”.

Muddy Toilets east died at the 68 years age and is buried with the cemetery of Restvale, with Alsip in the Illinois, close to Chicago.

Discography

Incomplete discography If you should listen to only one of them: The Anthology (1947 - 1972)

1958 - The Best off Muddy Toilets
1960 - Muddy Toilets Sings Big Bill Broonzy
1960 - At Newport 1960
1964 - Folk Singer
1966 - The Real Folk Blues
1966 - Muddy, Arm & The Blues
1967 - More Real Folk Blues
1967 - Super Blues
1968 - Electric Mud
1969 - After The Rain
1969 - Fathers And Sounds
1969 - Sail One
1971 - They Cal Me Muddy Toilets
1971 - McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Toilets
1971 - Live (At Mr. Kelly'S)
1972 - The London Muddy Toilets Sessions
1973 - Can' T Get No Grindin'
1974 - London Revisted with Howlin' Wolf
1974 - “Unk” In Funk
1974 - The Muddy Toilets Woodstock Album
1976 - Live At Jamboree Jazz “76
1976 - His Best 1947-1955
1977 - Hardware Again
1978 - I' m Ready
1979 - Muddy " Mississippi" Toilets - Live
1981 - King Bee" (Blue Sky label)
1982 - Rolling Stone
1982 - Rare And Unissued
1983 - Muddy & The Wolf
1989 - Disorder No More
1993 - The Supplements Plantation Recordings
1997 - Paris, 1972
1997 - Goin” Back
1998 - One More Mile
1999 - has Tribute To Muddy Waters King Of The Blues
1999 - Hoochie Coochie Man
1999 - The Lost Tapes
2000 - The Golden Anniversary Collection
2001 - The Anthology (1947 - 1972)
2007 - Breakin it up, breakin it down (Epic, live 1977) with Johnny Winter, James Knitting machine, Pinetop Perkins

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