The Current Music Blog: April 30, 2010 Archive

Today In Music History: A Muddy Waters Tribute

Posted at 5:57 AM on April 30, 2010 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Bobby Vee is 67.
Willie Nelson is 77.

Today in:

1965 - The Kinks began their first headlining tour of the U.K. The Yardbirds were the opening act.
1980, The film McVicar, which starred Roger Daltrey, began its run in London. Daltrey scored a modest hit from the soundtrack with "Free Me."
1999 - Marilyn Manson canceled his concert near Denver in the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School.

History Tribute:

On this day in 1983, One of the greatest and most influential of all Chicago blues men, Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield), died of a heart attack at age 68. His recordings, many composed by Willie Dixon, were definitive blues classics, covered by rock greats like The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," "I'm Ready," "Mannish Boy," "Got My Mojo Working," "You Shook Me" were just a few of the tunes he cut. We played a tune you might recognize as one that was used as the basis for "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin: "You Need Love."

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