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    • Muddy Waters - CLARKSDALE, MS - APRIL 13:  Customers hang out on the front porch outside Ground Zero Blues Club April 13, 2013 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Dozens of blues artists performed in Clarksdale over the weekend during the city's Juke Joint Festival, a celebration of the region's musical heritage. Clarksdale is located at the crossroads of Highways 61 and 49 where, according to legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his mastery of the blues guitar. In addition to Robert Johnson the town has been home to Muddy Waters, Big Jack Johnson, Ike Turner, Pinetop Perkins, W. C. Handy and other music legends.
    • Muddy Waters - Olam's Chief Executive Sunny Verghese (C) speaks to reporters during a press conference in Singapore on December 3, 2012. Farm commodities trader Olam's chief executive bought one million shares in the firm to boost shareholder confidence amid a withering attack from influential US short-seller Muddy Waters.
    • Muddy Waters - Desmond Richardson, the founding artistic director of the Complexions contemporary ballet company, performs his new work about evocative and requited love 'On Holiday', in Sydney on September 15, 2010. The New York City-based troupe blends classical and rock ballet styles set to blues, pop and rock including the music of U2, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Muddy Waters.
    • Muddy Waters - The Complexions contemporary ballet company from the US perform 'Rise' during a rehearsal in Sydney on September 15, 2010. The New York City-based troupe blends classical and rock ballet styles set to blues, pop and rock including the music of U2, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Muddy Waters.
    • Muddy Waters - Desmond Richardson, the founding artistic director of the Complexions contemporary ballet company, lifts Christina Dooling while performing 'Rise' in Sydney on September 15, 2010. The New York City-based troupe blends classical and rock ballet styles set to blues, pop and rock including the music of U2, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Muddy Waters.
    • Muddy Waters - The Complexions contemporary ballet company from the US perform 'Rise' during a rehearsal in Sydney on September 15, 2010. The New York City-based troupe blends classical and rock ballet styles set to blues, pop and rock including the music of U2, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Muddy Waters.
    A postwar Chicago blues scene without the magnificent contributions of Muddy Waters is absolutely unimaginable. From the late '40s on, he eloquently defined the city's aggressive, swaggering, Delta-rooted sound with his declamatory vocals and piercing slide guitar attack. When he passed away in 1983, the Windy City would never quite recover. Like many of his contemporaries on the Chicago circuit, ...more


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