For the last two years, Mud Morganfield eldest son of the undisputed king of the blues Muddy Waters has been delivering his charismatic Chicago blues of the highest order to audiences around the world.
He looks and sounds strikingly like Muddy that one of his dad's former sidemen said "It's like watching a ghost in the flesh!" Mud, however also has his own very individual mojo working and is touring with the UK's very own top blues talent - West Weston (harp), Ronni Buysack-Boysen (guitar), Ian Jennings (double bass) and Mike Hellier (drums).
This son and proud heir of the King Of Chicago Blues is blessed with a big and powerful voice, deep emotional resonance - and some of that good old-fashioned testosterone laden strut on those classic shuffles!
He has shared the stage and gained the respect of many of his Dad's ex sidemen and Chicago blues superstars, Buddy Guy, Kenny Big Eyes Smith, Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater, Pinetop Perkins, Jimmie Johnson, Mojo Buford, to name but a few and at The 2009 Chicago Blues Festival he shared front man duties with his younger brother Big Bill Morganfield in fronting an all star band including legendary musicans Pinetop Perkins and Willie Big Eyes Smith.
Mixing up sets with his dad's classic songs and his own original material, Mud says, "I started to sing to show the world that dad left me here. I love and am proud to sing his songs just like I love and will always be proud of him. I'm not Muddy Waters and I'm certainly not trying to be Muddy Waters. I'm Mud Morganfield but when I'm up on stage I always feel pops is there with me and it means so much that I can get on stage and keep his music alive around the world."
