CHICAGO (CBS)-- The nine-story-tall Muddy Waters mural in the Loop was formally dedicated Thursday, accompanied by - what else? The blues. The mural has actually been up on the building at State and ...

It’s May 1968 and a turbulent age, with the life-changing political events of half a century still unfolding. Riots and revolution circle this third stone from the sun as war, terrorism and civil ...

Former Muddy Waters band member Paul Oscher plays the real blues. He’s not about fancy guitar riffs and shouting. From his home in Austin, he says, “Telling stories is the most important thing. The ...

For a blues musician, there can scarcely be a more impressive resume than Paul Oscher's. He was the harmonica player in blues legend Muddy Waters' band from 1967–1972, and will showcase what he ...

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OLD SAYBROOK — With a name like Muddy “Mississippi” Waters and an address in Chicago for most of his life, you wouldn’t think blues legend Muddy Waters would be a candidate for enshrinement in the New ...

Pressed to name a classic bluesman, most people will mention B.B. King. The No. 2 slot would probably belong to the man born McKinley Morganfield (1915-1983). Through his incredible work for Chess ...

Mississippi blues harp player James Cotton was certainly considered lucky for the break he got joining Muddy Waters’ band in the late 1950s, taking over a spot previously held by such venerated ...

In the official year of the blues, drummer Francis Clay, now in his seventh decade as a working musician, says he's "having a ball." This San Francisco resident's primary claim to fame is as the ...