Morganfield, Dave (uncle) ref1
Morganfield, David (grandfather) ref1
Morganfield, Eddie (uncle) ref1, ref2, ref3
Morganfield, Ellis, ref1
Morganfield, Elve (cousin) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Morganfield, Esther, ref1
Morganfield, Fannie, ref1
Morganfield, Freddy, ref1
Morganfield, Geneva Wade (wife) ref1, ref2, ref3; Bo and, ref1; cancer and, ref1; children of, ref1; death of, ref1, ref2; “Little Geneva,” ref1; “Long Distance Call,” ref1; in Muddy’s Chicago house, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; Muddy’s women and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; religion and, ref1
Morganfield, Gertrude Crayton, ref1
Morganfield, Joseph (son) ref1, ref2, ref3; Blackstone Rangers and, ref1; marriage of, ref1; Muddy’s death and, ref1; on Muddy’s fame, ref1, ref2; Muddy’s households and, ref1; namesake, ref1; in Westmont, ref1, ref2, ref3
Morganfield, Larry, ref1
Morganfield, Laurence (grandson) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Morganfield, Lewis (uncle) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Morganfield, Luella, ref1, ref2
Morganfield, Marva (wife) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; “Copper Brown,” ref1; marriage to Muddy, ref1, ref2; meets Muddy, ref1; Muddy’s death and, ref1, ref2, ref3
Morganfield, Mary, ref1
Morganfield, Matthew, ref1
Morganfield, McKinley A. See Waters, Muddy
Morganfield, Mercy (daughter) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Morganfield, Ollie (father) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Morganfield, Ollie, Jr. (uncle) ref1
Morganfield, Poppa (son) ref1
Morganfield, Renee (daughter) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Morganfield, Reverend Willie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Morganfield, Robert (brother) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Morganfield, Roslind (daughter) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Morganfield, Sallie Ann Adams (wife) ref1, ref2
Morganfield, Sissy, ref1
Morganfield, William (son) ref1
Morganfield, Willie, ref1
Morris, Jimmy Lee, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Morrison, Van, ref1
Moss, Buddy, ref1
mouth organ. See harmonicas
Mr. Kelly’s, ref1, ref2, ref3
Muddy, Brass, & the Blues (album) ref1, ref2, ref3
Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live (album) ref1, ref2
Muddy Waters and Friends (album) ref1
Muddy Waters at Newport (album) ref1
Muddy Waters Drive, ref1, ref2
Muddy Waters in Concert 1971 (video) ref1
Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy (album) ref1, ref2
The Muddy Waters Story (album) ref1
Muddy Waters — The Hoochie Coochie Man (play) ref1
Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man (Tooze) ref1
Muddy Waters Tribute Band, ref1
“The Muddy Waters Twist,” ref1, ref2, ref3
Muddy Waters with Little Walter: Mississippi Blues (album), ref1
Muddywood, ref1
Mud in Your Ear (album) ref1
Muhammad, Elijah, ref1
Muldaur, Maria, ref1
Murphy, Matt, ref1, ref2
Murray, Charles Shaar, ref1
Musselwhite, Charlie, ref1, ref2, ref3
“My Black Mama,” ref1, ref2
“My Captain,” ref1
“My Dog Can’t Bark,” ref1, ref2
Myers, Dave, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Myers, Louis, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
“My Foolish Heart,” ref1, ref2
“My Home Is in the Delta,” ref1, ref2
Naftalin, Mark, ref1
Natchez, Mississippi, ref1
Nathan, Syd, ref1
“Natural Born Lover,” ref1
Nerenberg, Michael, ref1
Newport Folk Festival, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Newport Jazz Festival, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
New York Folk Festival, ref1
New York Times, ref1, ref2
Nighthawk, Robert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Nighthawks, ref1, ref2
“Nine Below Zero,” ref1
Nothing but the Blues (Leadbitter) ref1, ref2
Notkin, Nate, ref1, ref2, ref3
“Number One Highway Blues,” ref1
“Number Thirteen Highway,” ref1
100 Club, ref1
Ochs, Phil, ref1
Oden, St. Louis Jimmy, ref1, ref2
Okeh Records, ref1, ref2
Oldham, Colonel John, ref1
Oliver, Paul, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
O’Neal, Jim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
One More Mile (album) ref1, ref2, ref3
Oscher, Paul, ref1; After the Rain album, ref1; car accident, ref1; career after Muddy, ref1, ref2; Dylan and, ref1; gigs and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; joins Muddy’s band, ref1, ref2; Little Walter and, ref1; quits Muddy’s band, ref1, ref2; rehearsals and, ref1; Spann and, ref1, ref2
Owl Cafe, ref1
Palladium, ref1, ref2
Palmer, Robert, ref1
Paramount Records, ref1
Parker, Junior, ref1, ref2
Parkway sessions, ref1
Patterson, Ottilie, ref1
Patton, Charlie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Paul Masson Winery, ref1
Payne, Odie, ref1, ref2
Payne, “Sunshine” Sonny, ref1, ref2
Peabody, Charles, ref1
Peace Festival, ref1
“Pea Vine Blues,” ref1
Pejoe, Morris, ref1
Pendleton, Harold, ref1, ref2
“People and Places” (TV) ref1
Pepper, Johnny, ref1
Pepper’s Lounge, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Perkins, Joe Willie “Pinetop,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Chess Records and, ref1; early development of, ref1; in The Legendary Band, ref1; Rising Son (album) ref1
Perry, Al, ref1, ref2, ref3
Petrillo, James, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Philadelphia Spectrum, ref1
Phillips, Dewey, ref1
Phillips, Earl, ref1
Phillips, Sam, ref1, ref2
“Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie,” ref1
“Piney Brown Blues,” ref1
Pittypat (bassist) ref1
Pleasant, Cousin Joe, ref1
Poor People’s March, ref1
Pork Chop (drummer) ref1
Portnoy, Jerry, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Pot. See Strong, Henry
“Preachin’ Blues,” ref1
“Precious Lord,” ref1
Presley, Elvis, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
“Pretty Girls Everywhere,” ref1
Price, Leonard, ref1
Priestly, Doris, ref1
Primer, John, ref1, ref2
“Prowling Night-Hawk,” ref1
Purple Cat, ref1, ref2
Purro, Barbara “Candy,” ref1
Pye Records, ref1
Quiet Knight, ref1, ref2, ref3
race records, ref1, ref2
Rachel, Yank, ref1, ref2
racism, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Radio City Music Hall, ref1
Rainey, Ma, ref1
Raitt, Bonnie, ref1, ref2, ref3
Raw Blues (album) ref1
RCA, ref1, ref2
RCO label, ref1
Real Folk Blues (album) ref1, ref2
recording sessions, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; ban on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; with Chess Records, ref1, ref2. See also Aristocrat Records; Chess Records; Fisk–Library of Congress recordings
Red Beans Records, ref1
Red Onion, ref1
“Th
e Red Rooster,” ref1
Reed, Jimmy, ref1, ref2
Regal Records, ref1
Restvale Cemetery, ref1, ref2
Revenant Records, ref1, ref2
Rhett, Ellis, ref1
Rhythm Night Club, ref1
Rice. See Williamson, Sonny Boy, II
Richards, Keith, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Richardson, Beulah, ref1
Riggins, Richard “Harmonica Slim,” ref1
Ripperton, Minnie, ref1
Rising Son (album) ref1
Riverside Hotel, ref1
Robertson, Robbie, ref1
Robeson, Paul, ref1
Robinson, Jimmie Lee, ref1, ref2
Robinson, Joe, ref1
Robinson, Sylvia, ref1, ref2
rock and roll, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ref1
“Rocket ref1,” ref2, ref3, ref4
“Rock Me,” ref1
Rogers, Dorothy, ref1
Rogers, Jimmy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14; on amps, ref1; as bandleader, ref1; on Big Bill Broonzy, ref1; Big Crawford and, ref1; Chess Records and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; death of, ref1, ref2; early development of, ref1, ref2, ref3; gigs and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; harmonica playing, ref1; Howlin’ Wolf and, ref1; on KFFA radio, ref1, ref2; Little Walter and, ref1, ref2; Muddy’s cancer and, ref1; Muddy’s death and, ref1; plays with Sonny Boy Williamson, ref1; quits Muddy’s band, ref1, ref2; recordings and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Regal Records and, ref1; rehearsals at Muddy’s, ref1; retires, ref1; reunites with Muddy, ref1, ref2, ref3; on scabbing, ref1; Shaw agency and, ref1; Spann and, ref1, ref2
“Rollin’ and Tumblin’,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Rolling Fork, Mississippi, ref1, ref2, ref3
Rolling Stone, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Rolling Stones, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Chess and, ref1, ref2; influence of Muddy on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; jam with Muddy, ref1; meet Muddy, ref1, ref2; at Montreux, ref1; Muddy’s funeral, ref1
“Rollin’ Stone,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
“Roll Over Beethoven,” ref1
Romancing the Folk (Filene) ref1
Romeo’s Place, ref1
Rooney, James, ref1
Rooster Records, ref1, ref2
“Rosalie,” ref1
Rosebud Agency, ref1
Rosner, Tim, ref1
Rounder Records, ref1
Roundhouse Club, ref1
Rowe, Bill, ref1
Rowe, Mike, ref1
Ruby’s Show Lounge, ref1
Ruby’s Tavern, ref1
Rudy’s Chicken Palace, ref1
Rush, Bobby, ref1
Rush, Otis, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Russell, Leon, ref1
708 Club, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
“Sad Letter,” ref1
Sail On (album) ref1
“The Same Thing,” ref1
Satterfield, Louis, ref1
saxophones, ref1
scabbing, ref1, ref2, ref3
Schlacter, Marvin, ref1
Scorsese, Martin, ref1, ref2
“Screamin’ and Cryin’,” ref1
Screbneski, Victor, ref1
Searching for Robert Johnson (Guralnick) ref1
Seeger, Pete, ref1
Selah Jubilee Singers, ref1
Sellers, Brother John, ref1
sharecropping, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Shaw, Billy, ref1
Shaw Artists Corporation, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
“She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain,” ref1
Shelter Records, ref1
“She Moves Me,” ref1, ref2, ref3
“She’s All Right,” ref1
“She’s Forty Years Old,” ref1
“She’s into Something,” ref1
“She’s Nineteen Years Old,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
“Shimmy Baby,” ref1
Shines, Johnny, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
“shoe stump” music, ref1
“Short Dress Woman,” ref1
Shurman, Dick, ref1
Silvertone Records, ref1
Silvio’s, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Sims, Son, ref1, ref2, ref3; band of, ref1, ref2, ref3; fiddle style of, ref1; Fisk–Library of Congress recordings, ref1, ref2, ref3; influence of, on Muddy, ref1, ref2; Lomax and, ref1; in Memphis, ref1
“Sitting on Top of the World,” ref1, ref2
Smith, Bessie, ref1
Smith, Claude. See Blue Smitty
Smith, George “Harmonica,” ref1
Smith, James, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Smith, J. N., ref1
Smith, Little George, ref1, ref2
Smith, Mamie, ref1
Smith, O’Brien, ref1
Smith, Pinetop, ref1
Smith, Willie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Big Bill Morganfield and, ref1; car accident, ref1; drumming style of, ref1, ref2; gambling and, ref1; Geneva and, ref1; joins Muddy’s band, ref1, ref2; in The Legendary Band, ref1, ref2; Little Walter and, ref1; in Mississippi, ref1; racism and, ref1; recordings and, ref1, ref2; at Smitty’s, ref1; Spann and, ref1; women and, ref1, ref2
Smitty’s Corner, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Smothers, Big Smokey, ref1, ref2
Smothers, Little Smokey, ref1
Snake. See Johnson, Luther
songwriting, ref1
Son Sims Four, ref1, ref2, ref3
Sounds Incarcerated, ref1
SoundStage (TV) ref1
Spain, Leola: in Chicago, ref1; death of, ref1; in Mississippi, ref1; Muddy’s cancer and, ref1; Muddy’s children and, ref1, ref2, ref3; Muddy’s funeral and, ref1; relationship with Muddy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; visits Stovall, ref1
Spanish tunings, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Spann, Frank Houston, ref1
Spann, Josephine Erby, ref1
Spann, Lucille, ref1, ref2
Spann, Marie, ref1
Spann, Otis, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; “Blues and Gospel Train,” ref1; Broonzy and, ref1; Chess Records and, ref1; death of, ref1; drinking and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; in England, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; gigs and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Junior Wells and, ref1; in Muddy’s Chicago house, ref1, ref2, ref3; Musselwhite and, ref1; physical description of, ref1; piano style of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; quits Muddy’s band, ref1; recordings and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Speckled Red, ref1
Speir, H. C., ref1
spirituals, ref1, ref2
Spivey, Victoria, ref1, ref2, ref3
“Spoonful,” ref1
Squeeze Club, ref1
Stackhouse, Houston, ref1, ref2, ref3
standby market, ref1
“Standing Around Crying,” ref1, ref2
Standish, Tony, ref1, ref2
Staples, Pop, ref1
Staple Singers, ref1
Starr, Ringo, ref1
Steel, John, ref1
Stephenson, Andrew, ref1
Stepney, Charles, ref1
Sterno. See canned heat
Stewart, Rod, ref1
“Still a Fool,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Stills, Stephen, ref1
St. Louis, ref1, ref2, ref3
“St. Louis Blues,” ref1, ref2
“The Story of Soul” tour, ref1
Stovall, Bobby, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Stovall, Carter, ref1
Stovall, Colonel Howard, III, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Stovall, John, ref1
Stovall, William Howard, III, ref1
Stovall Farms, ref1, ref2, ref3
Stovall Plantation, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
St. Pancras Town Hall, ref1
Strandberg, Willie, ref1
“Streamline Woman,” ref1
St. Regis Hotel, ref1
string bands, ref1, ref2
Strong, Henry, ref1
Strong, Juanita, ref1
Sugar Hill Records, ref1
“Sugar Sweet,” ref1
Sumlin, Hubert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Sunnyland Slim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Broonzy and, ref1; Chess Records and, ref1; joins Muddy, ref1; Muddy’s funeral, ref1; piano style of, ref1; recordings and, ref1, ref2, ref3; theme song of, ref1
Sun Records, ref1, ref2
Super Blues (album) ref1, ref2
sweet jazz, ref1
Sweet Soul Music (Guralnick) ref1
swing music, ref1
Sykes, Roosevelt, ref1, ref2, ref3
Taj Mahal, ref1
“Take Sick and Die,” ref1
“Take the Bitter with the Sweet,” ref1
Talley, Thomas Washington, ref1
Tampa Red, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Taylor, Eddie, ref1
Taylor, Hound Dog, ref1
Taylor, Koko, ref1, ref2
Tempo Tone label, ref1
“Terraplane,” ref1, ref2
Terry, Sonny, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Testament Records, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Texas Alexander, ref1
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
“That’s All Right,” ref1, ref2
Theresa’s Bar, ref1, ref2
“They Call Me Muddy Waters,” ref1
They Call Me Muddy Waters (album) ref1, ref2
This Wheel’s on Fire (Helm) ref1
Thomas, Blewett, ref1
Thomas, Percy, ref1
Thornton, Big Mama, ref1, ref2, ref3
Thorogood, George, ref1
Three Deuces, ref1
“Three Hundred Pounds of Joy,” ref1
“Three O’Clock Blues,” ref1
Tibbs, Andrew, ref1, ref2
Tick Tock Lounge, ref1
Tooze, Sandra B., ref1
Townsend, Henry, ref1, ref2
Tracy, Jack, ref1, ref2
“Train Fare Home,” ref1
traveling shows, ref1
Trendsetter Award, ref1
Triplett, James, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
“Trouble,” ref1, ref2
“Trouble No More,” ref1, ref2
Trump Club, ref1