we all know the famous blues musician, Muddy Waters. We all know that this is not his original name. There is a song by Bessie Smith (God Bless Bessie!!) by the same name....about her "Mississippi Delta home" which is fallacious because she was from Chattanooga...
but anyway, did Muddy Waters (a.k.a. McKinley Morganfield) take his show name directly from Bessie's song? Is there a link between the song and his name? If so please explain.
I'm not too good with dates, would Bessie been a contemporary of Muddy or would she have been before him, thus establishing his use of her song title for the name?
2006-09-21
15:28:12
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Mr. Fancy Pants
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