Deep Mud Mud Morganfield

• 1 Bring Me My Whiskey 04:15
• 2 Big Frame Woman 03:54
• 3 Strange Woman 05:37
• 4 Don't Leave Me 05:05
• 5 She's Getting Her Groove On 06:37
• 6 Ernestine 04:36
• 7 Strike Like Lightning 04:33
• 8 Cosigner Man 06:26
• 9 Lover Man 02:44
• 10 In and Out of My Life 04:26
• 11 The Man That You're With 05:38
• 12 Carolina 03:56
• 13 Country Boy 05:12
• 14 A Dream Walking 05:03
• Total Runtime 01:08:02

Info for Deep Mud

“It is such a privilege to release the aptly titled, Deep Mud,” says Sallie Bengtson about the Mud Morganfield signing. “Drawing from a great reservoir of paternal musical heritage combined with a lifetime of maternal nurturing, Mud and his music are grounded in respect and love. He honors his roots while also advancing his legacy of the Chicago electric blues sound.”

“I’m always writing and thinking about music. The songs on this album are from the past year, which was a really hard time for me,” reflects Mud Morganfield. “My life changed forever when the doctor told us they couldn’t do anything else for my mother. We lost her in March. She was my biggest supporter from day one. Her love is the music in my heart.”

“For the last couple of decades, Mud has followed in his beloved dad’s mammoth footsteps, staunchly keeping the traditional Chicago blues flame alight by faithfully singing Muddy’s songs as well as plenty of his own originals in front of an all-star band of local heavy-hitters,” writes Bill Dahl in the album’s liner notes. “Recently, he hit the main stage at the 2025 Chicago Blues Festival to belt his father’s “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” as one of the main cogs in a gala celebration of Chess Records’ 75th anniversary, looking and sounding every bit the heir to Muddy’s gilded throne.”

Recorded at JoyRide Studio in Chicago, ‘Deep Mud’ is real, honest, unvarnished blues from front to back, the way Muddy himself proudly did it during the genre’s hallowed heyday as he laid the bedrock foundation for the electric Chicago blues ensemble approach. “Listen, man, it is Chicago blues. No rock-blues here for Mud,” he states. I talk and I sing about real things, real live people, real situations, things that people go through, from falling in love to beautiful women. So, it’s Chicago blues at its best. They ain’t trying to do that no more, but that’s what it is.”

That deeply-held commitment to Chicago blues tradition defines Deep Mud. Except for two lovingly rendered Chess-era Muddy revivals (“Country Boy” and “Strange Woman”), Mud’s originals dominate the hard-hitting set. As usual, his studio cohorts were the cream of the crop (many of whom have played on Mud’s previous albums): guitarists Rick Kreher (an integral member of Waters’ last touring band) and Mike Wheeler, keyboardists Roosevelt “Mad Hatter” Purifoy and Sumito “Ariyo” Ariyoshi, bassist E.G. McDaniel, and drummer Melvin “Pookie Styx” Carlisle lay down tough, uncompromising grooves loaded with timeless Windy City tradition. Harpist Studebaker John filled multiple roles as Mud’s producer and arranger, with trumpeter Phil Perkins arranging the horns.

“The album wouldn’t sound like it sounds without Studebaker John’s ears,” notes Mud. “The man has a fantastic ear.”

Mud Morganfield, vocals (all tracks), bass (3)
Rick Kreher, guitar (all tracks)
Melvin “Pooky Styx” Carlisle, drums (all tracks)
Studebaker John, harmonica (tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7,9,11,12,13)
Mike Wheeler, guitar (all tracks except 3,13,14)
E.G. McDaniel, bass (all tracks except 3,13)
Sumito Ariyo Ariyoshi, piano (tracks 1,2,3,4,7,9,10,11,12)
Roosevelt Purifoy, piano (tracks 5,6,8), organ (tracks 5,6,8,14)
Rodrigo Mantovani, upright bass (track 13)
Phil Perkins, trumpet (tracks 5,8)
Felicia Collins, background vocals (tracks 8, 10, 14)
Kristen Lowe, background vocals (tracks 8, 10)
Jacole Avent, background vocals (track 14)
Demetrias M. Hall, background vocals (track 14)

Mud Morganfield
Muddy Waters or Mud Morganfield? It's almost impossible to tell. Of course, nothing would please Mud more than hearing people say he sounds just like his late father "Muddy Waters" on the track "Loco Motor" from his new album Son Of The Seventh Son. Naturally, Mud, the eldest son of legendary bluesman "Muddy Waters", was drawn to music at an early age. He learned to make the best of his famous father's hectic touring schedule, seeing Muddy only during brief respites at home in Chicago. Ever the devoted father, Muddy bought his son a drum set every Christmas, which Mud learned to play at age seven. Later, he switched to bass guitar while delving into songwriting. Mud entertained the idea of becoming a professional musician after Muddy's death in 1983. Blues fans were introduced to Mud at a tribute concert to his father in 2007, but his performance at the Chicago Blues Festival that same year brought him instant recognition. His album PORTRAIT, featuring 2 previously unreleased songs, was released to worlwide applause in 2022. Mud composed most of the songs on his award-winning album Son Of The Seventh Son, including "Blues In My Shoes." He also performs the Muddy Waters tune, "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had." According to producer and harmonica player Bob Corritore, the CD "brings you the great Mud Morganfield in all his glory." It was recorded in Chicago and features some of the city's top Blues musicians. In 2014, Mud's album, For Pops, recorded in tribute to his late father, together with fabulous Thunderbirds frontman, Kim Wilson, sees him make a very personal statement about his roots. In March 2018 Mud's album They Call Me Mud was released on Severn Records to critical acclaim. Produced by Mud Morganfield and Rick Kreher (who also plays guitar on the CD and was a guitarist in the Muddy Waters band), They Call Me Mud was recorded at Joyride Studios in in Mud’s Chicago hometown. Mud penned 10 of the album’s 12 songs, with two others coming from his illustrious father’s catalog, “Howling Wolf” and “Can’t Get No Grinding.” Mud's travels are taking him and his music worldwide, with appearances in the biggest festivals and venues, such as the legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and the Royal Albert Hall Blues Fest in London, England, and on to iconic TV shows such as Later... with Jools Holland on BBC TV in the UK, plus featuring in a TV documentary by a modern Bluesman of international fame, Hugh Laurie, with whom he has also appeared on stage in Chicago. Mud is taking his surge in popularity in stride, "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," he says.

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