# Did Muddy Waters ever play solo slide guitar in standard tuning?

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**Created:** [February 5, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-muddy-waters-ever-play-solo-slide-guitar-in-standard-tuning/1013900 "2025-02-05T02:11:16Z")\
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Whenever I play slide guitar solo (unaccompanied) I use open tunings. Usually Open A or Open E.

But I thought I heard a long time ago that blues legend Muddy Waters (ne’ McKinley Morganfield) recorded some solo slide guitar in Standard tuning. I know he played slide in Standard when he had a band behind him. But that’s different: playing solo, you have to play the backup too, which is hard to do in standard.

TIA.