# If I like Muddy Waters' music... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530 "2014-09-25T15:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/1 "2014-09-25T15:12:13Z")
…what other artists will I like? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/2 "2014-09-25T15:18:43Z")
Well, the first two I’d suggest trying out would be Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker. Both are usually more solemn than Muddy Waters, but they’re both icons of Chicago blues. There’s also Johnny Winter. Muddy Waters liked him enough he had him play on and produce his albums. What’s it about Muddy that you like? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/3 "2014-09-25T15:22:08Z")
Have you poked around on YouTube for ideas? Usually the sidebars are loaded with similar artists. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/4 "2014-09-25T15:48:28Z")
Willie Dixon and B.B. King might fit your bill. And of course you can plug Muddy Waters into Pandora and get their suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/5 "2014-09-25T15:51:38Z")
You might like Paul Rodgers’ tribute album [Muddy Water Blues](http://www.amazon.com/Muddy-Water-Blues-Tribute-Waters/dp/B00006JOCR) ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/6 "2014-09-25T16:15:48Z")
Might want to check out [Robert Johnson](http://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Johnson) - an [incredibly influential blues player](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson) mainly Mississippi Delta Blues, who alas died at the [age of 27](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club) ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/7 "2014-09-25T17:24:49Z")
You might find Ali Farka Toure and/or son Vieux Farka Toure interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/8 "2014-09-25T18:06:38Z")
SRV - Stevie Ray Vaughn Unfortunately we lost him way too soon ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/9 "2014-09-25T18:17:20Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Well, the first two I’d suggest trying out would be Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker. Both are usually more solemn than Muddy Waters, but they’re both icons of Chicago blues. Hah! The very two I was going to mention! But yeah, just look up “Chicago blues”. As far as specific artists – I would suggest Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Otis Spann, Elmore James, Slim Harpo, and Lightnin’ Hopkins, just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/10 "2014-09-25T18:19:10Z")
Probably not John Hiatt, because he’s always crossing Muddy Waters. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/11 "2014-09-25T19:23:59Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Well, the first two I’d suggest trying out would be Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker. Both are usually more solemn than Muddy Waters, but they’re both icons of Chicago blues. > > There’s also Johnny Winter. Muddy Waters liked him enough he had him play on and produce his albums. > > What’s it about Muddy that you like? That VOICE. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/12 "2014-09-25T19:32:06Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > There’s also Johnny Winter. Muddy Waters liked him enough he had him play on and produce his albums. As I’m sure you know, they also performed together onstage. The live album from MW’s 1977 tour is great. _Breakin’ it UP, Breakin’ it DOWN (Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton)_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/13 "2014-09-25T19:33:56Z")
Try Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/14 "2014-09-25T20:26:07Z")
> [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](#): > > Might want to check out [Robert Johnson](http://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Johnson) - an [incredibly influential blues player](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson) mainly Mississippi Delta Blues, who alas died at the [age of 27](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club) Muddy Waters said that Robert Johson [sold his soul to the Devil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson) to be able to sing the blues. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/15 "2014-09-25T20:35:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Muddy Waters said that Robert Johson [sold his soul to the Devil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson) to be able to sing the blues. It’s true! It was well documented in _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/16 "2014-09-25T20:55:47Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > It’s true! It was well documented in _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ You need a more direct [cite](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/?ref_=nv_sr_2) than that. Crossroads has a great soundtrack including a lot of original for the movie harp work from Sonny Terry. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/17 "2014-09-25T21:49:41Z")
Koko Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/18 "2014-09-25T22:05:20Z")
Albert King. [Here he is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26qBxol3Lx0) with Stevie Ray Vaughn accompanying. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/19 "2014-09-25T22:12:10Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Koko Taylor 🙂 Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530/20 "2014-09-25T22:29:43Z")
I agree with all mentioned in the thread. I would add is Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, who was the original front man for the Grateful Dead until he drank himself to death. After Pig died the Dead were never heard from again. I think Muddy outlived him. And Janis Joplin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-muddy-waters-music/699530.md?page=2)