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The blues legend’s former home will be transformed into The Muddy Waters MOJO Museum – incorporating a community centre and recording studio.
The former Chicago home of Muddy Waters is to be transformed into a blues museum after it was given a $50,000 grant through the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
The house at 4339 S. Lake Park Avenue in North Kenwood will now become The Muddy Waters MOJO Museum, and will incorporate a blues museum, a recording studio, a small live venue and a community garden.
Waters bought the property in 1954 and lived at the address for 20 years, with the house becoming a gathering place for Waters and other blues musicians who would get together for jams in the basement.
His great-granddaughter Chandra Cooper tells the Hyde Park Herald: “We want to be able to support older artists as well and as a small venue where people can go in the basement and do a little recording.
“While it wasn’t a recording studio downstairs, we’d like to incorporate that into the overall experience.”
Cooper added: “It was so significant to get this grant money from the trust, because it’s really saving this house from any more deterioration.”
The renovation project is expected to take two years to complete.
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- Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2021 11:55)on January 19, 2021 at 2:40 pm
MUDDY WATERS Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live (1979 UK 7-track LP, a great live album from the blues legend, produced by Johnny Winter. The picture sleeve is Excellent with some minor ring wear & is complete with the illustrated credit insert.The vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play SKY83422)
- Muddy Waters - Folk Singer - US - vinyl LP - £40.00, $50.00, €44.80 (New Item) (arrived 21-Dec-2020 10:45)on January 19, 2021 at 2:40 pm
MUDDY WATERS Folk Singer (1977 US 9-track LP, which saw the great bluesman backed by Willy Dixon [bass], Buddy Guy [guitar] & Clifton James [drums] in an amazing Chess session from September 1963. The picture sleeve shows some minor wear and has the deletion notch, while the vinyl is Excellent with only a few faint paper scuffs to show play CH1483)
- Muddy Waters - Original Blues Classics - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €22.40 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2020 10:21)on January 19, 2021 at 2:40 pm
MUDDY WATERS Original Blues Classics (2014 UK 14-track 180gram vinyl compilation LP, with picture sleeve. Includes classic Muddy Waters tracks Manish Boy, Got My Mojo Working, Baby Please Don't Go and many more. The sleeve shows minimal wear from storage, while the vinyl itself displays little evidence of play CATLP103)
- Muddy Waters - Rare And Unissued - Italian - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 05-Dec-2020 16:48)on January 19, 2021 at 2:40 pm
MUDDY WATERS Rare And Unissued (1984 Italian 14-track LP compilation of tracks recorded between 1949 and 1960, picture sleeve. The sleeve has some light edge scuffing and storage wear, whilst the vinyl looks barely played GCH8010)
- Muddy Waters - Rare And Unissued - Italian - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 05-Dec-2020 14:32)on January 19, 2021 at 2:40 pm
MUDDY WATERS Rare And Unissued (1984 Italian 14-track LP compilation of tracks recorded between 1949 and 1960, picture sleeve. The sleeve has some light edge scuffing and storage wear, whilst the vinyl looks barely played GCH8010)
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