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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 - Good News Volume 3 - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 23-May-2022 11:08)on May 27, 2022 at 4:33 pm
MUDDY WATERS Good News Volume 3 (1971 UK 13-track LP featuring recordings from 1955 to 1958, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just light corner or shelfwear & the vinyl appears near mint S.C.002)
- Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $63.00, €59.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-May-2022 11:52)on May 27, 2022 at 4:33 pm
MUDDY WATERS At Newport 1960 (1965 UK 9-track mono LP on the black & gold Chess label, recorded 3rd July 1960 at the famous festival, a breakthrough performance in the history of blues when a jazz audience embraced & applauded this earthy Chicago sound to the fullest & for many in the crowd their first exposure to the music live. Muddy is backed by Otis Spann, James Cotton & guitarist Pat Hare, ripping through some incredible takes of I Got My Brand On You & Got My Mojo Working, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with rich colours & minimal shelf wear. The vinyl is clean & grades EX/EX- with a few spindle marks & the occasional faint paper scuff not affecting play CRL4513)
- Muddy Waters - Chess Masters Vol. 3 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $18.90, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 05-May-2022 12:27)on May 27, 2022 at 4:33 pm
MUDDY WATERS Chess Masters Vol. 3 (1983 UK 24-track double LP compilation, housed in a single pocket picture sleeve. The glossy cover is Excellent with minor shelf wear & both vinyl discs look barely played CXMD4015)
- Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 05-May-2022 12:25)on May 27, 2022 at 4:33 pm
MUDDY WATERS Rollin' Stone (1983 UK 10-track LP compilation, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with some faint ring wear scuffing & the vinyl still looks barely played BMLP-1006)
- Muddy Waters - Chess Masters - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.60, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 02-May-2022 16:22)on May 27, 2022 at 4:33 pm
MUDDY WATERS Chess Masters (1988 UK 16-track vinyl compilation LP issued as part of the Chess Masters series, including I Just Wanna Make Love To You, Rollin Stone, Hoochie Coochie and Manish Boy. The glossy picture sleeve shows spots of printloss and the vinyl has only light signs of play SMR850)
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