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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 - King Bee - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (Back In Stock) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 07:42)on July 27, 2024 at 12:51 am
MUDDY WATERS King Bee (1981 UK 10-track LP on Blue Sky produced by & guest starring Johnny Winter, glossy picture sleeve complete with the illustrated insert. The sleeve is Excellent with some light paper marks & natural colour fade along thespine whilst the vinyl appears Near Mint SKY84918)
- Muddy Waters - King Bee - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 23-Jul-2024 14:37)on July 27, 2024 at 12:51 am
MUDDY WATERS King Bee (1981 UK 10-track LP on Blue Sky produced by & guest starring Johnny Winter, glossy picture sleeve complete with the illustrated insert. The sleeve is Excellent with some light paper marks & natural colour fade along thespine whilst the vinyl appears Near Mint SKY84918)
- Muddy Waters - After The Rain - US - vinyl LP - £18.00, $23.22, €21.42 (New Item) (arrived 20-Jul-2024 15:01)on July 27, 2024 at 12:51 am
MUDDY WATERS After The Rain (2011 US 8-track stereo LP pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, the 1969 post-Electric Mud album sharing many of the same musicians. The picture sleeve is Excellent with the odd minor corner bump & the vinyl is Near Mint with few signs of play GET-54042)
- Muddy Waters - Down On Stovall's Plantation - US - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jul-2024 10:02)on July 27, 2024 at 12:51 am
MUDDY WATERS Down On Stovall's Plantation (1966 US 13-track mono LP of 'Historic 1941-42 Library of Congress Recordings'; Muddy's first recorded work. The pasted picture sleeve shows light wear, with the vinyl showing some light cosmetic wearshowing the light est signs of play T-2210)
- Muddy Waters - The Real Folk Blues - French - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jun-2024 13:54)on July 27, 2024 at 12:51 am
MUDDY WATERS The Real Folk Blues (1981 French 12-track LP reissue of the 1966 compilation LP, single pocket picture sleeve. This collection compiled by Chess Records features some of Muddy Waters finest recordings, includes the classic 'GypsyWoman', his very first recording for Aristocrat way back in 1947. The stickered sleeve shows very little wear with just some minor discolouration to the reverse and the vinyl shows little sign of play CRL4515)
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