In 1945 his uncle Joe Grant gave him his first electric guitar.ġ1 Muddy Waters Muddy’s first Aristocrat hit came in 1948: “I Can’t Be Satisfied.” Muddy would go on to become the face of the label.ġ2 Little Walter Born Marion Walter Jacobs, May 1, 1930 First artist to employ the modern rock band lineupġ0 Muddy Waters Quickly graduated to performing in clubs.Īcoustic guitar couldn’t be heard above the noise. In 1945 his uncle Joe Grant gave him his first electric guitar. Started by performing at “rent parties.”ĩ Muddy Waters Quickly graduated to performing in clubs.Īcoustic guitar couldn’t be heard above the noise. Worked in a factory and drove a truck by day, performed at night. Worked at Stovall Plantation in his youth and later operated a juke joint there.Ĩ Muddy Waters Moved to Chicago in 1943 after making a short stay in 1940. Emulated the style of Son House and Robert Johnson. They would eventually buy complete ownership of the label.ħ Muddy Waters Born McKinley Morganfeld Ap(would have been 99 last week) in Mississippi. Opened the Macaba Lounge in the Cottage Grove neighborhood of Chicago.ĥ Leonard Chess In 1947 the Chess brothers got into the record business by buying into the newly forming Aristocrat Records. Started working in the scrap metal business, then opened a liquor store. Chicago was considered the “Hog Butcher for the World.”ģ Chicago Tangential to the influx of laborers, Chicago also attracted blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta region hoping to find work playing in Chicago’s plentiful clubs in Cottage Grove.Ĥ Leonard Chess Chess Brothers migrated to Chicago from Poland in 1928. Most of the work was dangerous and grueling, usually in meat packing. Presentation on theme: "Chess Records."- Presentation transcript:Ģ Chicago Chicago attracted black Americans from the south with the promise of plentiful, good paying jobs that didn’t require a lot of skill.
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