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The man who made rock and roll possible—you might not know his name

The studio Waters recorded the song in, even influenced the (then-future) style of rock and roll, on its own. The Rolling ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1954, This Legend From Mississippi Recorded a Blues Standard That Would Later Influence the Biggest Names in the Rock

On this day, January 7, 1954, this blues legend recorded the hit song that would later inspire the booming genre of rock 'n' roll.
Rolling Stone

Hoochie Coochie Man

One of the many classic songs written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Muddy Waters, "Hoochie Coochie Man" is a song that every blues guitarist and singer attempts to tackle. Not that they'd ever ...
NOLA.com

Skip Easterling, singer of ‘Hoochie Coochie Man,’ has died

James “Skip” Easterling, a singer from Slidell who recorded a mystically funky 1971 remake of the Muddy Waters classic “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man,” died Nov. 21. A resident of Carriere, Mississippi ...