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MUD MORGANFIELD - PORTRAIT
Delmark 876 CD
Release date November 11th 2022


PORTRAIT offers fourteen powerful numbers by Muddy Waters' eldest son, Mud Morganfield, including two previously unreleased songs. Mud appears surrounded by a constellation of first-rate blues musicians. All tracks have been remastered especially for this first Mud Morganfield album on Delmark Records.

*➊ Praise Him 5:22
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
➋ Short Dressed Woman 3:31
JOHN T. BROWN (ARC MUSIC, BMI)
➌ Son Of The Seventh Son 4:41
JOHN GRIMALDI (G.T. HAWK PUBLISHING, BMI)
➍ Love To Flirt 2:54
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
➎ Catfishing 4:50
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
➏ Health 6:06
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
➐ Loco Motor 4:05
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
➑ Money (Can’t Buy Everything) 4:07
BILLY FLYNN (EASY BABY MUSIC, BMI)
➒ Midnight Lover 7:46
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
➓ Go Ahead And Blame Me 3:33
BOB CORRITORE (BOB CORRITORE / KID MAN MUSIC, BMI)
⓫ Leave Me Alone 4:25
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
⓬ You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had 3:34
MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD (WATERTOONS BMI, ADMINISTERED BY BUG MUSIC)
⓭ Blues In My Shoes 4:54
MUD MORGANFIELD (POP’S DAISY ENTERTAINMENT, BMI)
*⓮ Good Morning Little School Girl 3:36
JOHN LEE “SONNY BOY” WILLIAMSON (ARC MUSIC – BMI)

* previously unreleased on CD

Mud Morganfield - vocals, bass (1)
Rick Kreher - electric guitar (ALL TRACKS)
Billy Flynn - electric guitar (2-14)
Mike Wheeler - electric guitar (1)
E.G. McDaniel - bass (2-14)
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith - drums (2-14)
Cameron Lewis - drums, percussion (1)
Barrelhouse Chuck - piano, organ (2-14)
Luca Chiellini- keyboard (1)
Harmonica Hinds - harmonica (3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Bob Corritore - harmonica (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Felicia Collins, Shantina Lowe, Demetrius Hall - choir singers (1)

“MUD MORGANFIELD has grown into a superstar on the blues circuit. Certainly, there will be comparisons to his dad, but that can be expected and rightly so. Mud comes as close to the Muddy experience as one can get. He will always pay tribute to his dad with the Chicago blues ensemble sound that Muddy created. But Mud was also brought up musically when soul, Motown and R&B ruled the world. Mud played bass and performed with bands playing the hits of that era. This, along with his blues pedigree, has influenced Mud’s own songwriting skills, which are constantly evolving.”
– R I C K K R E H E R (Muddy Waters' last guitarist, and Mud's long-time current guitarist!)

ALBUM PRODUCTION & SUPERVISION:
Julia A. Miller & Elbio Barilari
TRACK 1
RECORDED BY Blaise Barton
AT Joyride Studios, CHICAGO, IL, June 1, 2021
ARRANGED BY “Studebaker”John Grimaldi
MIXED BY Blaise Barton & “Studebaker”John Grimaldi MASTERED BY Blaise Barton

TRACKS 2-14
PRODUCED BY Bob Corritore
RECORDED Febuary 2011 AT Rax Trax Studios, CHICAGO, IL
ENGINEERS: Mike Tholen, Rick Barnes AND Malcolm Giron
TRACKS 2-13 MIXED BY John Wroble, Porcupine Productions, CHANDLER, AZ
ANALOG MASTERING BY “Studebaker”John Grimaldi TRACK 14 MIXED BY Julia A. Miller AT Delmark Records
Riverside Studio, August 2022 DIGITALLY MASTERED BY Julia A. Miller
BOB CORRITORE APPEARS COURTESY OF DELTA GROOVE RECORDS

Every one of McKinley’s descendants has been anointed with his surname, synonymous with never-ending excellence. Mud Morganfield does what he does best – seamlessly merging a traditional blues sound with twenty-first-century sensibilities. His style’s “classic contemporary,” an oxymoron if there ever was one, but it fits like a glove. With understated crooning and fluid, molten-metal instrumentation, Mud’s blues glows red-hot as Damascus steel being poured in a foundry. It’s hard to be a demigod of any art, but he’s well his way to full canonization. – RANDY WETNIGHT

It’s hard when you are the son of blues royalty. It’s even harder when you are the son of Muddy Waters. No matter how hard you try, you’re never going to be Muddy Waters. So, you have to forge your own path and build your own reputation with your own work.
Mud Morganfield has done just that. This soft-spoken, humble man has grown into a giant talent in recent years.
–BARRY KERZNER, AMERICAN BLUES SCENE