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1972: Muddy Waters talks Chicago Blues

Name: Muddy Waters talks about Chicago Blues and his early recordings
Duration: 4 min 5 s
Description: The legendary bluesman talks about his early recordings

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"I think the blues should forever live."

Muddy Waters was in the middle of a career resurgence when he was interviewed by Mike Raven on the Old Grey Whistle Test in January 1972.

In March that year, the veteran bluesman won his first Grammy award for They Call Me Muddy Waters, an album of previously unreleased recordings.

Asked about the younger generation of musicians, he said: "I think the best part of the blues has ed by from the time when I was coming through with people like Jimmy Rogers and myself and all them boys that had Chicago blooming."

Originally broadcast on 4 January 1972.

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