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Mud Morganfield is the eldest son of blues great Muddy Waters. The timbre and tone in his buoyant baritone is eerily similar to his iconic father's, and he shares the same perfect blues phrasing. Morganfield is also a first-class bassist. A late bloomer, he didn't begin a professional career in his native Chicago until after his father died and he was nearly 30. He wrote songs for others and played occasional South and West side clubs for many years. His material consisted then, as it does now, of excellent original songs, his father's tunes, and blues standards. His debut album, Fall Waters Fall, appeared in 2008. 2012's Son of a Seventh Son on Severn drew global notice and allowed him to tour worldwide. 2014's For Pops: A Tribute to Muddy Waters with Kim Wilson, won a Blues Music Award in 2015. The charting They Call Me Mud arrived in 2018, followed by a world tour. Morganfield released the crossover hit single "Praise Him" in 2021.

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Mud Morganfield (who has also gone by the name Muddy Waters Jr.), naturally grew up surrounded by music, and particularly the blues, and he's played music all of his life, starting with the drums his dad gave him as a child, then moving on to the bass guitar. Supporting himself as a truck driver, just like his father did when he was first starting out, Morganfield didn't seriously consider being a professional blues musician until after Waters' death in 1983, by which time Morganfield was already close to 30.

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He returned to recording and released the single "Praise Him" on Delmark in August 2021. Wedding Chicago blues, gospel, and gritty soul, the track became a crossover hit on the blues and gospel charts as well as a rotation staple at gospel radio and on B.B. King's Bluesville. Delmark then licensed Son of a Seventh Son from Severn, remixed and remastered it, retitled it Portrait, and released it in 2022. The new version added "Praise Him" and a cover of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" that was recorded during the original album sessions.