Editing Muddy Waters (section)

==Influence==
The British band [[The Rolling Stones]] named themselves after Muddy Waters' 1950 song, [[Rollin' Stone (Muddy Waters song)|"Rollin' Stone"]]. [[Jimi Hendrix]] recalled that "I first heard him as a little boy and it scared me to death". Eric Clapton was a big fan of Muddy Waters growing up and his band [[Cream (band)|Cream]] covered "[[Rollin' and Tumblin']]" on their 1966 debut album, ''[[Fresh Cream]]''. [[Canned Heat]] also covered the song at the [[Monterey Pop Festival]] and later  [[Bob Dylan]] played it on his album [[Modern Times (Bob Dylan album)|''Modern Times'']]. Many bands recorded "[[Hoochie Coochie Man]]" including [[The Allman Brothers Band]], [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], [[Supertramp]] and [[Fear (band)|Fear]]. The [[Led Zeppelin]] hit "[[Whole Lotta Love]] has lyrics and a melody heavily influenced by the Muddy Waters hit "[[You Need Love (Muddy Waters song)|You Need Love]]" (written by [[Willie Dixon]]). [[Angus Young]] has cited Muddy as an influences and the AC/DC song "[[You Shook Me All Night Long]]" came from lyrics of his song "[[You Shook Me]]", written by Dixon and [[J. B. Lenoir]].

In 1981 [[ZZ Top]] guitarist [[Billy Gibbons]] went to visit the [[Delta Blues Museum]] in Clarksdale with ''The Blues'' magazine founder, Jim O'Neal. The museum's director, Sid Graves, brought Gibbons to visit Muddy's original house, and encouraged him to pick up a piece of scrap lumber that was originally part of the roof. Gibbons eventually converted the wood into a guitar. Named Muddywood, the instrument is now exhibited at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billygibbons.com/2017/06/bfg-muddy-waters/|title=BFG & Muddy Waters|website=Billygibbons.com|date=June 17, 2017}}</ref> In 1993, [[Paul Rodgers]] released the album ''Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters'', on which he covered a number of his songs, including "Louisiana Blues", "Rollin' Stone", "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I'm Ready" in collaboration with guitarists [[Gary Moore]], [[Brian May]] and [[Jeff Beck]].

Following Muddy's death, fellow blues musician [[B.B. King]] told ''[[Guitar World]]'', "It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music." The bluesman [[John P. Hammond|John Hammond]] told ''Guitar World'', "Muddy was a master of just the right notes. It was profound guitar playing, deep and simple ... more country blues transposed to the electric guitar, the kind of playing that enhanced the lyrics, gave profundity to the words themselves."<ref>{{cite web |title=Muddy Waters funeral |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-waters16funeral-20150416-photo.html |website=Chicago Tribune|date=November 5, 2023 }}</ref>

In 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' included ''[[The Anthology: 1947-1972]]'' on its list of greatest albums.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Greatest Albums List (published 2003)| magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-beatles-please-please-me-2-167343/}}</ref> They ranked him seventeenth on their list of the greatest artists of all time. Gibbons wrote:<blockquote> It was all supposed to be disposable. Just noise on a shellac disc. And here we are in the 21st century still trying to figure out how such a simple art form could be so complicated and subtle. It's still firing brain synapses around the world. You've got the Japanese Muddy Waters Society corresponding with fans in Sweden and England, and his music can still propel a party in the U.S. He made three chords sound deep, and they are.<ref>{{cite news| last=Gibbons| first=Billy| title=Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists: Muddy Waters| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/marvin-gaye-28661/}}</ref></blockquote>