The eldest son of the immortal Muddy Waters, Mud has followed in his beloved dad's mammoth footsteps, staunchly keeping the traditional Chicago blues flame alight by faithfully singing Muddy's songs as well as plenty of his own originals in front of an all-star band of Chicago's heavy-hitters.

Everything in Mud's musical life traces directly back to his father. “I was born in the blues, man. I used to have to tap music on the side of my head before I went to sleep. I've had music running through my being all my life, since I've been here.”

As Mud grew up, his father was there to help his son in any and all of his musical
endeavors. "I started out as a drummer," says Mud. "I'd get a set of drums from Dad--first the little paper ones. I had to let this music out some way.  And one day, when I was about 16 years old, I went to an Earth, Wind & Fire concert and saw Verdine White playing bass, and that did it. I put the drums down, and I've been playing the bass secretly at least 30-something years now.

Mud didn't emerge musically until the 2000s when veteran blues chanteuse Mary Lane gave him some of his earliest showcases on the West Side. His debut album was released in 2008. A three-time Blues Music Award nominee, his 2014 Severn Records release in collaboration with harmonica ace Kim Wilson, 'For Pops-A Tribute to Muddy Waters,' earned him the coveted award.