The late Jay Ross represented James Brown, Ray Charles and Pops Staples and helped many Black musicians overturn unfair royalty deals. His Uptown home of half a century is in need of rehab.
Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield on the front steps of his father Muddy Waters’ house at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. in Chicago, which is being renovated into a museum. The son lived here with his blues legend father before moving to Westmont.
Lynn Orman Weiss
Singer Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield, a son of blues legend Muddy Waters, died Thursday morning, according to his publicist Lynn Orman Weiss.
He collapsed at the home in Waukegan where he lived with his wife, Deborah, whom he’d married three months ago, Orman Weiss said.
He was 56. Orman Weiss said the cause was unknown. An autopsy is pending.