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Michael "Mudcat" Ward

Michael "Mudcat" Ward is credited on 46 releases across 45 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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46

Pressings credited

45

Albums

5

Decades active

1

In collections

Biography

Michael "Mudcat" Ward (born 1954) is an American blues bassist, pianist and songwriter. Primarily he plays both the double bass and bass guitar, although he has recorded tracks playing the piano. Ward has been a member of Sugar Ray and the Bluetones for over 40 years and has had concurrent spells with Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. Ward has gained two Blues Music Awards from the Blues Foundation, Memphis, TN in his own name, and has participated in the recording of over 60 albums. Ward has played in the support band for Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Memphis Slim, James Cotton, Lowell Fulson, Otis Rush, Big Mama Thornton, Big Walter Horton, J. B. Hutto, and Big Joe Turner, in addition to recording two albums with Pinetop Perkins.

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Credited work

46 releases · 45 albums · active 1980–2021

  • Performance · 56
  • Engineering · 2
  • Production · 1

Studios: The Knickerbocker Cafe · Newbury Sound · Showplace Studios · GWBB

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Hubert Sumlin
  • Walter Horton
  • Ronnie Earl
  • Various
  • Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom
  • Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
  • Cub Koda & The Houserockers
  • Jerry Portnoy

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