MATT MURPHY

          MATT MURPHY guitarrista de SUNFLOWER , Mississippí durante su estancia en Memphis había colaborado con Howlin Wolf, , James Cotton, Jr. Parker, y Bobbie Blue Bland , antes de unirse a la banda de MEMPHIS SLIM y quedarse entre 1952 y 1959. 
En los años 60's destacó por acompañar a Sonny Boy Williamson II , Cuck Berry y Otis Rush , entre otros, y en 1963 , estaba considerado por el público como un guitarrista de primerísimo nivel , fué cuando salió de gira con la American Folk Blues Festival por toda Europa. La aparición de Murphy en la película The Blues Brothers , grupo del que formaba parte , rubricó su importancia en la historia del Blues . Lo traemos a BOOGIE WOOGIE TIME in Sentir el Blues porqué como podréis comprobar a MATT también se le conoce en algunos círculos como Guitar Boogie !! 

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Matt "Guitar" Murphy (born December 29, 1929) is an American blues guitarist.

Matthew Murphy was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, United States, and was educated in Memphis, where his father worked at the Peabody Hotel. Murphy learned to play guitar when he was a kid. In 1948 he moved to Chicago where he joined the Howlin' Wolf band, which at the time featured harmonicist Little Junior Parker.

Murphy worked a lot with Memphis Slim, including on his album At The Gate of Horn (1959).[2] Murphy did not have a band of his own until 1982, but did session work both in studio and on stage with many musicians, including Ike Turner, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Etta James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Chuck Berry and Joe Louis Walker.

He gave a memorable performance in 1963 on the American Folk Blues Festival tour of Europe with his "Matt's Guitar Boogie".Freddie King is said to have once admitted that he based his "Hide Away" on Murphy's playing during this performance.

In 1978, Murphy joined The Blues Brothers. Murphy can be seen in the films The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), where he plays Aretha Franklin's hen-pecked husband. He kept performing with the Blues Brothers Band until the early 2000s.

Murphy has been less active since he suffered a stroke on stage while performing in Nashville in 2003 — he finished his set performing with one hand.[citation needed] A benefit was mounted by notable musicians of Memphis and Nashville. He has recently been playing in Florida with two young protégés, Tim O'Donnell and Darrell Raines, and performed with his nephew Floyd in the Florida Keys during 2009.

He has been on the comeback trail with a reunion performance with James Cotton at the 2010 Chicago Blues Festival. A September 2011 release took place of a 1986 live recording from the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. Patton Biddle recorded the show live, and Floyd Murphy Jr., Matt's nephew, played the drums along with Howard Eldridge on vocals. He also appeared in April 2013 at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

                        

                                

Memphis Slim and Matt Murphy in the 60s