Matt Murphy

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There are several artists with this name, including: 1) Matt Murphy was an American blues guitarist; 2) Matt Murphy is a video game composer; 3) Matt Murphy is an Australian keyboadist; 4) Matt Murphy is a Canadian rock musician from Nova Scotia; 1) Matthew Tyler Murphy (December 29, 1929 – June 15, 2018) known as Matt "Guitar" Murphy, was an American blues guitarist. He was associated with the bands The Blues Brothers and Howlin' Wolf. Murphy was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, and was educated in Memphis, where his father worked at the Peabody Hotel. Murphy learned to play guitar when he was a child. In 1948 he moved to Chicago, where he joined the Howlin' Wolf band, which at the time featured Little Junior Parker. Murphy worked a lot with Memphis Slim, including on his album At the Gate of Horn (1959). Murphy did not have a band of his own until 1982 but did work in the 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. (King originally recorded "Hide Away" 3 years earlier, on 1960.08.26, and also said it was based on Hound Dog Taylor's "Taylor's Boogie." No version of "Matt's Guitar Boogie" is seen on Memphis

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The Life And Hard Times Of Guy Terrifico: Bring It Back Home

Way Down South

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Blues Brothers 2000

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Antone's- Bringing You The Best In Blues

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

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Blues Legends

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IndieFeed: Indie Pop Music

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Global Underground: Miami Disc 2

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Raptor: Call of the Shadows - DOS

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The Blues Don't Bother Me

Come Home

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The Blues Box

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