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Timeline
12 events▣ Album 9◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Knockin' on My Door / The Morning Before Day
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography204 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1326177422
Biography
George Carter "Mojo" Buford Jr. (November 10, 1929 – October 11, 2011), was an American blues harmonica player best known for his work in Muddy Waters's band.
Biography
Buford relocated from Hernando, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, in his youth, where he studied the blues. He relocated to Chicago in 1952, forming the Savage Boys, which eventually was known as the Muddy Waters, Jr. Band. They substituted for Waters at local nightclubs while he was touring.
Buford first played in Waters's backing band in 1959, replacing Little Walter, but in 1962 moved to Minneapolis to front his own band and to record albums. In Minneapolis he gained the nickname Mojo, because of audiences requesting him to perform his cover version of "Got My Mojo Working." Buford returned to Waters's combo in 1967 for a year, replacing James Cotton. He had a longer tenure with Waters in the early 1970s and returned for the final time after Jerry Portnoy departed to form the Legendary Blues Band.
He also recorded for the Mr. Blues label. These recordings were later reissued by Rooster Blues, Blue Loon Records, and the British JSP label.
Buford died on October 11, 2011, at the age of 81, in Minneapolis, after a long hospitalization.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 47 | 88th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (10 release groups · 9 studio albums)
Albums · 9
The Exciting Harmonica Sound Of Mojo Buford
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:17
A1Knockin' On My Door2:20A2Shake It For Me2:36A3Flying Easy2:21A4Come Home Baby2:53A5Slim And Trim Mama2:36A6Have You Ever Been Mistreated3:19B1Blues For Siam2:33B2Mojo's Woman4:29B3The Morning Before Day1:51B4Mojo Cha Cha Cha Blues2:35B5Shake It Baby2:20B6Mojo Ride2:24Mojo Buford's Chicago Blues Summit
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:16
A1Mo's Jam4:33A2Deep Sea Diver7:26A3I Need You So Bad2:46A4Worry Worry3:53A5I'm So Glad6:05B1Devil's Love Sin2:37B2St. James Infirmary3:23B3Windy City Blues3:39B4Watch Dog4:08B5Mean Old World3:26B6Blues For Georgia Boy4:201989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 43:56
1Picking Rags5:102Groundhog Blues3:403Mo's Stroll6:414Jealous Of My Baby6:285I'm A Bluesman4:046I Wanna Know4:517Jack Potato Boogie3:508Come Home Baby5:299Big Leg Woman3:431996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:05:12
1Devil's Love4:332Married Woman Blues3:093Lonesome Highway4:524Harp Blast3:015Don't Say I Don't Love You4:326Walkin' Down Beale Street5:337Apple on a Tree5:398Overplayed and Underpaid4:139I Found Me a Bird Nest6:3210That Ain't the Way You Do It3:5011In My Younger Days6:3612Hand Me That Piano2:3713You Know I Love You4:2314Lena5:421998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:06:50
1Everything's Gonna Be Alright4:082Oh Baby5:523Got My Mojo Working4:244Harpslinger4:585I Got My Brand On You5:176Once Upon A Time3:277Pink Champagne2:118Don't Whup Your Wife On A Sunday2:029Why Did She Walk Away3:1110Early One Morning4:1811Champagne & Reefer4:3312Upper Mississippi Shuffle4:2313Trouble No More3:2514Blues With A Feeling5:3815Sittin' Here Thinkin'4:1516Ghetto Blaster4:481998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:45
1Mo's Boogie4:192Pickin' Rags2:593Cool & Mo Better Blues6:324I Want You to Be My Girl4:365You Can Steal My Chicken5:136Gonna Get a Watchdog3:397Harp Breaker3:068All Over the World3:029Trouble Don't Always Last5:3410Don't Go No Further3:4811Memphis Bound3:4812Evilina3:3113Shame5:381999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:23
1Champagne & Reefer4:352Introduction by Bob Margolin1:023Blow Wind Blow4:574Long Distance Call4:145Rollin' and Tumblin'3:256Wee Wee Baby4:567Birdnest on the Ground5:068Don't Go No Further2:479My Own Fault Darling6:1010You're Gonna Drive Me Away7:2511Honey Bee4:0912Nine Below Zero3:3313Big Leg Woman4:042005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:24
1Birdnest On The Ground3:152In My Younger Days2:423Everything's Gonna Be Alright4:014Got My Mojo Working3:425Move To The Outskirts Of Town4:186Messin' With The Kid3:517Love Strikes Like Lightning4:088Mo's Wood4:329Dust My Broom3:5510Take A Little Walk With Me3:0711Last Night3:532020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:36
1Help Me4:412Blues Is A Botheration4:543Lost Love3:594Deep Sea Diver5:225Love Without Jealousy2:506Rag Picker's Blues4:197Got My Mojo Working4:138Stingin' Bee Blues2:18
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Knockin' on My Door / The Morning Before DaySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:05AKnockin' on My Door2:10 BThe Morning Before Day1:55 | 1964 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put George "Mojo" Buford head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 47 | 88th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Muddy Waters Band(band) | — | present | |
| Voodoo Men(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mojo_Buford_Mpls_1970_by_JT.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/117594ec-b00c-4f1f-b6fa-282ec0278268discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/117594ec-b00c-4f1f-b6fa-282ec0278268core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507031genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507031seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_%22Mojo%22_Bufordbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_%22Mojo%22_Buford
Why this artist is in the database
- List of blues musicians — rank #26
| 1929 | 2011 | Mississippi | Chicago blues |
Tier rule: genre canon: blues
Image: Eatonland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1507031 · MusicBrainz: 117594ec-b00c-4f1f-b6fa-282ec0278268
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