DANCING WITH MUDDY: Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and My Lucky Life In and Out of the Blues

In 1974, Portnoy played in small Black clubs at night when Muddy Waters plucked him from his day job to fill the historic harmonica chair in his fabled band. From the cheap roadside motels of the blues world to the five-star hotels of the rock world, Portnoy struggled to survive the vagaries of the music business and the pressures of life on the road. Photos.