“I saw the harmonica player, and he asked me, ‘Do you have any reefer?’ He also said, ‘Oh, Muddy just fired somebody last night...’” Bob Margolin had long admired Muddy Waters – then came a chance backstage encounter, and the gig of a lifetime

Bob Margolin (left) and blues guitarist Muddy Waters (right) perform at the Cahn Auditorium, Evanston, Illinois, March 3, 1979.

Blues veteran Bob Margolin – better known as Steady Rollin’ – has looked back on the time a chance encounter backstage ended up with him playing guitar alongside his long-time hero, Muddy Waters.

Margolin was a key collaborator of blues legend Muddy Waters in the 1970s, appearing on a total of six of the icon's latter-day records. It was a very special era for multiple reasons. For Margolin, it gave him the chance to play alongside his ultimate music idol.