Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon

Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon (April 12, 1926 – February 17, 1984) was an American Chicago blues bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. McMahon played bass guitar in Howlin' Wolf's backing ensemble for over a decade. He also backed a number of other Chicago-based blues musicians on record.

McMahon first started playing in Howlin' Wolf's backing band in 1960, and his recording career with Wolf ran between 1964 and 1973. That tenure saw McMahon play bass on Wolf's single, "Killing Floor" (1964), and on his albums, The Real Folk Blues (1966) and The Back Door Wolf (1973).

In 1960, McMahon supplied bass guitar to Morris Pejoe's single release "She Walked Right In". Another early recording outside of Wolf's tutelage was playing bass guitar on Freddy Young's single, "Someday Baby" (1964).

In 1973, McMahon recorded his debut solo album, Blueblood, in Chicago, which was released by Dharma Records. He released the accompanying single, "Guitar King" / "Short Mini Dress", also on Dharma. However, his subsequent solo career did not take off. McMahon wrote five of the fourteen tracks on the recording, which also had blues standards such as "It Hurts Me Too", "Got My Mojo Working", and "Little Red Rooster".

Some of his live work appeared in the compilation album, The Chicago Blues Box 2, issued by Storyville Records, plus four of his studio recordings were incorporated on another compilation, Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection.

McMahon died in Monroe, Louisiana, in February 1984, at the age of 57. An obituary appeared in Living Blues magazine (issue No. 59) later that year.

Solo discography Year Title Record label 1973 Blueblood Dharma Records 1977 Go Get My Baby MCM Records