McKinley Morganfield got this nickname from his habit of playing in a creek as a child
He got the nickname "
Noodles" for his habit of "noodling", a term used to describe ...... McKinley 
Morganfield [DOC] [TLE] Find A Grave - Restvale Cemetery [PAR] Born in Georgia, he was a singer, piano player and a pioneer of the early 
Chicago Blues era.