Rolling Stones & blues roots
In 2016 the Rolling Stones released the album
Blue & Lonesome with covers of their favorite blues players. The album is an unabashed tribute to the music that got the band started (even their name was taken from a
Muddy Waters song). Here are some selections from that album paired with originals (or at least earlier versions), and then some 1960s blues tracks, also paired.
Just Your Fool:
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I Got to Go:
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Just Like I Treat You:
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Little Red Rooster is my favorite blues recording by the Rolling Stones:
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Mona:
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Route 66. OK, not blues. Chuck Berry did this before the Stones, but his version well and truly sucked (and I love Chuck). So I've paired it with Nat Cole:
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