Rollin 'Stone
| Rollin 'Stone | |
|---|---|
| Muddy Waters | |
| publication | 1950 |
| length | 3:05 |
| Genre (s) | Blues , Chicago blues |
Rollin 'Stone is a Blue song by Muddy Waters and its version of the blues standard Catfish Blues , which was previously recorded already on a number of significant blues musicians and its roots to the 1920s go back.
Waters 'recording first appeared on Chess Records in 1950 with the B-side Walkin' Blues (a cover version of a piece by Robert Johnson ). The recordings were produced by Leonard and Phil Chess . It is a solo performance by Waters with vocals and electric guitar. There are no other musicians next to him. This brings Rollin 'Stone close to the style of earlier Delta Blues musicians , who often performed solo. The move to the electric guitar, however, makes clear the change to the Chicago blues , which was played electrically amplified.
The song was covered by a variety of different musicians and became a classic and standard of blues music not only because of Muddy Waters' original version. He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 .
Rollin 'Stone was u. a. also known because the British rock group The Rolling Stones named themselves after Waters 'song - even if there is an alternative story within the band, according to which the band after the song line "I'm a rollin' stone" from the blues song Mannish Boy (also by Muddy Waters) is said to have been named. The American music magazine Rolling Stone also derives its name from Muddy Waters' piece. In 2003 this magazine listed Rollin 'Stone at number 459 on its list of the 500 best songs of all time .
When Jimi Hendrix delivered his version of the Catfish Blues , he was heavily based on Waters ' Rollin' Stone . Even Johnny Winter and Paul Rogers with Jeff Beck have been covered the piece.
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- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596304/rollin_stone ( Memento from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )