New York, NY (Top40 Charts) As well as being the biggest band in the world, The
Rolling Stones are also the biggest champions of the blues, so who better to curate a compilation of the music that inspired them throughout their career?
Confessin' The Blues collects the greatest bluesmen ever and provides a perfect study of the genre. The tracks on the various formats of the release have been chosen by the
Rolling Stones in collaboration with BMG and Universal. The sets are due out from BMG on November 9, 2018.
The
Rolling Stones have long been supporters of the blues, from before the start of their career right through to their latest album, Blue & Lonesome, which featured their interpretations of the classics; many of those songs appear in their original versions here on Confessin' The Blues.
Mick Jagger was an early fan of the genre: "The first Muddy Waters album that was really popular was Muddy Waters at Newport, which was the first album I ever bought."
Keith Richards said, "If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music."
As such big supporters of the blues, the band and BMG have decided that 10% of BMG's net receipts* from the sale of this album will be donated to Willie Dixon's Blues
Heaven Foundation (registered as a 501C3 non-profit organization in the United States).
Jacqueline Dixon, President/CEO of The Blues
Heaven Foundation, said: "We are extremely honoured, grateful and humbled that Willie Dixon's Blues
Heaven Foundation has been included in such an astonishing project. It means so much that my father's dream of creating an organisation that promotes, protects and preserves the Blues for future generations is being recognised and supported by artists that have achieved so much."
Confessin' The Blues includes tracks by the biggest blues pioneers including Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Johnson. All of these artists had an impact on the nascent Rolling Stones, whether influencing Keith's guitar licks or Mick's vocals and lyrics. As Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood says: "That's how Mick and Keith first got close as well, on the train coming back from college. They noticed each other's record collection and it was, "Hey, you've got Muddy Waters. You must be a good guy, let's form a band."
Confessin' The Blues will be available as a 2-CD set, 2x2 Vinyl LP sets and a 5x10" Vinyl book-pack (mimicking the original 78 RPM releases). All versions include liner notes by music journalist Colin Larkin and the book-pack contains removable art card prints by noted blues illustrator Christoph Mueller. The album cover artwork comes courtesy of Wood, who has added his own personal twist to the project by painting his interpretation of a bluesman.
Confessin' The Blues is a real musical education from those who know the genre best, the greatest living band on the planet, the Rolling Stones.
Track listing:
Disc One:
1. Muddy Waters Rollin' Stone
2 Howlin' Wolf
Little Red Rooster
3. John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen
4.
Little Walter Hate To See You Go
5.
Chuck Berry Little Queenie
6. Bo Diddley You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover
7. Eddie Taylor Ride 'Em On Down
8. Slim Harpo I'm A King Bee
9. Magic Sam All Your Love
10. Elmore
James Dust My Broom
11.
Little Walter Just Your Fool 12. Muddy Waters I Want To Be Loved
13. Big Bill Broonzy Key To The Highway
14. Robert Johnson
Love In Vain Blues
15. Mississippi Fred McDowell You Gotta Move
16. Jimmy Reed Bright Lights, Big City
17. Big
Maceo Worried Life Blues
18.
Little Johnny Taylor Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Part 1)
19. Howlin' Wolf Commit A Crime
20. Otis RushI Can't Quit You Baby
21. Jay McShann & Walter Brown Confessin' The Blues
Disc Two:
1. Howlin' Wolf Just Like I Treat You
2.
Little Walter I Got To Go
3.
Chuck Berry Carol
4. Bo Diddley Mona
5. Muddy Waters I Just Want To Make Love To You
6. Elmore
James Blues Before Sunrise
7. Eddie Taylor Bad Boy
8. Boy Blue
Boogie Children
9. Jimmy Reed
Little Rain
10. Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues
11. Reverend Robert Wilkins The Prodigal Son
12. Lightnin' Slim Hoodoo Blues
13. Billy Boy Arnold Don't Stay Out All Night
14. Bo Diddley Craw Dad
15. Dale Hawkins Suzie Q
16. Amos
Milburn Down The Road Apiece
17. Howlin' Wolf
Little Baby
18.
Little Walter Blue And Lonesome
19. B.B. King Rock Me Baby
20.
Buddy Guy Damn Right I've Got The Blues
21. Muddy Waters Mannish Boy
*The charitable donation is calculated on net receipts being amounts equal to monies actually received by BMG from the sale of this album after deductions of credits for returns and VAT (or similar sales tax)
