American Songwriter

On This Day in 1962, The Rolling Stones Recorded Their First Demo Under a Slightly Different Name

In late October 1962, The Rolling Stones cut their first demo at a North London studio with a slightly different name and ...
The Cheat Sheet

Rolling Stones Guitarist Ronnie Wood Had the Same Side Job as Muddy Waters

He might not be as familiar to some as his Rolling Stones bandmates, but Ronnie Wood is famous in his own right. He played with the Jeff Beck Group, was recruited to join The Faces, and recorded solo ...

The only song Mick Jagger likes from the “spoiled” Rolling Stones album: “Frank Zappa used to say he really liked it”

Mick Jagger once revealed that he wasn't particularly fond of The Rolling Stones’ formative 1967 album ‘Between the Buttons’ ...
American Songwriter

Ranking the 5 Best Album Closers by The Rolling Stones

In 2023, The Rolling Stones released Hackney Diamonds, their 31st studio album. The closing track was a cover of Muddy Waters’ “Rolling Stone Blues,” and it featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and ...

The one artist Mick Jagger said “all rock bands” followed

Mick Jagger might be the litmus test for most rock frontmen, but he knew any band owed it to themselves to listen to the ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Muddy Waters guitar sculpture disappeared in Rolling Fork tornado. Somebody found it

ROLLING FORK — Legendary blues artist Muddy Waters claimed Rolling Fork as his birthplace, and the Mississippi Delta town embraced him as one of their own. On Friday, Waters' hometown was decimated by ...