Westerly Wood
Venerated Member
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2007
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His longevity is impressive:
No, "Micawber" is a different Tele:Hella cool Micawber Tele made from a beat up Custom, pretty fab looking Tele, if you're into the history and the guitars as if they were your bible.
If there ever was a band from the 1st/2nd Brit blues based wave that gave back to the largely forgotten American blues pioneers,(both in notoriety and monetarily) it was The Stones! Keef owes no one.Good feel he's got here ; he has never sounded as much as an old genuine black bluesman as he does there I think ; somehow he is improving still, as it has been his number one goal in life probably (at least it seems to me)... I like this 1st sequence until the usual rhythm blues pattern he starts playing then...
I wish him some more years to live, and some generous gifts to deserving poor bluesman who still strive for a decent life here and there.
Back in late 90s or early 2000s, a person working for Fnac (major records and electronic devices French retailer) showed me a Rolling Stones CD where credits for Love in Vain said "Traditional, Arrangements Rolling Stones !!"...Not the slightest mention of Robert Johnson's part !!!!
After some decades copyrights protection end up.... Yes his good looks and charm or charisma (don't really know what word to use) does work, but still not a saint Yes the very original album version too with Mick Taylor on slide guitar and Ry Cooder on mandolin.
Maybe they didn't know
"Love in Vain" | |
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Single by Robert Johnson | |
Released | 1939 |
Recorded | Dallas, Texas, June 20, 1937 |
Genre | Blues |
Length | 2:25 |
Label | Vocalion |
Songwriter(s) | Robert Johnson[1][a] |
Producer(s) | "Love in Vain" has elements of earlier Delta blues songs and for a while it was believed to be in the public domain. In 1969, the Rolling Stonesrecorded an updated rendition featuring an electric slide guitar solo. The popularity of their adaptation led to a lawsuit over the copyright, which was eventually resolved in favor of Johnson's estate. Various artists have recorded the song. |