The night Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger discovered the blues

Before Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones, they heard the blues live —and were inspired to change rock music forever ...
American Songwriter

The Rolling Stones Song Recorded Just Before Everything Almost Fell Apart: “That’s Jail to Me”

Just before everything almost fell apart, The Rolling Stones recorded a song. Richards still connects this song to impending jail time.

Samantha Fish on playing with the Stones and her relationship with the blues

Preparing to tour Paper Doll, her album released last year that attracted rave reviews, Kansas City-born guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Samantha Fish discusses her modern, colourful and sassy take ...
American Songwriter

To Match the Success of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones “Had to be a Pop Band”

In order to match The Beatles' early success, The Rolling Stones accepted the fact that they needed to alter their blues-heavy sound.
Jazz

Rolling Stones: Black and Blue (2CD)

Forgetting for the moment any revisionism applied to the The Rolling Stones album Black & Blue (Rolling Stones Records, 1976), the iconic British band was in more than a little disarray when it ...
Rolling Stone

How the Rolling Stones Found Their Third Act With ‘Black and Blue’

Featuring audition jams with Jeff Beck and Harvey Mandel, as well as rare tracks and concert recordings, a new expanded reissue of the band's 1976 album gives us a 360 look at a crucial turning point ...