There is a Blues song by Muddy Waters that gave the name to the self-defined "greatest Rock band ever", the Rolling Stones. It might have been Brian Jones who referred to this song when searching for a name for the band, since initially, it was his band. Later on, Jagger/Richards, not as good in musicianship as Jones, but better songwriters, took it over. Be that as it may, this is not about the Stones (I am still a fan of the early Stones up to Exile on Main Street and Sticky Fingers). It is about the Catfish Blues, a traditional tune, allegedly first recorded by Robert Petway in 1941. It was recorded by Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters and a load of other musicians. Muddy Waters based his "Rollin Stone" on the Catfish Blues (in fact, it is simply the same song). The song was covered by many a great artist, for example, Jimi Hendrix, or ZZTOP. Here, I feature the version of Lightnin' Hopkins, the "Rollin' Stone" version by Muddy Waters and the cover done by Gary Clark Jr. - sounds like Hendrix, better than the Hendrix version, imho.
So here they are: The great Lightning Hopkins, the two times great Muddy Waters and the thrice great Gary Clark Jr.
