BMG/UniversalThe Rolling Stones‘ music has always been steeped in the blues, and now the band has helped curate a new compilation featuring classic songs by some of the blues artists that influenced them most.
Confessin’ the Blues, which will be released on November 9, includes tunes by such greats as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, Elmore James and Jimmy Reed, as well as by rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.
The 42-track album will be available as a two-CD set, a five-disc 10-inch vinyl collection, and two separate two-LP 12-inch vinyl sets. You can order all of the configurations via The Rolling Stones’ official online store.
Confessin’ the Blues features original versions of almost all of the songs The Stones covered for their 2016 album Blue & Lonesome, as well as many other tunes the band recorded or played live over the years. Among them: Howlin’ Wolf’s “Little Red Rooster,” Berry’s “Carol” and “Little Queenie,” Slim Harpo‘s “I’m a King Bee,” Johnson’s “Love in Vain Blues,” Mississippi Fred McDowell‘s “You Gotta Move,” Dale Hawkins‘ “Suzie Q” and Waters’ “I Just Want to Make Love to You.”
Of course, the song that gave the band its name, Muddy Waters’ “Rollin’ Stone,” is also included.
Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood created the album’s cover art: a stylized painting of a bluesman.
Part of the proceeds from sales of Confessin’ the Blues will be donated to donated to Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation, a charity dedicated to the preservation of blues music.
Here’s the full track list of the two-CD version of the album:
Side One
“Rollin’ Stone” — Muddy Waters
“Little Red Rooster” — Howlin’ Wolf
“Boogie Chillen” — John Lee Hooker
“I Hate to See You Go” — Little Walter
“Little Queenie” — Chuck Berry
“You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” — Bo Diddley
“Ride ‘Em On Down” — Eddie Taylor
“I’m a King Bee” — Slim Harpo
“All Your Love” — Magic Sam
“Dust My Broom” — Elmore James
“Just Your Fool” — Little Walter
“I Want to Be Loved” — Muddy Waters
“Key to the Highway” — Big Bill Broonzy
“Love in Vain Blues” — Robert Johnson
“You Gotta Move” — Mississippi Fred McDowell
“Bright Lights, Big City” — Jimmy Reed
“Worried Life Blues” — Big Maceo
“Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Part 1)” — Little Johnny Taylor
“Commit a Crime” — Howlin’ Wolf
“I Can’t Quit You Baby” — Otis Rush
“Confessin’ the Blues” — Jay McShann & Walter Brown
Disc Two
“Just Like I Treat You” — Howlin’ Wolf
“I Got to Go” — Little Walter
“Carol” — Chuck Berry
“Mona” — Bo Diddley
“I Just Want to Make Love to You” — Muddy Waters
“Blues Before Sunrise” — Elmore James
“Bad Boy” — Eddie Taylor
“Boogie Children” — Boy Blue
“Little Rain” — Jimmy Reed
“Stop Breakin’ Down Blues” — Robert Johnson
“The Prodigal Son” — Reverend Robert Wilkins
“Hoodoo Blues” — Lightnin’ Slim
“Don’t Stay Out All Night” — Billy Boy Arnold
“Craw Dad” — Bo Diddley
“Suzie Q” — Dale Hawkins
“Down the Road Apiece” — Amos Milburn
“Little Baby” — Howlin’ Wolf
“Blue and Lonesome” — Little Walter
“Rock Me Baby” — B.B. King
“Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues” — Buddy Guy
“Mannish Boy” — Muddy Waters
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