The Rolling Stones je britská rocková skupina založená v Londýne roku 1962, ktorá patrí k hlavným predstaviteľom klasického rocku a bola jednou z vedúcich kapiel britskej bluesovej vlny 60. rokov.
Blue & Lonesome vyšiel 2. decembra 2016 na dvojvinyle u vydavateľstva Interscope Records ako prvý štúdiový album Stones po jedenástich rokoch od A Bigger Bang (2005), čo je najdlhšia prestávka medzi dvoma albumami v histórii skupiny. Ide o návrat ku koreňom a vášni pre blues, ktorá vždy bola v srdci tejto kapely. Album bol nahraný spontánne len za tri dni v decembri 2015 v londýnskom British Grove Studios, všetko zahrané naživo bez overdubov. Obsahuje dvanásť skladieb – coververzie klasikov ako Just Your Fool (Buddy Johnson), Blue and Lonesome (Little Walter), Ride 'Em On Down (Eddie Taylor) alebo I Can't Quit You Baby (Willie Dixon), umelcov, ktorí inšpirovali Stones na ich začiatkoch. V dvoch skladbách hosťuje Eric Clapton, ktorý práve nahrával vo vedľajšom štúdiu. Album vyšiel v roku 2016 a okamžite sa stal komerčným úspechom na čele európskych hitparád, čím potvrdil živú formu kapely.
Zostavu pri nahrávaní tvorili Mick Jagger (spev, harmonika), Keith Richards (gitara), Charlie Watts (bicie) a Ronnie Wood (gitara), doplnení dlhoročnými spoluhráčmi Darrylom Jonesom (basgitara), Chuckom Leavellom a Mattom Cliffordom (klávesy).
Skladby
1. Just Your Fool
(Original written and recorded in 1960 by Little Walter)
2. Commit A Crime
(Original written and recorded in 1966 by Howlin' Wolf - Chester Burnett)
3. Blue And Lonesome
(Original written and recorded in 1959 by Little Walter)
4. All Of Your Love
(Original written and recorded in 1967 by Magic Sam - Samuel Maghett)
5. I Gotta Go
(Original written and recorded in 1955 by Little Walter)
6. *Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
(Original recorded in 1971 by Little Johnny Taylor, composed by Miles Grayson & Lermon Horton)
7. Ride 'Em On Down
(Original written and recorded in 1955 by Eddie Taylor)
8. Hate To See You Go
(Original written and recorded in 1955 by Little Walter)
9. **Hoo Doo Blues
(Original recorded in 1958 by Lightnin' Slim, composed by Otis Hicks & Jerry West)
10. Little Rain
(Original recorded in 1957 by Jimmy Reed, composed by Ewart.G.Abner Jr. and Jimmy Reed)
11. Just Like I Treat You
(Original written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in December 1961)
12. *I Can't Quit You Baby
(Original written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Otis Rush in 1956)
All tracks feature:
Mick Jagger: Vocals & Harp, Keith Richards: Guitar, Charlie Watts: Drums, Ronnie Wood: Guitar,
Darryl Jones: Bass, Chuck Leavell: Keyboards, Matt Clifford: Keyboards
Guests:
*Eric Clapton: Guitar
**Jim Keltner: Percussion
