Muddy Waters (1947) – I Can’t Be Satisfied, With Rolling Stones (1964) by John Siscoe

Two versions of the same song, recorded in the same city- Chicago- many years apart. Muddy’s 1947 recording, with Ernest “Big” Crawford on stand-up bass, established him as a blues star and altered forever Leonard Chess’ ideas about music. The Stones’ 1964 version, recorded at Chess Studio, went nowhere commercially, but reworked and re-imagined the following year as (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction propelled them on their journey into the rock empyrean.

John Siscoe

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