“Played by every club band going”: Joe Perry names the blues song every 1960s band relied on
A classic track.
Blues
The song that got Eric Clapton hooked on music: “It was really hardcore blues”
The gateway into the wide world of music comes in many forms.
“Opening it out”: The album Jimmy Page called life-changing
Pivotal for himself and music in general.
The one song Jack White thought defined rock and roll: “One man against the world”
A lifelong inspiration.
“That was your introduction”: The first blues artists Mick Jagger ever heard of
“The first blues people I saw, when I was really young on TV.”
“I started to get my head around it”: The blues musicians Jimmy Page couldn’t copy
“There’s a poetry within the blues.”
‘Shave ‘Em Dry’: The first rebellious act of complete vulgarity in music history?
Far ahead of its time.