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Confessin’ The Blues
(Walter Brown / Jay McShann)

Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois, US, June 11, 1964

Mick Jagger - vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Brian Jones - electric guitar
Ian Stewart - piano

Baby, here I stand before you
With my heart in my hand
I put it to you mama
Hoping that you'll understand

Oh, baby
Mama, please don't dog me 'round
Yeah I, I would rather love you, baby
Than anyone else I know in town

This is my confession, Mama
And it's sung by all your song
It proves that I'm in heaven, Mama
When you hold me in your arms

Well, baby
Can I have you for myself
Yeah, if I can't have you, baby
I don't want nobody else

Well, baby
Don't you want a man like me
Well, baby
Don't you want a man like me
Yeah, think about your future, baby
Forget about your used to be

Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham

First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Five By Five” EP
(Decca DFE 8590) UK, August 14, 1964



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-11-25 15:34 by René.

I am always amazed about how Mick could sing such a convincing blues tune at such a young age.
A definite highlight from the early years.

yeah it is pretty pure!

(René, if you don't mind minor corrections, i think "Forget about you’re used to be" is a typo -
it should be "your used to be", no?)

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with sssoul
yeah it is pretty pure!

(René, if you don't mind minor corrections, i think "Forget about you’re used to be" is a typo -
it should be "your used to be", no?)

LOL, Always the teacher; hats off.

I love this song. Jagger shines on all those early Blues cuts. But what really amazes me on this cut, are the two guitars. I have to assume that is Brian on the second guitar; one of the best recorded Stones songs with him on guitar. Now this IMO is really good weaving.
It is this very kind of tune; this is ONE of the essences of Stones sound. The thing that they are untouchable at: the kind of electric Blues with everyone basically solo-ing, but nobody over shadowing the sound. The piano doing runs up and down, harmonica wailing, both guitars busy in similar register - yet apart. I have heard countless other acts try it, but not get it right because there is always somone who steps on the fuzzpedal. I love when the Stones do this; up to present day on "Fancy Man" or "Cook Cook".

with sssoul, I don't mind! That's what this thread is all about, even minor corrections as typos. Thanks!

René

Quintessence of the early Stones.

Its a great song

The production of this track is great. And, yes, the two guitars are awesome, Keith playing the lead and Brian the rhythm. One of the best examples of the twp playing together and getting that Chicago two-guitar thing going.

Worth checking out the original Charles Brown/Jay McShann
version that was a massive hit in 1941..The Little Walter take
on it from 1958 which is most likely the main inspiration for the
Stones version and Mr Chuck Berry's more up-tempo stab at it from April 1960....




Little Walter ...... England 1964

ROCKMAN



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-07-06 15:35 by Rockman.

Why didn'tthey release the live recording from the Rock'n'Roll Circus? HAs anyone listened to it? Is it THAT bad?

This is one of my all time fav tracks. The chugging guitars, solid bass/drum lines & Micks vox & harmonica. This is the sound that made me a lifelong follower of the band. I wish they stayed this more blues/R&B than the pop then rock band they morphed into. When people compare the Beatles vs Stones, this is one of the songs I bring out. The Beatles didn't do this kind of song.

It's so very lonely, you're 2,000 Light Years from home

The song is worth it's weight in platinum alone for mine because of Mick's vocal performance.

Great stuff.

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saltoftheearth
Why didn'tthey release the live recording from the Rock'n'Roll Circus? HAs anyone listened to it? Is it THAT bad?

I think it never appeared on a bootlg which is realy sad.Would love to hear that one,too!

Great example of the Brian/Keith guitar playing!

This song hooked me for life.

Mick was and is huge fan of Little Walter.

Just fantastic...I wish Mick would sing this was today...

Confesion the blues is a great song, and
so is look what youve done, I love all the
stones chess recordings, such a great sound.
That chess echo sound is brill, mabe they should record
there new album at chess studios, i wish lol

They did Route 66 AND Confessin the Blues at R n R Circus before filming(supposedly?) THAT would have been the best part of the show! IMO

This is a fantastic song. I prefer some of the Stones takes to the originals on some of those early numbers. For a young skinny white kid Mick was really capable of some great interpretations. Check out the Bo Diddley tune Cops and Robbers from the BBC sessions his vocals blew mw away when I first heard it. That's what living for a year at Edith Grove and doing nothing but learning to play and understand those great blues numbers.

Confessin the Blues is really outstanding. Much better than the Stones early stabs at their own originals although Good Times Bad Times is a great county type blues. But along with that we had Grown Up Wrong though in its own way is somehow charming to me but it really is not very good.

Oh man, this song is so good, it is the early Stones at their best. Mick's vocals are simply perfect, and his harp playing is nothing short of stunning. And the production ... wow, that Chess echo sound fills the room.

Pure Stones bliss.

And as Palace Revolution 2000 points out, Fancy Man Blues is the Stones revisiting this sound (very successfully, I might add!)

Drew