Mannish Boy

Muddy Waters first recorded "Mannish Boy" in Chicago in 1955. It was one of his few cuts in that period that featured Junior Wells on harp, rather than Little Walter. The song is derived from Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man" by way of Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man." There have been many covers of all three versions in the ensuing 60+ years, and many artists have performed the song along with Muddy Waters.

Audio only:

I think Mick Jagger can be forgiven for this:

No apology needed for this one:

This isn't really a variant, but still worth including (audio only):

H/T Ian Holloway (audio only):

 

Comments

[Billy Shears]

The Rolling Stones took their name from either the reference to "Rollin' Stone" in "Mannish Boy" or from Muddy's song titled "Rollin Stone Blues." The group had no name at the time. Brian Jones was on the phone with a newspaper (probably Jazz News) talking up the band and was asked for its name. On the spot the name came to him. Jones was fired from the band for unreliability in 1969 and found dead in his swimming pool within a month. The most musically talented Stone was destroyed by success. "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Unfortunately Jones didn't live long enough to read the Palace of Wisdom. He died at age 27.

[Ian Holloway]

The Rolling Stones have a great version of this song - recorded in Canada, I want to note for the record - on their “Love You Live”album

[SL]

Added. Thanks,Ian.

[Sam Irving]

That's Jeff Beck doing guitar tricks on the Yardbirds clip