I Got the Blues

Infobox Song
Name = I Got the Blues
Artist = The Rolling Stones
Album = Sticky Fingers
Released= April 23, 1971


track_no = 7
Recorded = May - March, 1970
Genre = Rock
Length = 3m:53s
Writer = Jagger/Richards
Label = Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer = Jimmy Miller
[ Chart position = ]

prev = "Bitch"
prev_no = 6
next = "Sister Morphine"
next_no = 8

"I Got the Blues" is a song from the the Rolling Stones' 1971 album "Sticky Fingers".

Written by singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, "I Got the Blues" is a slow-paced, ravished song. Featuring languid guitars with heavy influence of both the blues and soul feel.

In his review, Richie Unterberger compares the Stones' take on their early influences, saying, "Musically, it's very much in the school of slow Stax ballads, by [Otis Redding| [Otis] Redding] and some others, with slow reverbed guitars with a gospel feel, dignified brass, and a slow buildup of tension." [ Unterberg, Richie. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:wcfixcq5ldde "I Got the Blues"] . "allmusic". 2007 (accessed 2 July 2007).]

Recorded during the months of March through May 1970, the song features Jagger on lead vocals, Richards and Mick Taylor on guitars, Bill Wyman on bass, Charlie Watts on drums and Billy Preston on Hammond organ. Stones' recording veterans Bobby Keys and Jim Price performed on the saxophone and trumpet, respectively.

References

External links

* [http://www.rollingstones.com/discog/index.php?v=so&a=1&id=141 Complete Official Lyrics]