Blue and Lonesome
The Rolling Stones * Track #3 On Blue & Lonesome
Download "Blue and Lonesome"
Album Blue & Lonesome
- #1Just Your Fool
The Rolling Stones
- #2Commit a Crime
The Rolling Stones
- #3Blue and Lonesome
The Rolling Stones
- #4All of Your Love
The Rolling Stones
- #5I Gotta Go
The Rolling Stones
- #6Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
The Rolling Stones
- #7Ride ’Em On Down
The Rolling Stones
- #8Hate to See You Go
The Rolling Stones
- #9Hoo Doo Blues
The Rolling Stones
- #10Little Rain
The Rolling Stones
- #11Just Like I Treat You
The Rolling Stones
- #12I Can’t Quit You Baby
The Rolling Stones & Eric Clapton
Blue and Lonesome by The Rolling Stones
Release Date
Performed by
The Rolling StonesProduced by
Don Was & Mick Jagger & Keith RichardsWrited by
Little WalterAbout
“Blue and Lonesome”, which inspired the Rolling Stones to record their blues tribute album, is one of Little Walter’s deep tracks. Recorded on August 19, 1959, it was not released until 1965, when it appeared as the B-side on the “Mean Ole Frisco” single. It wasn’t until the 1969 collection Hate to...
Blue and Lonesome Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm blue and lonesome as a man can be
I'm blue and lonesome, yeah, as a man can be
I don't have no headache about myself
My love has gone away from me
[Verse 2]
Baby please, baby please come back to me
Baby please, come on home to me
Yeah, my heart is full of misery
Baby, you won't be sweet to me
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 3]
Yeah, I'm gonna cast my trouble
Down in the deep blue sea
Yeah, I'm gonna cast my trouble, yeah
Down in the deep blue sea
And the whales and the fishes
Have no fuss over me
Blue and Lonesome Q&A
Who wrote Blue and Lonesome's ?
Blue and Lonesome was written by Little Walter.
Who produced Blue and Lonesome's ?
Blue and Lonesome was produced by Don Was & Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
When did The Rolling Stones release Blue and Lonesome?
The Rolling Stones released Blue and Lonesome on Fri Dec 02 2016.
What did The Rolling Stones say about "Blue and Lonesome"?
Producer Don Was in the Blue and Lonesome liner notes:
We were recording some new songs and we just hit a wall on this one particular track. We needed to ‘cleanse the palate’ and the ginger for the palate came about when Keith said, ‘Let’s play “Blue and Lonesome”.’ Thankfully Krish Sharma, who rec...
Are "Lonesome and Blue" by Memphis Slim and Little Walter the same song?
No, they have distinctly different lyrics & chords and are played in different keys (Memphis Slim’s song is in C major and Little Walter’s in D minor). Additional evidence is provided by the fact that each musician claimed authorship of their versions: Memphis Slim using his pseudonyms Peter Cha...