ROLL ME MAMA

Created on 04/10/2001
Latest update on 13/04/2024

Artist: Curtis Jones
Author: Melvin Jackson
Label: Vocalion
Year: 1938

Covers:

1942:

Tommy McLennan [as Roll Me, Baby, with Ransome Knowling (bass) for Bluebird]

1950:

Li'l Son Jackson [as Rockin' And Rollin', in the literal tender sense of teasin']

1952:

Muddy Waters [as All Night Long and in '56 as Rock Me]

1954:

Lightnin' Slim [as Rock Me Mama]

1958:

B.B. King [as Rock Me Baby]

1960:

Mance Lipscomb [as Rock Me All Night Long]

1965:

Otis Redding [as Rock Me Baby on Otis Blue]

1966:

Alexis Korner [idem]

1966:

Zoot Money [idem]

1966:

Doors [idem; London Fog tapes]

1967:

Jimi Hendrix Experience [at Monterey]

1967:

Savoy Brown

1967:

Arthur Weston [as Roll Me Over Slow]

1968:

Box Tops

1968:

Jeff Beck Group [as Rock My Plimsoul]

1969:

Tony TS McPhee

1969:

Fleetwood Mac [as Rock Me Baby]

1971:

Lightnin' Hopkins

1973:

Johnny Winter [as Rock Me Baby]

1975:

Robin Trower [idem]

1976:

Walter Rossi [idem]

1980:

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush

1985:

Dr. Feelgood [as Rock Me Baby]

1992:

Bugs Henderson [idem, credited to Memphis Slim]

1994:

Jimmy Rogers

1994:

Henry Qualls [as Rockin' And Rollin'; knew Li'l Son Jackson personally]

1997:

Mick Abrahams

1999:

Hezekiah & The House Rockers [as Roll Me, Baby]

2003:

Alec Teal [as Roll Me Over Slow; Jim Dickinson field recording while Alec is cutting a tree; sings it as a work song]

2004:

Rolling Stones [as Rock Me Baby on Live Licks; during that same tour a version with Malcolm & Angus Young (AC/DC) was cut]

2006:

Pat Travers

2021:

Alabama Slim [as Rock Me Baby]

See also: Ticket Agent Blues.

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