ROOSTER BLUES

Created on 07/09/2006
Latest update on 14/10/2023

Artist: Lightnin' Slim
Author: Jerry West
Label: Excello
Year: 1959

Possibly written by Otis Hicks (aka Lightnin' Slim). Produced by J.D. Miller (aka Jerry West).

Covers:

1962:

Charlie McCoy

1965:

Ronnie Hawkins [as Little Red Rooster, uptempo version inspiring Jim Dickinson's; for the Rolling Stones blues hit, see: The Red Rooster]

1970:

Guitar Jr.

1976:

George Wild Child Butler

1981:

Delbert McClinton

1992:

Peter Wolf [in film Fried Green Tomatoes]

1994:

Dave Kelly

1995:

Lee McBee & The Passions

1997:

Big Bad Smitty

2006:

Roscoe Chenier [crediting Otis Hicks, which is Lightnin' Slim's real name]

2006:

Jim Dickinson [with the North Mississippi Allstars]

2011:

Lazy Lester

2022:

Bob Corritore

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