If I’m asked, “are you a Rolling Stones guy or a Beatles guy?” I always answer…. Stones.
This is one of those things that you can like both bands, but if you had to identify with one of them…. Stones.
I’ve loved Chicago Blues since the first time my dad took me down to Maxwell Street. He was looking for an extra set of tools and a toolbox. The first musician I heard was Jimmy Davis, I fell in love with the blues on that day. My dad found his tools and toolbox and he bought me two blues cassettes….
The Rolling Stones are basically a Chicago Blues band, but with a skinny English singer and not a barrel chested black man. It was 1974 and I was an eight year old Rolling Stones fan and the only kid in third grade that loved the blues.
Naturally this led me to being a Stones guy and not a Beatles guy.
Forty two years ago today I was a freshman in high school watching Monday Night Football with my Ma. She cried when Howard Cosell broke the news.
First of all…. Forty two years ago? That means if John Lennon didn’t get shot he would be in his eighties.
If asked who my favorite Beatle is… George Harrison and I liked McCartney over Lennon.
I was more sad on the day Muddy Waters died. April 30th, 1983.
Today is the day to set aside Junior Wells and “Exile on Main Street” and listen to some Beatles and John Lennon. The quote today comes from my favorite Lennon song.
John Lennon is no longer riding on the merry-go-round, he just had to let it go…..
