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4 unusual facts about I Got the Blues


I Got the Blues

Stones' recording veterans Bobby Keys and Jim Price performed on the saxophone and trumpet, respectively.

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.

New Orleans blues

Anthony Maggio's "I Got the Blues" was an early example of published blues sheet music from 1908.

The Legendary Tigerman

While working with Subotnick Enterprises, he released the followup, Fuck Christmas, I Got the Blues (2003) and the remix compilation In Cold Blood (2004).



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