Back then, the Stones learned to play and to pose emulating records they heard by artists like Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters. Now, on a 12-track album of covers they cut together in one room in real time, theyre looking back at those pioneers, paying tribute to the music that launch
ric Clapton, a.k.a. Mr. Technique, shows up for two songs, including Willie Dixons creeping I Cant Quit You Baby. (Among the other tunes the band does are Dixons Just Like I Treat You, with a ragged beat from Charlie Watts, and the haunted Little Rain by Jimmy Reed.)