"One for the Road:" Muddy Waters Week (Day 4)

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 7, 2011 10:00PM

There's no doubt of the influence of Muddy Waters on the British Invasion of the 1960s. Hell, the Rolling Stones early records were straight ripoffs of Waters and the Chess Records stable of artists — remember the 2120 South Michigan Avenue bootleg that was uploaded to the web a few months back? Here is another meeting of the minds between Waters and the Stones, from 1981 at the Checkerboard Lounge back when that club was still in Bronzeville, singing about something that's good for your head and relaxes your body (don't you know).