Spoonful

1960

  • Rolling Stone Magazine: " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time " (No. 219)
  • Blues Foundation Hall of Fame " Classics of Blues Recordings"

Spoonful is a Blue song, which was written by Willie Dixon and has become a standard by the covers of many blues musicians. First, the song was recorded in 1960 by Howlin 'Wolf.

General

The song was written by Willie Dixon and based on the 1929 published song Blue A Spoonful Blues by Charley Patton ( Paramount 12869 ). The idea behind Spoonful was that you do not need much to have it good. The musical structure of the song can also be seen in other numbers which Dixon wrote for Wolf. (Wang Dang Doodle, Back Door Man and also in Wolf's own Smokestack Lightning ). The song was published in 1962 on Howlin ' Wolf's second LP for Chess Records. In 1968 he recorded the song, among other of his songs, new on ( The Howlin 'Wolf Album, Cadet Concept LPS -319), but was the recording commercially and artistically a failure. So Wolf described the album in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine as " Dogshit " ( dog shit ).

Musician

Awards

The song was " 500 songs did shaped Rock and Roll" the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included in the list of on the list of Rolling Stone magazine with the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time " He is ranked at number 219. The Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2010 recorded the song in Wolf's version in the Classics of Blues Recordings category on.

Cream cover

The English blues-rock group Cream released their cover version on their debut album Fresh Cream. In the American edition of the album Spoonful was replaced by I Feel Free and published until a year later as a single. The song was often used as a template for Cream of rampant instrumental solos, the live version took on Wheels of Fire ( 1968) 16 minutes and 48 seconds.

Cover versions (selection)

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