Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on the blues

In this web exclusive, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rollings Stones talk with "Sunday Morning' correspondent Anthony Mason about their fascination with American blues music, and how as young British fans they bonded over the works of such artists as Chuck Berry, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Big Bill Broonzy.

[@salortiz3528]

Dam. I would love to sit and just talk to these guys about music and their lives. The Rolling Stones have got to be the coolest rock band ever

[@heliotropezzz333]

Keith Richards has written an autobiography (along with a journalist friend) which is a very good read.

[@stevej532]

Me too

[@johnscialfa7391]

yep

[@jackpoe7654]

Read it. Really good

[@annbugbee5623]

@@heliotropezzz333 It is THAT!!Maybe Part 2,Will be out shortly,ha,.You just never kknow.TAKE CARE AND STAY WELL AND SAFE.Walter B.Memphis. 😛☠🎼🎸💯

[@wandawyatt8698]

Love Mick and the Rolling Stones--they are the greatest! Still going strong.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

Really thankful to have Mick and Keith with us telling us old stories and their roots RIP Brian and Charlie

[@franciscoherlein1889]

I can't imagine or accept a world without Mick Jagger and Keith Richars. Greetings from Argentina, land Stone!

[@plasteredbastard]

Thank you Muddy and Chuck. Changing the world in more ways than you could ever have understood.

[@Methilde]

Don't forget Robert Johnson, Slim Harpo, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Lonnie Johnson.... before them.

[@margrettem.wilson3556]

Mick Jagger and Kieth Richards are rock and roll ROYALTY ! Love Love Love them forever !!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@angelrivas5832]

Legends!

[@mutakirorikatum2012]

OHHHH isnt it overstated???

[@t.4376]

Greetings from Russia

[@MrSpacejase]

Thank You Brian Jones for putting the band together..managing the early gigs..naming the band..and teaching mick how to play harmonica. Your idea out lived you but you had the dream and instrumental genus for the first chapter of the Stones

[@ziggypop79]

Jason Young and teaching Keith how to play guitar. Esp open G.

[@jasonrogers469]

Keith's open G teaching was provided by Graham Parsons not Brian Jones.

[@ziggypop79]

Jason Rogers Your completely wrong. Keith didn’t meet GP until 1968, Brian had played open G back in 1964. You don’t know what your talking about. I guess you’re information probably comes from Keith’s book, which was ghost written by Nick Kent, by the way.

[@jasonrogers469]

Never read his book and I do know what I'm talking about, I think it's you that has your information incorrect. There isn't one Rolling Stones song that Brian played in open G. Even his slide playing on Little Red Rooster was in standard tuning.

[@Winterstick549]

Funny how you guys think you know the Stones better than the Stones do.

[@eightinches6094]

The Rolling Stones introduced me to the blues as a 13 yr. old. It completely changed the way I listened to music, even at that age.

[@Methilde]

Exactly the same for me. The blues will never exist in France without those guys.

[@Ndlanding]

Maybe 15 y.o. here, but that was in the 60s!

[@MRBROWSER2012]

Mick is like, "..Yeah, ok I will try to answer this same question again in a different way for you mortals.." :)

[@chrissett4245]

Ya.. I noticed that look also. It's funny how the the Brits repackaged music and resold it back to America all them years ago.

[@maureen14]

@@chrissett4245 Excellent comment!

[@maureen14]

Lol

[@leahflower9924]

I love some Brit bands stones troggs kinks etc. Also Celtic music but it's funny I'm American and we have all the roots of modern music right here especially the South

[@JamesRonstadt]

The blues had a baby and they named it rock & roll

[@stephenfiore9960]

..Excellent line if it’s original

[@JamesRonstadt]

Stephen Fiore Thanks, I wish it was. I’ve been singing it for some 30 years now (with my own lyrics) but I’m pretty sure I got the line from either Brownie McGhee or Muddy waters. They both have a version 😷

[@billythekid5258]

Actually, I believe the line is "Country and the blues had a baby and called it rock'n'roll!"

[@Ndlanding]

It definitely wasn't Billy Connoly with his country song about cripples going over the cliff.

[@genatzvalee]

"We've known each other since 4 or 5 years old"!!! Can you imagine that! People forget that they've known each other for about 70 (SEVENTY!!!!) years! I think they should celebrate this anniversary soon, maybe this year. I read that they met in September 1950.

[@chuckfatherofrock3480]

"Y'know, 18... nnnnnnNnNnNNNNNghhhhhhhhhh... 19... nnnnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNNNNNgggghhhh... ha ha ha." The way Keith talks is so fascinating

[@87758]

LOL

[@casinosnoopy9900]

Thats the drugs talking

[@kawliga_the_plastic_indian1673]

“It’s a chemical thing, man” (-keef)

[@gardeningwithscience1317]

And yet without saying the words, you know exactly what he means. His experiences come through his nonverbal sounds

[@Lynn-rf1kc]

Keith and Ozzy need to talk together.. Would they understand one another?

[@SillyMoustache]

I used to cycle from school and wait to help the Rolling Stones load their gear over a footbridge to a small island in the Thames called Eel Pie Island. Whilst we were walking to the hotel where they (and many other big names) payed, Mick and Kieth were wel "evangelical" about telling me and other kids about the blues, R&B etc. Although I'd seen R&B acts before them (Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies, Art WoodsTrio, Jeff beck etc., Mick and Keith certainly gave me a whole load of information, and Charlie would give me hints, tips and homework if I set up his kit. Great bunch of guys back then, and from what I can see, still are.

[@vernpascal1531]

They talk about The Blues all the time being their main inspiration,but some of their Folk rock/Pop/Psychedelic stuff they did was great as well Lady Jane,As Tears Go By, Ruby Tuesday,Let's Spend The Night Together,Singer Not The Song,Sitting On A Fence,Blue Turns To Grey,2000 Light Years From Home,She's A Rainbow.

[@richardlionhardt4134]

Vern Paschal Right. All recorded in the 60's. Nothing since then.

[@terrygregory631]

Richard Lionhardt some girls / SF / exile/ tattoo you / voodoo lounge ?? Also covers o know blue blue and lonesome???

[@SillyMoustache]

@movingonandup773 Just the right time ant the right place, but i was a little to young to get into the Ealing blues club, but I dud see Alexis and some others at the Twickenham blues club (where I was asked to come up and back Jo-Anne Kelly. I also saw the Yardbirds "backing" Sonny boy Williams, he night tat Eric, Jimmy, and Jeff all turned up and spent the whole night trying to better each other - bit selfish when it was Sonny boy's gig.

[@73reider]

Wonderful anecdote sir, I enjoyed reading it...

[@crustycobs2669]

What kind of World are we leaving to Keith Richards?

[@alexm8859]

At this point that question isn’t even cliche, we actually need to start thinking about that.

[@Ndlanding]

@@alexm8859 We have to ask ourselves why so many peeps copy this once-witty remark.

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Jagger answered that question perfectly: Why did so many kids get into blues in England? Because it was different. There's your answer. It's like today, anybody that comes out with something new, something different, and it sounds good, that's all you need. Actually in any art form. I cringe any time I see someone doing copies

[@rachelhannah69]

I will always love these old buggers.

[@Revolver1981]

Thomas Pierce That's right cuzz.

[@user-uy9mf7cb5h]

Their last album is really amazing!

[@peggyestrello2326]

We will always appreciate rock n roll blues music. Love the hat !

[@texas1949]

It’s awesome that they were in love with American Blues! Proud of them.

[@geoffpoole483]

The Stones ALWAYS credited the original artist when they recorded a blues cover. Some bands (not naming names) were not so honourable.

[@robwicks67]

Interesting that the STAR of the interview, Mick Jagger is on TV with no makeup while the interviewer, who is not a focal point at all, is absolutely caked with makeup. Just goes to show how Mick is at ease with just being himself, being natural and keeping it real. I have a ton of respect for the man.

[@thomaspierce9707]

He's at ease being a low life slime ball turd chute delver.

[@silvershitposts8761]

he dyes his hair

[@frusciante3499]

Keith is more at ease actually

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Actually I thought that the star of the interview was Keef.

[@Methilde]

@@silvershitposts8761 Like most of other performers, women do that why men couldn't do it.

[@michaeljacobs2954]

A blues revival was already underway in US in late 50s with many of the old stars from the 1920s thru the 1940s getting their careers back on track recording, playing coffee houses, universities and festivals. So when the Brits came over, it caused a sensation, but they were simply feeding back to us what we already had. Many young teenagers didnt know about the blues. They heard it for the first time from a British ieinterpretation. Then they discovered the original recordings once the Stones were mentioning them in interviews.

[@steveconn]

And putting them on white tv, like Mick and Brian introducing Howlin Wolf on Shindig in 1965. They did far more than just the Beatles who watered down the music or Zep who just stole without credit (until sued).

[@Methilde]

@@steveconn well said.

[@MyatHtoo]

Without the Stones introduction to the Blues many would never heard of the Blues!!!

[@samr.england613]

Except for all those "black" and "white" Americans in the so-called and ridiculously stereotyped "South". (The Stones, as well as the Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, and many others, were introduced to the Blues--as well as Rock 'n Roll, by American Southerners, whether "black" or "white".) Gregg Allman, in an interview with a music mag journalist way back in the day, was asked, "The Allman Brothers are Southern Rock, yes?" Gregg replied- "That's redundant. You may as well say, "Rock rock". IOWs, Rock, and Rock 'n Roll, CAME from the South!

[@MyatHtoo]

Sam... a lot of people didn't even know who Howlin' Wolf was till the Stones brought him on for their "Shindig show!!! I am just saying that the Stones introduced the Blues to more more wider and global audience... As for Zep they were sued by Willie Dixon and he won but I a fan of Zep as they also introduced me to the Blues... this excerpt from the below link... "Eric Lott points to the show’s formative importance to the Stones, who “sit scattered around the Shindig! set watching Wolf in full-metal idolatry” as he sings “How Many More Years,” a song Led Zeppelin would later turn into “How Many More Times.” www.openculture.com/2016/08/the-rolling-stones-introduce-bluesman-howlin-wolf-on-us-tv.html

[@frankfurfaro1885]

Myat Htoo not true elvis was singing the blues in 1960 before the stones and he sang much better than mick

[@WileECoyotey]

There were other english bands doing US blues rock - Every heard of the The Beatles . Who and Sabbath ?

[@Lost-xl6im]

Blues were all over Britain in the 50's and 60s;

[@floydhernandez6098]

Just by listening to Mick Jagger talk that voice Worth more than fame.

[@Gratefulman1965]

Keith says were like missionaries without the celibacy.....absolutely hilarious 😂

[@Methilde]

Yes, Keith is really smart and funny in this interview, "apart democratie and anything like that..."

[@richardtorres5513]

Ladies and Gentlemen, The World Greatest Rock and Roll Band, The Rolling Stones !!!

[@christianefranke3402]

👍👍👍

[@DianaMartinez-nz7sr]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR.PABLO PEREZ.YOU ARE AN VERY GOOD FRIEND.

[@joemacaluso4627]

GREAT INTERVIEWS! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🏼😎🇺🇸

[@leslieelaine8499]

These guys are legends

[@d3athm0ng3r]

I'm gonna go listen to 'I got the blues' again. One love y'all.

[@kennethrussell1158]

Can you imagine a conversation between Ozzy Ozbourne and Keith Richards?

[@peterpanassow7814]

😂😂😂😂😂😂. Good one!

[@matthewtaylor6405]

Imagine if they wrnt speaking to each other

[@billythekid5258]

HAHAHA!!!! But who would be able to interpret?? Maybe Dylan?

[@annbugbee5623]

@@billythekid5258 l can understand Keith just fine,You gotta listen,His MIND IS QUICK,Been doing this a while now,ya know,OZZY,Love the guy,but l CAN'T understand him Not like KEITH RICHARDS. Walter B.Memphis.😛☠🎼🎸💯

[@eugenemitchell4513]

lmao 😀

[@karic1294]

I love these guys

[@shirleya3615]

These interviews seem like they are separate. Each one interviewed alone. Either way- I love to hear them talk & their accent's!🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@Ndlanding]

One Crackerjack pencil heading your way.

[@eargasm1072]

To think these two have been friends and leaders of one of rock's biggest institutions since they was wee lil lads all of 5-6 yrs....amazing

[@Ndlanding]

And how old are you?

[@Ndlanding]

I'm an "aficiondo" (quoting Keef) of this kind of interview. Thanks!

[@patricklipski96]

I saw the stones in 89 LA coliseum they played so professional loved it

[@ghoxon8312]

Keith Richards has the best interview voice

[@simonedgbaston]

Alway's astonishing to listen to 😊

[@alessandraperez8460]

Keith always happy. I love you so much! Kisses from Brazil. ❤🇧🇷

[@serendavies7375]

I love those guys with all my heart

[@patriciafrei792]

I like keith...a genuine person...thank u keith

[@buddylobos5277]

In the Ken Burns bio of the blues he pointed out that Willie Dixon met alot of guys when he was touring the UK with Muddy & Wolf in the early '60's. Apparently, he talked about you all being the future for them. I guess he liked you and Clapton & Beck and others. The future was wide open.

[@kayzstore5363]

I wish i could run across that letter he wroye, so so amazing, so personal, . . . His. Mindset, just a friendly letter,but so amazing . . . ❤❤❤❤

[@anjou6497]

I've loved Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee for such a long time. 🧡🌅.

[@kenamaro3942]

Stones for life..

[@mauricioochoa4179]

Thank you, Brian Jones, for forming The Rolling Stones!

[@nerdotv]

That Sun should be a patch on his jacket. Love you MJ =D

[@tarikzemmouri9670]

tHANKS THE BLUES NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL

[@exert2020]

Is Mick getting younger? I've seen him lately and he looks like he's gone back 10 yrs. Amazing

[@bwaters735]

exert2020 r u blind?

[@kendalllaughon9664]

Mick ♥️

[@frankschandock7131]

Götter die man nie vergessen wird!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@christianefranke3402]

Da gebe ich dir vollkommen Recht, für mich die beste Band aller Zeiten. 👍👍👍

[@williampercival7662]

Mick and Keith are ageing gracefully. William Percival Gardenia Band New Zealand Kia Orana.

[@FTStratLP]

Happy belated Birthday, Keith!

[@lenoregorman4688]

Interesting how the young British were appreciative of the Blues, incorporated into their music and, in turn, created a more Rock R&B sound. Thank god they brought in a different style from the Bubblegum and Pop music.

[@stevej532]

Legends!

[@christianefranke3402]

👍👍👍

[@robrockstv781]

Keith is cool

[@WV591]

these guys are not only modest and gifted but very smart.

[@sunlight253]

~Best band on the planet!!!....Kisses~

[@chrisbennett606]

love the passion,reverence and appreciation those English guys had for the blues and the people behind the ( art form )in stark contrast to the Americans themselves Or really the ameriKKKans

[@benjibenj7406]

haha true

[@chubbymarshmallowguy4769]

Me and Jagger have the same birthday

[@samanthab1923]

chubbymarshmallow guy Cool 😎 how old is he now?

[@billythekid5258]

Nobody gives a shjt!

[@Methilde]

@@billythekid5258 why been so angry, maybe jealous ?

[@jacuelinemorrison3191]

jackie loves blues to. i also play.

[@keithleeuwen877]

Mick Rocks !

[@HTJB60]

I don't know if this 'story' with be of interest, but here goes. I'm 73 now and when I was, maybe 12 or 13 I ended up going to my Head Boy's home to listen to his Blue's music. We played Chess & Monopoly and I was the only person who like's his blue's record's. There was quite an age gap. I'd got to know him when I was 11 because I had so many Detention's, I ended up on his Dinner table, to be 'kept an eye' on. LOL I lived 50 odd mile's away from London, I'm not a musician (nor was my 'Head Boy') He ended up being a "Rocker" and I ended up as one of the two mod's in my Village. I mention that, as our other Musical Taste's went in very different direction's. He was Elvis etc. and I went the Rolling Stone's route. I still listen to the RS a lot. I don't know how people pick a favorite album {let alone, song}. What i listen to changes, as to my mood. One of the first few album's, or the later one's and occasionally the one's after that. Some Girl's is probably when I stopped getting them. I never sa the Stone's, but the WHO 5 or 6 time's, PRETTY THING'S, BIRD'S. Plus; SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Do you think Keef is trying to figure out how to ask the interviewer to join the band?

[@annbugbee5623]

NO!!!! Walter B.Memphis

[@mulekickhandmadeguitars8465]

As a white American kid growing up in the Midwest on a farm, blues music was very hard to get for us as well. The only way was to stay up late at night and tune across the radio dial to find the small far away radio stations that we couldn't tune in to during the day. THEN....you'd hear what you never heard before.

[@Ndlanding]

Like Radio Luxemburg?

[@richardfweeler2939]

Can anyone ask Mick and Keith some iterating question FFS we have heard this so many time the Guys are legendary , they have been around over fifty years ....is that really all you can think of ????

[@BernieHollandMusic]

Well come on then - what's your question ?

[@Methilde]

@@BernieHollandMusic What did you want to talk about, for exemple.

[@awol2602]

'officiondos' - priceless

[@mutakirorikatum2012]

Peculiar Guy! (Buddy).

[@LeggoMyLamb]

1:40 For this interview I'm going to wear a classic charcoal pinstripe sport jacket. Then drape a weird red cloth over my right shoulder for no reason.

[@alexkx8599]

He looks majestic! :)

[@annbugbee5623]

@@alexkx8599 HE IS ,! Walter B.Memphis TAKE CARE AND STAY WELL AND SAFE, 😛☠🎼🎸💯

[@Ndlanding]

I'm fine with the red rag, but I couldn't possibly wear a pinstripe jacket.

[@fastted3504]

I switched back over to American rock many years ago, from being a Stones fan. Petty, Seeger, VH, and Eagles fan is the American way. But yeah, I can still play all the Brian era songs on my Gibson Les Paul / Fender Strat.

[@paugarcia1465]

3:21 He looks like he is saying: "where did you get that stash from, man?"

[@tekannon7803]

Can we take this small moment to thank Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and their band and their words of wisdom and guidance? Can we thank them for the greatest line in Rock n’ Roll: “Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind.”? Can I thank them for shining a light on becoming a popular musician, but only ending up in theirs and many other great musicians’ and bands’ shadows but still proud of my dusky tunes that never went anywhere but out to small audiences in clubs like ‘The Bag o’ Chicken’, on sixth street-I believe-in Austin, Texas? You cats have lived our collective dream, but what you did for me was to allow me to live my life by following my heart, because I believed what you told us. What you and John Lennon told us. I may have gone bankrupt a number of times, and been through one or two marriages that I had no business being a part of, but by following Mick’s prescient views on a lot of things and staying ‘rebelized’ by Keith’s indomitable belief in what life is all about, I’ve managed to stay with following my heart and I’ve never looked back. Ruby Tuesday changed the way I think-

[@Methilde]

Greats and deep lyrics with Rubby Tuesday, "catch your dreams before they sleep away".

[@gloriahoulihan8717]

Church halls used to have dancing on a Friday night. Men would take patent leather shoes to dance in and put them on for dancing. My family used to go to the dances. The groups gradually changed from waltzes and foxtrot to rock and roll.

[@knicholson1]

After all he’s been through, he’s more coherent than Joe Biden.

[@popsfereal]

And especially more coherent than Trump.

[@sheLovesG]

LOL!

[@michaelbrickley2443]

Keith Nicholson, Keef cleaned up his act a whole lot after Patti.

[@jitblues]

Joe is a shameless fraud.

[@michaelwilson9972]

Amen

[@gloriamherreros2826]

Todavía conserva su cabello muy bonito, admiro su delgadez!

[@keithleeuwen877]

Keith Rocks !

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Stones play our music better than we Americans ever could.

[@lucapasquini9079]

Stones are stones..no more, se love forever luca 64

[@juanjesusplasenciadarias1007]

Naturales como siempre con sus arrugas y una larga trallectoria musical un rey

[@user-go4uq3tu9w]

I love when Keith lauf with that smoke ansd whiskey voice always so cool❤❤❤❤❤and Mich is more safe in hid intervju in this time❤❤❤when he was younger he eas more careful and more shy❤❤❤buth so cute now he is more self safe and the boss and so intelligent claver what he tLking abour.More experience in this time good to talk with.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cathykeith6301]

I don’t like when they just stop the interview or the show cold. With no links to are you follow up. But I really enjoyed this it just sucks the league couldn’t wind down the interview or could you forward to a newOne they just don’t cut you off Anyway do you have to admire These men. I had a big Rolling Stones Collection that was stolen from me and it’s a shame because it had a lot of old stuff and I’ve been to so many concerts makes my heart break anyway I very much enjoyed this video I just wish it didn’t stop

[@Mickcotton]

We Love Keef ❤️❤️😇

[@criguit]

bello

[@mickjagger8354]

Hola!!!!

[@gandalf7361]

Eh, he's a nice old man, isn't he?Mick and Keith are very clean.

[@claudianorman258]

i guess you're saying that in a metaphorical way

[@gandalf7361]

Claudia Norman I guess you're right, or are you?

[@claudianorman258]

is gandalf fucking with my head? am i really in this situation?

[@gandalf7361]

Claudia Norman No,yes...

[@claudianorman258]

can't be arsed to be angry this is too funy

[@willtobias5280]

Top hands sirs

[@michaelreardon3958]

How you do you get a half a TV channel anyway, Sir Mick? Haha Mick and Keith are the best. As well as Charlie Watts, who I miss. (RIP).

[@TheRollingStoness]

The Rolling Stones brought what was in America's backyard to limelight. Rest is history. Still 99.9% of stones fans, including me, have never heard of the original versions of the blues songs of their Blue and Lonesome album, PERIOD!

[@joenazario6189]

It's not a secret that Brian Jones was the blues fanatic

[@pabloperez4063]

Brian ThE bluesman

[@Methilde]

So you don't listen Keith talking of his meeting with Mick and discussing about Muddy Water????

[@markcorkum8341]

and God made Rock N Roll

[@mark11967AD]

On their early teen idealism towards R&B music.. “It was Like being a missionary.. without the celibacy,” Keith Richards. Keith and Mick bright and irreverent in life just as in their musical and lyrical genius.

[@AdityaKumar-cu7vk]

4:13 we were like 18 (grrrrr...) 19 (grrrr...)

[@MelanieDItsMe]

😂😂😂😂

[@bigbrotherisasob]

USA - the land of Rock-'n'-Roll.

[@allentwowalktwo9946]

Have they got some blues? Can I buy some? Haven't seen them since the seventies

[@Methilde]

You can listen on youtube "Rolling Stones playing the blues" great compilation.

[@garygaither4382]

Keef: we love the Blues, man......

[@dianeovercash6739]

Keef has a great sense of humor.

[@georgiethumbs2438]

I don't there's ever been a band like them where they have been together longer than most people have been alive. He says he met Mick at a train station and he was holding "Rocking at the hop" by Chuck Berry which came out in 1960. So you figure THAT is when the Rolling Stones started. That's 57 years ago. BTW if you get the chance, check out the Rolling stones exhibition, I saw it in NYC and it was awesome.

[@Methilde]

They were at primary school together, imagine.

[@frankfeldman6657]

Heaven forbid Sunday Morning interview actual blues artists.

[@edithlazenby5839]

This isn't about blues artist, this is about discovering the blues and using it to find your own sound...and because of this they, the stones, reintroduced the blues to America...trust me, more Europeans know more about the "blues" as an art form because it was allowed to be performed by the original artist in mainstream Europe...they embraced this music...

[@johnlawrence2757]

Radio Luxembourg !!!

[@robertleslie2467]

Who but Keith Richards could ever be as cool as he is wearing a bracelet that looks like a pair of handcuffs?🤙

[@ronson232]

2:20 "Aficiondoes"

[@heliotropezzz333]

*Afficionados