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'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' | |
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Single by Robert Johnson | |
Released | 1938 |
Format | 78 rpm record |
Recorded | Dallas, Texas, June 20, 1937 |
Genre | Blues |
Length |
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Label | Vocalion |
Songwriter(s) | Robert Johnson |
Producer(s) | Don Law |
'Stop Breaking Down' or 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' is a Delta blues song recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937. Described as an 'upbeat boogie with a strong chorus line',[1] the song became popular largely through later interpretations by other artists.
Recording and composition[edit]
Robert Johnson recorded 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' during his last recording session in 1937 in Dallas, Texas. The song is a solo piece with Johnson providing guitar accompaniment to his vocals. Several songs have been identified as 'melodic precedents': 'Caught Me Wrong Again' (Memphis Minnie, 1936), 'Stop Hanging Around' (Buddy Moss, 1935), and 'You Got to Move' (Memphis Minnie and Joe McCoy, 1934).[2]
Of his Dallas recordings, it is Johnson's most uptempo song, with 'his exhuberant vocal driv[ing] home the story line'.[1] Two takes of the song were recorded, both sounding very similar, although Johnson flubbed the opening verse of the second take. His record company released both takes on different pressings, with some singles having the first take and others having the second.[3] Although the song is played in a fretted guitar style, on both takes Johnson added a brief slide coda that comes across 'like a little inside joke'.[4]
In 1970, the second take of the song was included on Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II album, making it available for the first time since its initial release. Both takes were later included on the 1990 box set The Complete Recordings.
Recordings by blues artists[edit]
As with most Johnson songs, 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' failed to generate much interest with the blues record buying public when it was released.[5] However, his work was kept alive by a 'small circle of Mississippi peers'[6] with interpretations recorded by other blues artists. In 1945, Sonny Boy Williamson I recorded his version as an early Chicago blues with Big Maceo (piano), Tampa Red (guitar), and Charles Sanders (drums).[7] Titled 'Stop Breaking Down', the song featured somewhat different lyrics, including the refrain 'I don't believe you really really love me, I think you just like the way my music sounds' in place of Johnson's 'The stuff I got it gon' bust your brains out, hoo hoo, it'll make you lose your mind'. Williamson's song inspired the versions sung 'by most postwar Chicago blues artists'.[5]
In 1954, Baby Boy Warren recorded it as a Chicago-style blues shuffle, but used most of Johnson's lyrics.[8]Forest City Joe recorded the song in 1959, which was released on a compilation album The Blues Roll On.[9] In the late 1960s, Junior Wells with Buddy Guy recorded 'Stop Breaking Down' for the Coming at You Baby (1968) and Southside Blues Jam (1969) albums. Their versions are medleys which incorporate lyrics from 'Five Long Years' and Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Stop Breaking Down'.
The Rolling Stones version[edit]
'Stop Breaking Down' | |
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Song by the Rolling Stones | |
from the album Exile on Main St. | |
Released | May 12, 1972 |
Genre | Blues rock |
Length | 4:34 |
Label | Rolling Stones Records |
Songwriter(s) | Robert Johnson |
Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller |
The Rolling Stones recorded 'Stop Breaking Down' for their 1972 Exile on Main St. album. They interpreted the song somewhat differently from the earlier versions, with prominent slide guitar work by Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger providing the harmonica and guitar.[10] The Rolling Stones' only live performance of the song (with Robert Cray on slide guitar and lead vocals) is included on their The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live concert DVD.
After the release of Exile on Main St., Allen Klein sued the Rolling Stones for breach of settlement because Jagger and Richards had created their version of 'Stop Breaking Down' and composed four other songs on the album while they were under contract with his company, ABKCO. ABKCO acquired publishing rights to the songs, giving it a share of the royalties from Exile on Main St., and was able to publish another album of previously released Rolling Stones songs, More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies).[11]
Lawsuit over copyright[edit]
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'Stop Breakin' Down Blues' (along with 'Love in Vain') was the subject of a lawsuit regarding the copyright for the song. In 2000, the court held that the songs were not in the public domain and that legal title belonged to the Estate of Robert Johnson and its successors.[12]
Other renditions[edit]
Lucinda Williams recorded 'Stop Breakin' Down' in 1979 for her first professional release, Ramblin', a blues cover album (which also includes two more Robert Johnson songs, 'Ramblin' on My Mind' and 'Malted Milk Blues'). In 1986, Pussy Galore included the song for their parody of the Rolling Stone's Exile on Main St. The Jeff Healey Band recorded a rendition for Cover to Cover, released in 1995. The White Stripes' 1999 debut album features a version of 'Stop Breaking Down'; a live version recorded by the BBC is included with their 2002 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' single. Eric Clapton recorded it along with several other Robert Johnson tunes for his 2004 tribute album, Me and Mr. Johnson. Todd Rundgren also included the song on his 2011 tribute album to Robert Johnson, Todd Rundgren's Johnson.Widespread Panic first performed the song live at the University of New Orleans in October 2000, including a recorded performance on their compilation Live at Myrtle Beach[13] in 2005, and it remains in their song rotation on tour.
Notes[edit]
- ^ abWald 2004, p. 179.
- ^Wardlow & Komara 1998, p. 206.
- ^LaVere 1990, p. 47.
- ^Wald 2004, p. 180.
- ^ abPalmer 1981, p. 128.
- ^Wald 2004, p. 187.
- ^RCA Victor 20-3047
- ^Drummond Records 3003
- ^Atlantic Records SD 1352
- ^Of Jagger's guitar part, album recording engineer Andy Johns explained, 'That's why it's a little choppier'. Kubernik 2010.
- ^Goodman 2015, pp. 235–236.
- ^'ABKCO Music v. Stephen LaVere'. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. June 26, 2000. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^'Stop Breakin' Down Blues'. Everyday Companion. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
References[edit]
- Goodman, Fred (2015). Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN978-0-547-89686-1.
- Kubernik, Harvey (May 8, 2010). 'Engineer Andy Johns discusses the making of the Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main Street''. Goldmine.
- LaVere, Stephen (1990). The Complete Recordings (Box set booklet). Robert Johnson. Columbia Records. C2K 46222.
- Palmer, Robert (1981). Deep Blues. Penguin Books. ISBN0-14-006223-8.
- Wald, Elijah (2004). Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues. Harper. ISBN978-0-06-052427-2.
- Wardlow, Gayle Dean; Komara, Edward M. (1998). Chasin' That Devil Music. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN0-87930-552-5.
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What year is it, again? Within the last twelve months I have picked up the reissue of Exile on Main Street, the Keith biography, Life, and went downtown for a screening of the 1972 concert film Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones documenting the American leg of the Exile tour. All good. The Keith bio alone re-sparked my interest in the band’s Goat’s Head era, notably the Brussels Affair bootleg.
Allegedly a near-miss official Stones release documenting the ’73 tour, the band shelved the project due to issues with their former label. Among other heights the boot showcases prime Mick Taylor. This is also the show where I stopped hating on, and learned to love, “Dancing With Mr. D.” The version here is a ripper.
Disc one, Brussels. The second disc, part of the ‘definitive’ edition culls tracks for the ’73 tour in Rotterdam, London, Newcastle, Munich and Vienna. Split into three zip files, the set will unpack into iTunes as two discs.
Download:The Rolling Stones :: Brussels Affair 1973 – Part 1
Download:The Rolling Stones :: Brussels Affair 1973 – Part 2
Download:The Rolling Stones :: Brussels Affair 1973 – Part 3
Download:The Rolling Stones :: Brussels Affair 1973 – Part 2
Download:The Rolling Stones :: Brussels Affair 1973 – Part 3
Forest National, Brussels, Belgium 10/17/73, 1st show
01 Brown Sugar
02 Gimme Shelter
03 Happy
04 Tumbling Dice
05 Dancing With Mr. D
06 Angie
07 You Can’t Always Get What You Want
08 Midnight Rambler
09 Honky Tonk Women
10 All Down The Line
11 Rip This Joint
12 Jumping Jack Flash
13 Street Fighting Man
14 Starfucker
02 Gimme Shelter
03 Happy
04 Tumbling Dice
05 Dancing With Mr. D
06 Angie
07 You Can’t Always Get What You Want
08 Midnight Rambler
09 Honky Tonk Women
10 All Down The Line
11 Rip This Joint
12 Jumping Jack Flash
13 Street Fighting Man
14 Starfucker
Rotterdam 10/14/London 9/9/Newcastle 9/13/Munich 9/28/Vienna 9/1/73
01 Brown Sugar
02 Happy
03 Gimme Shelter
04 Heartbreaker
05 Street Fighting Man
06 Brown Sugar
07 Starfucker
08 Dancing With Mr. D
09 Angie
10 Midnight Rambler
11 Gimme Shelter
12 Street Fighting Man
13 Bitch
14 100 Years Ago
15 Sweet Virginia
16 Silver Train
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02 Happy
03 Gimme Shelter
04 Heartbreaker
05 Street Fighting Man
06 Brown Sugar
07 Starfucker
08 Dancing With Mr. D
09 Angie
10 Midnight Rambler
11 Gimme Shelter
12 Street Fighting Man
13 Bitch
14 100 Years Ago
15 Sweet Virginia
16 Silver Train
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