What`s in a name.

The Rolling Stones have a HUGE place in Rock History.

When first heard their name i was too young to know my own
language (Greek) let alone a second one (English).

But I liked it!

I liked the rolling sound of it and to my ears it was more mystical
than the sound of the word The Beatles.

I remember one of my older friends he gave me their
first hits album and i was hooked,to the songs,their sound and image.

What they had in their music that got me so much into them,
was what their name suggested,not when i found out what
it meant from my English language dictionary, but when i finally
discovered where they took their name from!

From a Muddy Waters tune with the same name.

I had no idea who Muddy Waters was but when i realized that he was
a major influence to the music of the band i loved i wanted to
check him out.

The Blues had major influence
not only to the Stones but to every major band that came out of England
in the sixties-early seventies that i liked.

I could imediately trace the blues influences of a band
with my only criteria that i liked it.

Every other band that came from a different place
than the blues never thrilled me.

This past week i was listening to the latest Rolling Stones album
"A Bigger Bang" and although it might not be another
"Let it Bleed", "Sticky Fingers" or "Exile on Main Street"
it is still as good as it gets for them to hold the title
of the best rock band in the world!