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[5] [6] [7] Although never officially released, the Dylan song was released on a bootleg recording, usually named after the chorus and its refrain, "Rock Me, Mama". Dylan left the song an unfinished sketch. Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show wrote verses for the song around Dylan's original chorus and melody. [8] [9]
Both "Rock Me, Mama" and "Sweet Amarillo" were eventually completed and recorded by the Nashville band Old Crow Medicine Show, who credited Bob Dylan as co-writer. " Wagon Wheel " was released in 2004 (and subsequently covered by many other artists, including Darius Rucker ) and " Sweet Amarillo " was released in 2014.
1501 – Arthur Crudup – Rock Me Mama / Mean Ole Frisco; 1502 – Arthur Crudup – Katie Mae / Dig Myself A Hole; 1503 – Elmore James – Strangerblues / Anna Lee; 2020 – Elmore James – Pickin' The Blues / It Hurts Me To; 2021 – Buster Brown – Sugar Babe / Don't Dog Your Woman; 2022 – Larry Dale – Rock A While / The Things I ...
B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby" is based on the 1951 song "Rockin' and Rollin'" by Lil' Son Jackson. [1] King's lyrics are nearly identical to Jackson's, although instrumentally the songs are different: "Rockin' and Rollin'" is a solo piece, with Jackson's vocal and guitar accompaniment, whereas "Rock Me Baby" is an ensemble piece.
The group's music has been called old-time, folk, and alternative country. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs. Bluegrass musician Doc Watson discovered the band while its members were busking outside a pharmacy in Boone, North Carolina, [i 1] in 2000.
"Rock Me Mama" Feature Records: 1954 "New Orleans Bound" "I Can't Live Happy" Feature Records 1954 "Bugger Bugger Boy" "Ethel Mae" Feature Records 1955
Secor is known for co-writing Old Crow Medicine Show's biggest hit and signature song, "Wagon Wheel", which started as a short snippet recorded by Bob Dylan in 1973 called "Rock Me, Mama" — extended by Secor to include new verses about feeling homesick for the south and hitchhiking his way home. [4]
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) [1] was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), [2] "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later recorded by Elvis Presley and other artists.