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He likely got it from a Big Bill Broonzy recording "Rockin' Chair Blues" from 1940 using the phrase "rock me, baby". The phrase "like a wagon wheel" is used in the 1939 Curtis Jones song "Roll Me Mama" that includes the lines "Now roll me over, just like I'm a wagon wheel" and "just like I ain't got no bone". He re-recorded it in 1963 as "Roll ...
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. [10]
Secor says he sang his amplification of the song "all around the country from about 17 to 26, before I ever even thought, 'oh I better look into this.'" [11] When he sought copyright in 2003, to release the song on O.C.M.S. in (2004), he discovered Dylan credited the phrase "Rock me, mama" to bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (who likely got it ...
The “Wagon Wheel” singer has since had four albums debut at No. 1 on the country charts, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2012 and won the Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance in ...
Curtis Jones' song 'Roll Me Over', presumably recorded in 1939, also uses the phrase 'like a wagon wheel'. Therefore the term blues standard is appropriate. I like the later versions very much (I even wrote my own, Dutch version), but legally something might be wrong in this Wikipedia article regarding authorship and maybe even considering ...
Here's every song on the Yellow soundtrack from Season 1 to Season 5, including country favorites from Willie Nelson, John Prine, Kacey Musgraves, Jason Isbell and more
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.
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]