Confessin' The Blues Confessin' The Blues

BMG & UNIVERSAL PRESENT CONFESSIN THE BLUES ORIGINAL BLUES MASTERPIECES HAND-PICKED AND CURATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ROLLING STONES DONATION TO WILLIE DIXONS BLUES HEAVEN FOUNDATION COVER ARTWORK BY RONNIE WOOD "If you don't know the blues. there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music." " Keith Richards As well as being the biggest band in the world, The Rolling Stones are also the biggest champions of the blues, so who better to curate a compilation in collaboration with BMG and Universal, of the music that inspired them throughout their career? Confessin The Blues collects together the greatest bluesmen ever and provides a perfect education to the genre. The tracklisting on the various formats have been chosen by The Rolling Stones, in collaboration with BMG and Universal and will be released on BMG on 9 November. The Rolling Stones have long been supporters of the Blues from before the start of their career right through to their latest album, Blue & Lonesome which featured their interpretations of the classics, many of which appear in their original versions here on Confessin The Blues. Mick Jagger was an early fan of the Blues: "The first Muddy Waters album that was really popular was Muddy Waters at Newport, which was the first album I ever bought". As such big supporters of the genre, the band and BMG have decided that 10% of BMGs net receipts* from the sale of this album (with a minimum of 0.65 (2CD) / 1.25 (2LP) / 3.00 (Bookpack) UK pounds sterling) will be donated to Willie Dixons Blues Heaven Foundation (Registered as a 501 (3) non-profit organisation in the United States.) Jacqueline Dixon, President/CEO of The Blues Foundation, said: 'We are extremely honoured, grateful and humbled that Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation has been included in such an astonishing project.