Sleepy LaBeef, national treasure, is a man of the world, and a worldly man.
Tonight’s cut was recorded in England and released by a German label.
Of course, good music knows no boundaries.
Tonight, Sleepy covers a tune written and originally performed by Jimmy Reed, an electric bluesman from Mississippi. “Shame, Shame, Shame,” released in 1963, was Reed’s last single to hit the charts.
Sleepy recorded this cover at Regent Sound Studio in London on April 23, 1979, backed by a five-piece group.
“Shame, Shame, Shame,” Sleepy LaBeef, from “A Rockin” Decade,” a 1997 compilation issued by Germany’s Charly Records.
The Rolling Stones have performed this tune since they did it as a demo when they were just getting started in the early ’60s.
This video is of the Stones playing it live at the Double Door, a small club in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, on Sept. 18, 1997.
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