robert vaughn played muddy waters in the movie cadillac records.
robert vaughn played muddy waters in the movie cadillac records.
who played muddy waters in the movie cadillac records?
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cadillac records: music from the motion picture is a soundtrack album for the film "cadillac records". it features covers of classic songs from chess records' singers as performed by the film's actors including beyoncé (as etta james), eamonn walker (as howlin' wolf) and jeffrey wright (as muddy waters). it also features original songs from contemporary artists such as beyoncé's sister, r&b singer solange knowles and rapper nas. the soundtrack has been released in single and double-disc editions.
cadillac records: music from the motion picture
the british band the rolling stones named themselves after muddy waters' 1950 song "rollin' stone". jimi hendrix recalled that "the first guitar player i was aware of was muddy waters. i first heard him as a little boy and it scared me to death". the band cream covered "rollin' and tumblin'" on their 1966 debut album, "fresh cream". eric clapton was a big fan of muddy waters while growing up, and his music influenced clapton's music career. the song was also covered by canned heat at the monterey pop festival and later adapted by bob dylan on his album "modern times". one of led zeppelin's biggest hits, "whole lotta love", is based on the muddy waters hit "you need love" (written by willie dixon). "hoochie coochie man", was covered by allman brothers band, humble pie, steppenwolf, supertramp and fear. in 1993, paul rodgers released the album "muddy water blues: a tribute to muddy waters", on which he covered a number of muddy waters songs, including "louisiana blues", "rollin' stone", "(i'm your) hoochie coochie man" and "i'm ready" in collaboration with guitarists such as gary moore, brian may and jeff beck. angus young, of the rock group ac/dc, has cited muddy waters as one of his influences. the ac/dc song title "you shook me all night long" came from lyrics of the muddy waters song "you shook me", written by willie dixon and j. b. lenoir. earl hooker first recorded it as an instrumental, which was then overdubbed with vocals by muddy waters in 1962. led zeppelin also covered it on their debut album.in 1981 zz top guitarist billy gibbons went to visit the delta blues museum in clarksdale with "the blues" magazine founder jim o'neal. the museum's director, sid graves, brought gibbons to visit muddy waters original house, and encouraged him to pick up a piece of scrap lumber that was originally part of the roof. gibbons eventually converted the wood into a guitar. named muddywood, the instrument is now exhibited at the delta blues museum in clarksdale.
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