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"Wagon Wheel" is composed of two different parts. The melody for the song and the lyrics to the chorus come from a demo titled "Rock Me, Mama" that was originally written and recorded by Bob Dylan during the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid sessions in February 1973.
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.
Fuqua first brought home a Bob Dylan bootleg from a family trip to London containing a rough outtake called "Rock Me, Mama", [n 3] passing it to Secor. [i 3] Not "so much a song as a sketch," Secor would later say, "crudely recorded featuring most prominently a stomping boot, the candy-coated chorus and a mumbled verse that was hard to make out ...
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.
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.
All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted "Rock Me Mama" (Arthur Crudup) − 4:20"I Came from Clarksdale" − 3:30 "Keep Your Hand Out of My Pocket" − 5:10
Rock Me Again and Again" was covered by synth band The Human League on their 1984 album Hysteria. Bruce Springsteen 's song "Shackled and Drawn" from his 2012 album Wrecking Ball and Ludacris' song "Southern Fried Intro" from his 2003 album Chicken-n-Beer both feature an excerpt from Collins' song "Me and My Baby Got Our Own Thing Going".
"Rock Me" is a song by the Canadian-American hard rock band Steppenwolf. It was released on their 1969 album At Your Birthday Party . It was written by the band's lead singer John Kay , and was the band's fifth American single release.