Interview: Ben Waters Pays Tribute to A Forgotten Rolling Stone

 

English piano player Ben Waters has just recorded a tribute to Ian Stewart. Stewart was an original member of The Rolling Stones and avid boogie-woogie piano player who continued to tour and record with the band until his death in 1985. The 13th Floor spoke with Waters about his new album, Boogie 4 Stu. The album features songs by the likes of old masters like Albert Ammons, Amos Milburn and Big Joe Turner. It also featured The Rolling Stones, reunited with bass player Bill Wyman, on Bob Dylan’s Watching The River Flow. Ben Waters discussed the making of the album ands the all-star concert that followed which found Watts, Wyman and Wood jamming with another former Stone, Mick Taylor.

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Click here to listen to Rooming House Boogie featuring Keith Richards and Bill Wyman: