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ROCKMAN

freakishly awesome!

it just demands to be played live

am i the only one who finds mick's vocals here stunningly good?

sounds like mick from forty years ago

is it the french that makes him sing this good?

if so i hope the new album is entirely in french

can't wait till my copy on vinyl arrives

i am gonna wear that sucker out!

Best thing they've recorded since Hoodoo

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MadMax
Best thing they've recorded since Hoodoo

i don't know man

think i'll take this over hoodoo (and i love there version of that song)

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ProfessorWolf
freakishly awesome!

it just demands to be played live

am i the only one who finds mick's vocals here stunningly good?

sounds like mick from forty years ago

is it the french that makes him sing this good?

if so i hope the new album is entirely in french

can't wait till my copy on vinyl arrives

i am gonna wear that sucker out!

His vocals are damn good, and this track once more shows how great are Mick's skills playing harmonica.

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MadMax
Best thing they've recorded since Hoodoo

From the first listening I have a similar impression. It is a funny number in a positive sense. Some men in their late seventies and early eighties performing this kind of music - quite something.

I feel stupid, but can't find it!

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liddas

I feel stupid, but can't find it!

Releases: [iorr.org] .

Credits from [Music.Apple.com] , [Qobuz.com] :

The Rolling Stones: Performer, Main Artist · Mick Jagger: Vocals, Harmonica · Keith Richards: Guitar · Ronnie Wood: Guitar · Steve Riley: Accordion, Main Artist · Robert St. Julien: Drums · Dave Raonson: Bass Guitar · M.J. Nunez: Guitar · Russ Broussard: Drums, Background Vocals · Ivan Neville: Background Vocals · Zachary Richard: Background Vocals · C.C. Adcock: Background Vocals

Clifton Chenier: Songwriter, Composer · C.C. Adcock: Producer, Mixing Engineer · Tony Daigle: Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer · Matt Clifford: Recording Engineer · Robbie Nelson: Recording Engineer · Andrew Yanchyshyn: Recording Engineer · Mike Napolitano: Mixing Engineer · Dave McNair: Mastering Engineer · Flat Town Music Company: Music Publisher · Tradition Music Co.: Music Publisher · (P) 2025 Valcour Records · (C) 2025 Valcour Records .



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cool

love it

Super: laissez le bon temps roule les mecs!
When was the song recorded?

Stunningly good! Wow

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rollmops

When was the song recorded?

Probably end of 2024 - [iorr.org] .

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Irix

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liddas

I feel stupid, but can't find it!

Releases: [iorr.org] .

Thank you: confirmed, I am really stupid!


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EXCLUSIVE

Hear the Rolling Stones Go Zydeco in New Tribute to Clifton Chenier

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, and the band put their own spin on 'Zydeco Sont Pas Salés'

By David Browne
June 25, 2025


The Rolling Stones put their own spin on zydeco in a new song for a Clifton Chenier tribute album. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

The Rolling Stones’ reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards’ penchant for scarves. But you may not immediately associate the band with zydeco, the French-sung, syncopated folk-dance music of Louisiana. Yet, according to Richards, they’re fans of that genre too. “We never just listened to the blues,” Richards tells Rolling Stone. “Zydeco has been a part of what we always listen to, the Mississippi blues, and it’s not a long way from there to Louisiana. We were always listening to stuff from down there. You listen to American music wherever it came from, even if it was in French.”

And the proof of that fascination lies in the first studio recording the band has released since 2023’s Hackney Diamonds: their rendition of the late zydeco master Clifton Chenier‘s “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés.”

On the heels of tracks by Lucinda Williams and Taj Mahal, the Stones’ recording is the latest preview of A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, a Chenier covers album that salutes the singer and accordion player who inserted blues, R&B, and even washboard into zydeco. To be released this Friday, the album also includes veterans (David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, John Hiatt, Steve Earle) and newcomers (Charley Crockett, Molly Tuttle), all collaborating with Louisiana musicians on renditions of Chenier tunes.

As RS reported, the Stones’ version of “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” (translated as “the snap beans aren’t salty”) began with producer C.C. Adcock asking Mick Jagger if he wanted to contribute to the record. Sent a fairly stripped-down version of the song featuring accordionist Steve Riley, Jagger added harmonica and sang the tune in French Creole; since the version Jagger heard had only two verses, he poked around for other versions of the song to stretch out the lyrics. “I looked around for other verses and took some from different older versions of the song,” he tells Rolling Stone.

Afterwards, Richards and Ron Wood overdubbed guitar parts separately, though Richards admits that when he first heard the semi-finished track, “I had no idea Ronnie and Mick were on it. I was the last one. It all happened sort of independently. I was listening to the track, and I said, ‘I know that harp player.’”

Even with their love of zydeco, the Stones found it challenging to cover the song. Richards had to adjust to zydeco rhythms, as did Jagger. “The difficult thing is the bar length,” he says. “It’s a little tricky, because it’s not a straight 12-bar, but that’s the charm of it.”

Given the blend of Louisiana players and the Stones, the upshot is an electric-socket version of “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” that, in its way, honors Chenier’s blending of genres and literally amplifies zydeco. “It was really quite old-fashioned and folkie when I did it,” Jagger says of the basic track he heard. “It didn’t sound like it does now. I quite like the original one as well, but they’re both of interest. It’s fun to do these things. Sometimes, they work out, and sometimes they don’t and sound like rubbish. But this sounds kind of different and interesting.” (Note to album producers: Can we hear that other version someday?)

The Stones, meanwhile, appear to be working away on a reported new album in London, with producer Andrew Watt again at the boards following their collaboration on Hackney Diamonds. As Richards tells RS, “We’re just putting some stuff together and seeing what happens. We cut all the time, you know, so whenever we can gather together, we’ll cut.”




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DandelionPowderman
Stunningly good! Wow

It sure is!! (And thank God that Andrew Watt didn't get his mitts on this one).

Drew

Let’s get the gumbo started. We’re gonna need it

Wow. The Stones really salted my beans with this one. They haven’t sounded this fresh since Exile. But if you'll allow me a rueful observation: it's a pity they're not capable of writing songs like this themselves anymore.

Eggcellent!

Great stuff.

Sounds like Keith is playing open G-style, but tuned down to F.

I really like the sound...much better than Hackney Diamonds.

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HardRiffin
I really like the sound...much better than Hackney Diamonds.

Oh boy, you're going to get it good this time. Daddy's coming home.

OK, this is amazing. And for the first time in a long time I'm not embarrassed to live in Louisiana. Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Wowww soo cool and good. Jagger sounds vintage.

Wow! Cool-sounding stuff! Both Mick and Keith on fire - there is that roots feel in their hearts and bones like they had proved lately with BLUE & LONESOME and "Rolling Stone Blues". They are paying homage to the masters but sound original. This adds to the scale. But the way they recorded it resembles more that of "Watching The River Flow" - each of them doing their bit independently. But it works! Besides, we haven't heard accordion since "Back Street Girl", right?

Life is beautiful - hearing new Stones material. And there is more to come.

- Doxa



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