zz top question /rolling stones qiestion

red mos
red mos Posts: 4,953
edited December 2006 in Other Music
Hey Guys,

I remember listening to a rolling stones album and when the song came on, it sounded like the exact same riff as La Grange by ZZ top. What is the name of the rolling stones song please? and I'm going to assume the rolling stones wrote that riff first, correct?

Thank you, all help is appreciated.
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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,518
    The LaGrange riff was definitely "borrowed" from the Stones song "Shake Your Hips" off Exile on Main Street.
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Stones and ZZ Top both borrowed from Slim Harpo.
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Thanks Guys! :D
    I love that riff, but could never remember the stone's song. I'll have to check out slim Harpo.
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • hendrix78
    hendrix78 Posts: 507
    You should also check out John Lee Hooker. La Grange is heavily influenced by Hooker's music.
  • chrisopalooza
    chrisopalooza Posts: 347
    that is one of the nastiest riffs/progressions of our time. many artists have fucked around with it...there are tons of blues riffs that get passed on, borrowed, slightly ripped off.

    tom petty actually kinda uses it in "saving grace"
  • Sathogwa
    Sathogwa Posts: 227
    Yes, that is a John Lee Hooker riff in both La Grange and Shake your Hips.

    That is the signature John Lee Hooker "boogie."

    In fact Z.Z. Top uses John Lee Hooker's vocal style in La Grange also.
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  • robble
    robble Posts: 63
    gotta boogie? john lee's house rent boogie or boogie chillun? the first and the last sound more like it though but just wondering
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