Article: Music: White men sing the blues Muddy Waters gave them their name. They stole riffs from Chuck Berry. A nd as for Jagger's funky chicken dance... The Rolling Stones wouldn't be were they are today without black music.

In July 1972, at the end of another predictably chaotic, decadent but also highly profitable tour by the Rolling Stones, a sumptuous party was held on the roof of the St Regis Hotel in New York. The guests included Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Zsa Zsa Gabor among many other socialites and aristocrats. An unctuous atmosphere pervaded as the chattering guests fawned over themselves and their hosts, the Rolling Stones. The dignified black blues musician, Muddy Waters, one of their prime influences, was also on the roof performing for those invited. Yet amid the delirium of sycophancy, he was ignored.

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