I’M SO GLAD (The Stooges)
“I’m So Glad” is a Delta blues-style song originally recorded by American musician Skip James in 1931. Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft notes: “This spiritual probably dates back to the beginning of the blues”. After it was reworked by British rock group Cream, the song gained a much wider audience. James was pleased and remarked: “That piece is absolutely gonna stand”. (More from Wikipedia)
Some of the songs on Wild Love are familiar, such as the Skip James song “I’m So Glad” that Cream covered so memorably; and the Bo Diddley classic “I’m a Man” – both versions by the Stooges are terrific and unconventional, almost needless to say. As I have said before, I have never heard a performance of “I'm a Man” that I didn’t love.
(December 2017)
