![]() A Bible was left in the studio open to the hymn 'Rock of Ages.' So, I picked it up and started singing." The rest would be history. He explained, "We let somebody use the studio the night before, and they held a Bible study session. In an interview with VH1, Joe Elliott recalled having the music prepared but no lyrics. ![]() The debacle prompted Wilkins to record an album entitled the "Original Rolling Stone," which includes his song renamed "Prodigal Son," as reported by Goldmine Magazine. Because Wilkins was still alive, kicking, and performing at Blues festivals when the Rolling Stones stole his song, they got in trouble for nabbing his work. And Mick Jagger even affects a slight accent in keeping with the Southern Blues atmosphere (via Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon's " The Rolling Stones: All the Songs"). Like Wilkins' original version, the Rolling Stones use spare instrumentation throughout the song. After flagrantly spending it all, the son returns home impoverished and ashamed. But in an ironic twist, the Rolling Stones lifted the song from The Reverend Robert Wilkins without giving the country-blues singer any credit, per Stephen Davis' " Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones." Apparently, they skipped Exodus 20:15 and the seventh of the Ten Commandments, "You shall not steal." This is especially rich considering the song details the main character running off with his father's money. ![]()
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