My Own Fault

Releasing on all platforms Friday 16th January 2026.



         

Mick writes:

This song was written by John Lee Hooker, but BB King took it and made it something special - a beautiful slow blues which appeared on his 'My Kinda Blues' album - released in the UK as 'The R&B Soul of BB King' (covering all the bases there) with a suitably garish cover.

Actually my favourite version is by Otis Rush - a live version from the 'American Folk Blues Festival '66', the cover of which sits in a frame above my desk as I write. Beautiful - Otis at his best.

So it was a bit cheeky of Little Mick from Merton Park to take on such a classic. However, I quite like what I've done - it has a kind of melancholy which suits the song - and the Les Paul sounds nice.

It's the blues, man, the blues.. my own fault.