R ol lin ' ▁Stone " ▁also ▁became ▁a ▁hit ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁success , ▁ 1 9 4 8 – 1 9 5 7 ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁Ch ess ▁brothers ▁would ▁not ▁allow ▁M ud dy ▁W aters ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁working ▁band ▁in ▁the ▁recording ▁studio ; ▁instead , ▁he ▁was ▁provided ▁with ▁a ▁backing ▁bass ▁by ▁Ernest ▁" Big " ▁C raw ford ▁or ▁by ▁mus icians ▁assemble d ▁specifically ▁for ▁the ▁recording ▁session , ▁including ▁" B aby ▁Face " ▁L ero y ▁F oster ▁and ▁Johnny ▁Jones . ▁Grad ually , ▁Ch ess ▁rel ented , ▁and ▁by ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁he ▁was ▁recording ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁acc laimed ▁bl ues ▁groups ▁in ▁history : ▁Little ▁Walter ▁Jacob s ▁on ▁harm onica , ▁Jimmy ▁Rog ers ▁on ▁guitar , ▁El ga ▁Ed mond s ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁El gin ▁Evans ) ▁on ▁drums , ▁and ▁Ot is ▁Sp ann ▁on ▁piano . ▁The ▁band ▁recorded ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁bl ues ▁class ics ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁some ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁the ▁bass ist ▁and ▁song writer ▁Will ie ▁D ixon , ▁including ▁" H o och ie ▁Co och ie ▁Man ", ▁" I ▁Just ▁W ant ▁to ▁Make ▁Love ▁to ▁You ", ▁and ▁" I ' m ▁Re ady " ▁ ▁W aters ' s ▁band ▁became ▁a ▁prov ing ▁ground ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s