The Rolling Stones - Down The Road A Piece (1964)

[sprague49]

Ian Stewart's boogie woogie piano drives this one home! My all time favorite Stones track.

[americaneon]

you can tell Keef is having a blast, and Brian too...

[carlrock456]

beatles ' Long Tall Sally '....stones ' Down the road Apiece '...!!!....nothin' better....rockin' on...thanks for keeping the vintage gems alive and kickin'...new york

[99navyguy]

clever mick

[pbrtaskforce116]

kick ass !!!! boogie woogie rock and roll at it's best

[junkie1954]

I agree what a video brings back alot of memories awesomeeee

[maltbeaver]

Fantastic track recorded at Chess Studios along with some other great cover versions like Around and Around, Confessin' the Blues, and the only instrumental they've ever recorded ( I think!) - 2120 South Michigan Avenue, the address of Chess Records.

[guitarandharp]

It's a masterpiece for sure!

[rusromans1]

BRIAN JONES WAS WAY BETTER THAN JERKY JAGGER.

[goldbug66]

Thanks for this incredible early Stones cover. They got to me early and have never let go. I am so glad I was 16 in 64!!!

[PAMAROSHOUSE]

i own theoriginal vinyl still sounds great and a great lp to play all the way thru

[SpeegBJ]

Fab Video...1964, back then was loving the Beatles, still do, but when these "bad boys" hit the grooves I was taken away. It's just, oh yeah, it's what got me hooked on the stones....this tune (from 1930's), this show, that year. I was there, and it was yes, uh, OMG.

[bassbob42]

I grew up on the early Stones stuff, it was magical. Gutsy. I still have mono LP's. what a sound from them. They had a groove that I am sure even the Beatles envies, though they were both great in their own ways.

[cargil48]

Great to follow these kind of early songs by the Stones especially while reading Keith's new book "Life"! Thanks for sharing, it helps a lot to understand the origins of this charismatic band.

[Merlechen]

@cargil48 I am also reading the book right now :)

[1Phoebus]

This is one of the early Stones songs (cover)...that my good friend Hector played forme...and turned me onto a big Stones fan....thier early stuff was pure, raw R&B..and Blues...Great stuff ^/^

[mcaston1104]

Keith with a Firebird, nice

[F5oMikE]

mick jagger is very very sexy in his ways If you think about what hes thinking up there its pretty cool. when he twirls his fingers later in the song it makes me think he saying send it to me(these stones are mine) ps send me my stones is the initial reaction

[zorbazig]

64 or 65 ? Or maybe 66 ?

[rocknsixties]

@zorbazig Thanks for your comment ! Down The Road A Piece was covered by The Stones in 1964 on album N° 2.

[georgeion58]

@rocknsixties so the bassist is bill wyman and not dick taylor?

[rocknsixties]

@georgeion58 Thank you for your comment ! I confirm the bassist is Bill Wyman in a great performance on this boogie woogie rock.

[rocknsixties]

@georgeion58 Thank you for your comment ! I confirm the bassist is Bill Wyman in a great performance on this boogie woogie rock.

[JNagarya]

@rocknsixties In the US it was, "The Rolling Stones Now!"



[F5oMikE]

@zorbazig 64 i have this on cd

[vlado279]

Thank you ROCKNSIXTIES !!! Wouaaah...This is rock...energy and perfectly played...great guitar sessions and riffs by Richards...so far from today electronic, unhuman and arrogant musicians considering themselves as gods...A good lesson of simplicity to learn from the masters of all times : The Rolling Stones !

[rocknsixties]

@vlado279 Thank you for your comment on my video! I absolutely agree with you. The music of today has been invaded by electronic technology and merges more and more the human into machines. Human feelings are gradually leaving the field of music where they spoke so well in the past.

[NickiWaters23]

@rockinsixties, this song was written by Freddie Slack, my friends father. A great cover, and so cool! Barry loves the stones too (Freddies son).

[rocknsixties]

@NickiWaters23 Thanks for your comment :-) You're right "Daddy Slack" has wrote "Down The Road A Piece". He also was one of the earlier white boogie-woogie pianist around the 1930's.

[ppetal1]

@rocknsixties This is pure animal mate. Lost the albun. Still got the ep though. wow. Brian. they lied. x

[JNagarya]

@vlado279 Originally by Chuck Berry, without whom Richards would have to have found some other riff to play to death.

[Dthunderchicken]

@JNagarya Berry's version was a cover too. The original was the Bradley Trio from about 1940.

[JNagarya]

@Dthunderchicken Yes, it was. And "Route 66" was a cover of Nat King Cole.

[JNagarya]

@vlado279 There was no shortage then of arrogant rock stars who thought they were gods.

[Rustina61]

Good song. But what's up with the close-ups of Brian's hair ??

[F5oMikE]

@Rustina61 that was because, just. because.

[Rustina61]

@F5oMikE Hair today, gone tomorrow. Kind of sloppy camera work, but they all, especially Keith, looks like they are having a good time !

[jacorwd]

Oh Boy! This is the R/stones for me. Bloody Wogan, on BBC R2 would rarely play this in the mornings, (the only station that I have ever heard it played on) BUT, only before the time signal Pips. So I never ever heard it all through, because the gobshite did so much yacking, that it had to be cut short , FOR THE PIP's. A/hole! Anyway, I am now able to indulge myself, courtesy of the WONDERFUL WEB. Thank YOU, for posting it, ROCKNSIXTIES.

[rocknsixties]

@jacorwd Thank you for your comment ! I'm glad you like this video by offering you the opportunity to hear this song in its entirety.

[bassbob42]

Keef at his absolute nastiest. 

[F5oMikE]

@bassbob42 keef was very nice to brian in this one

[sirslice]

The late Ian Stewart was the invisible Stone (who joined Brian's group before Mick & Keith). It was felt he didn't fit the image so they made him "manager" who also played the piano in the background.

[bostonirishpunk]

great frigging post

[1962drob]

This is a real cool number done by The Rolling Stones! Must have been in 1964, I'm guessing. Hard to believe The Stones have been around for something like 50 years. Amazing!!!

[1962drob]

Cool! No dislikes! The Rolling Stones are Legends of Rock and Roll!

[gege92800]

phénoménal ! ! je pensais pas retrouver ce morceau sublime des Stones, j'ADORE

[lophatmike]

Ian Stewart did indeed do the piano work on all of the Stone stuff at this time. It was also Ian Stewart who put the Stones together NOT Brian Jones! Because of label politics at that time, the Stones had to let Ian go. Bands with piano players weren't kool. A policy which pissed off Keith Richards big time. So they retained him as a side man and he was known as the sixth Rolling Stone by the band. 

[JNagarya]

@lophatmike Bands with piano players weren't viwed as cool? That didn't apply to The Beatles. And there is piano, on stage, played by Brian Jones, on (as I recall) "Sweet Lady Jane".

Then again, The Beatles opened it up with their experimentations with exotic instruments, making it acceptable for everyone else to try it.

[axxellein]

..They naturally excelled from the get go..Tanxx

[JNagarya]

@axxellein And weren't getting anywhere much until they shelved their cover of Berry's "Come On," and recorded and released "I Wanna be Your Man," written for them by Lennon and McCartney.

[hanif913]

i like this sounds....tq very2 much..

[henriflix]

great tune

[frnzkuester]

I like watching Mick dance in these old videos he was so good at it.

[wielski]

It doesn't get better than this. This is the best version of the old R&B chestnut. Please play this cut at my funeral!

[bassbob42]

One of the best RR tunes ever made. Nastiest lead guitar on the planet! Also note the Vox Phantom III Brian is playing

[bassbob42]

One of the best RR tunes ever made. Nastiest lead guitar on the planet!

[Rajamuttu]

Who's that playing piano?

[rocknsixties]

@Rajamuttu This must be Ian Stewart, who was the pianist with the Rolling Stones from 1964 till 1985.

[sciron60]

That is indeed Ian Stewart. The boogie woogie man of the Stones. Poor bugger died of a heart attack while waiting to see his doctor. Search on Boogie with Stu.

[phillyb666]

@Rajamuttu stew

[redwoodrebelgirl]

I'm a BELIEVER!!!

[rocknsixties]

@redwoodrebelgirl Just like me ! You're welcome.

[residentevlidead]

I BELIEVE!

[rocknsixties]

@residentevlidead Ok ! Ok ! I believe you.

[residentevlidead]

@rocknsixties I can dig it!

[richievegas01]

@rocknsixties Ace. Thank you.

[louiseduvee]

Oh, yeah, I struck gold when I found your channel!

[hatmap]

The Rolling Stones Now had the Stones best-ever covers: "Little Red Rooster", 'Down Home Girl", "You Can't Catch Me", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love", and this early 1940s(!) nugget.

[bloosey1]

a cut better than your average beatle song i think.

[residentevlidead]

No obligeing neccsary! I believe you!

[rocknsixties]

@residentevlidead Thanks for your comment ! You're welcome my friend ! 

[fannypapillon]

Grosse Klasse,Super Sound,You made my day,Man.

[Gto1927]

Check out Amos Milburn's version from around 1950

[totalswim]

I believe brother, I believe!!

[rocknsixties]

@totalswim You're welcome my believing brother !!

[GSP21]

No piano player (Andrew Loog Oldham) This is the studio version dropped onto an old clip-Having said that a Brillant version Wyman & Watts sure knew how to drive a song!

[danettecute]

This is what I like about the Stones---their boggie woggie Chuck Berry style !

[daddyseek67]

dude hahah talk about a bass line haha dam that was sick haha the stones in their prime

[lindyms]

Go Keef!!!!

[twoslices]

This is the stones at their BEST !! Just perfect. They never got any better than this.

[rocknsixties]

@twoslices Thanks for comment ! Agree with you. It's also, from my point of view, the best boogie and rock and roll mix ever done.

[twoslices]

@twoslices Yep,no horns,no back up singers,no add ons.Just those 5 guys doing it!

[twoslices]

This is the stones at their BEST !!

[rskurow]

The best example of pure rock n roll ever recorded.

[elmolewis1]

The Stones version is a classic.  This version totally rocks.

[abumpinthenight2]

Love Mick's vocal tone on this track.

[MrPHBarr1919]

This IS masterpiece!

[MrPHBarr1919]

This is masterpiece!!!

[SuperLordjohn]

rocknsixties, I agree this track is a masterpiece, this and Gimme Shelter are my all time Stones favs.

[TisHimself]

Masterpiece, yes.

[PAULLONDEN]

@TisHimself

Thisis just too cool *****

[doeadearafemaledear]

oh but I do believe you~~~

[drifter91247]

COURSE IT IS§

[shanehenning26]

great song

[HofeshTV]

Yes, a very good interpretation by the stones. As ChristopherRosato said, it was introduced by Will Bradley et al in 1940, but the composer was Don Raye, who deserves the honors in the first place. Greetings

[HofeshTV]

Yes, a very good interpretation by the stones. As ChristopherRosato said, it was introduced by Will Bradley et al in 1940, but the composer was Don Raye, who deserves the honors in the first place. Greetings

[Rabbit1Lee]

Ian Stewart pumping those keys, amazing. He the man : )

[lindyms]

Go Keef!!!

[jmtappenden]

great rhythm & blues.thanks.

[ChristopherRosato]

The original was actually introduced by the Will Bradley Orchestra in 1940. Amos Milburn did a cover of it in the late 1940s. It was influenced by boogie-woogie pianist Freddie Slack, who played for and produced the late, great Ella Mae Morse.

[rocknsixties]

@ChristopherRosato Thank you for your comment. You're right. The original by Freddie Slack Will Bradley Trio in 1940. A pure Boogie Woogie !

[SuperLordjohn]

Keith is amazing playing this type of rock guitar.

[rocknsixties]

At 2:15 and 2:33 Awesome Bill Wyman on the bass.

The original boogie woogie song by Amos Milburn in the late '40s & early '50s is sometimes mentioned as an influence on rock and roll.

[jllorigins]

@rocknsixties Yup, Milburn certainly was an influence on Fats Domino. The Stones covered the version made by Chuck Berry.

[rocknsixties]

@jllorigins Thanks for your comment. Probably the Stones were influenced with the version made by Chuck Berry but the Stones added their own style with a few more rhythm and blues specially through the Bill Wiman bass and of course Brian Jones rhytmic guitar. But finally, these two covers respect the original boogie style.

[jllorigins]

@rocknsixties I like their version.

[rocknsixties]

@jllorigins You're right ! I think without any doubt it's the best boogie and rock and roll mix ever done.

[JNagarya]

@rocknsixties Chuck Berry was solo, with little other instrumentation, and both played guitar and sang. It's a lot easier to play an instrument, such as a guitar, if someone else is doing the singing.

[rocknsixties]

@JNagarya Thanks so much for your comment ! I do not wish to enter a competition between Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones. Everyone has given evidence of their talent. :-)

[stonethecrows25]

An old piano boogie number rendered on guitar - with very nice pictures of Keith. I used to have this on an old LP called the Rock'n'Rolling Stones... "Mama's cooking chicken fried in bacon grease", wonderful

[anthony342]

great

[darylchapman]

Absolutely quintissential Stones! Excellent.

[bluesbuster01]

@darylchapman, rhythm `n`blues at its best coming from a british band in their early years- not to beat

[demonsbutterfly]

One of the Rolling Stones Finest Moments....

[carlosmariocruz2]

huy excelente video