Dead Elvi - Mick Taylor - 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'

[TheRealCritique]

All the Rolling Stones guitarists worked for a period because the band was a solid unit and open to going anywhere. Mick Taylor's work on Sticky FIngers was one of their high points, although Letit Bleed and Beggars Banquet are impossible to beat. (don't know how much of that was Brian Jones, or Keith at his peak). THat said, Hand of Fate is guitar genius also, and Tattoo You and Undercover of the Night are good albums with good guitar as well. I consider Undercover to be the end more or less.

[RubHerSoul1]

My buddy (and Union Rep) is a 10 star dyed in the wool Rolling Stones fan. I think he'd inject Keith into his veins if he could. He said something funny the other day: "I Fucking love Mick Taylor, but whatta BORING bastard on that stage! And as much as I love the guy and his playing,well....I can't really disagree can I? But hey, He's legend and I ain't. But I'm not boring when I play though. LOL!

[Magicquickfingers]

Mick Taylor was a much better fit than ron wood and all of the best stones albums and their peak live period was with mick taylor, ron wood is really not a very good guitarist.

[TheMAR1958]

The live version by the stones in 02 is much better. This version sounds muddy and disjointed. Mick Taylor was a very good blues guitarist, but I am not sure he is as versatile as a musician, as Ronnie Wood. Wood is very underated and compliments Kieth Richards ., In my opinion better than Mick Taylor did.

[Mr2009Truth]

@TheMAR1958 Agreed! :)

[harp1925]

Mick Taylor, you quit the stones , and now you do this, it is obvious who has issues! Stones version of this in 02 is thousand times better!

[zkenzo]

Can't You Hear Me Knocking----on drugs

[scooterstrats]

Dont have t ime to to read the whole thread now, but I will. Dont have to kiss hiss ass, but could'nt he have stage front?

[planetclair]

The Rolling Stones became a nostalgia act as soon as Mick Taylor left the band.

[HarryPowell7]

@ planetclair....

That's nonsense.

[Bastardum]

Fantástico Mick Taylor !

[DarthNaz]

This is truly terrible.

[odh202]

Right, it's all opinion. But I'll take Ron Woods' I've Got My Own Album To Do over any of Mick Taylor's solo stuff. A Stones Throw bored me. KR's two albums with the XPensive Winos are in another league entirely. But yeah this is all subjective. Someone could argue that the Monkees are the best.

[FatPie123]

You make a fair point. But I think we can both agree that all these artists' solo efforts are majorly overlooked for different reasons, as the album sales of the Stones eclipses their own work; that should come as no surprise, but what I find to be a travesty is that their solo efforts are by and large failures when it comes to the market place; thus some great talent and some great music is overlooked, and more of this great stuff is scrapped in favour of the next commerical hit.

[FatPie123]

One powerful example that comes to mind is Keith's Toronto tapes from when he was busted in '77. There are a testament to his power as a solo musician. Just him and a guitar, with Ian Stewart on piano and Bobby Keys on sax. The amount of raw power and emotion on the six tracks he does are astounding; I would pay good money to hear more, but sadly I find that Keith has done nothing like this again because hardly anyone has heard his solo efforts; to the crowd Keef is just a Glimmer Twin.

[FatPie123]

Since people give Taylor such a hard time for not having an amazing solo career outside of the Stones like Clapton, and use that as some sort of proof of him just riding the wave of Jagger/Richards' talent without having contributed anything himself, I just wished to juxtapose the solo careers of the Stones themselves, along with the songs Taylor doesnt get any credit for.

[FatPie123]

To summraise, I feel that Taylor was a victim of bad timing, poor support and unlucky circumstance in his solo album release, and what I was trying to put across was that I found this mirrored in the solo works of giants like Jagger, Richards and Wood too, where brilliant, competent solo outings are beset by big label packaging and audience intolerance to listen to anything outside the RS set-list;

[FatPie123]

What I was trying to put across is that while both are talented musicians, their circumstances affect their records. Ron Wood is open to more exposure than Taylor, so he has an advantage in the record market, but it seems to me that in the music world, the brand name takes precedent over a musicians talent, which besets both of them.

[odh202]

Rolling Stone's review of "Mick Taylor":

"Overall, however, the framework here is too ordinary and unspectacular for Taylor's talents. His singing is merely serviceable, his lyrics forgettable. Without the panache that Ry Cooder employs to justify his own vocals or the good sense that Harvey Mandel and Jeff Beck have shown by abandoning vocals altogether, Mick Taylor comes off as an instrumentalist best heard on other people's records." - - Jason White

[FatPie123]

"Mick Taylor was playing a lot of covers and traditional blues, that's why his stuff didn't sell. And that has to do with songwriting."

That's not true. All of the songs on Taylor's solo album were originals written by him, not merely blues covers.

[FatPie123]

As for Rolling Stone, I have long given up on them as a reliable source of opinion for musical taste; I'm not in the least bit surprised that they disliked Taylor's solo work. It is, at the end of the day, all based around opinion, but I find that RS comes across as all too contradictory in its opinions, completely ignoring certain artists/records in its top listings and giving contradictory reviews to many, many albums and artists; I recall how RS hated 'Exile' until it became popular.

[odh202]

Even Ron Wood's solo material is better than Mick Taylor's. Ron Wood is a better songwriter than Mick Taylor. Much rather have Taylor as a guitar player, but Ron Wood has some great songwriting credits under his belt (Ooh La La, Every Picture Tells A Story, Gasoline Alley, Maggie May, etc.).

[FatPie123]

Oh, and referring back to Taylor's Stones songs not being considered hits, I just remembered a quote from Jagger: "We made [tracks] with just Mick Taylor, which are very good and everyone loves, where Keith wasn't there for whatever reasons..." That quote struck a chord with me (forgive the pun).

[odh202]

That quote is from the 1995 Rolling Stone interview. You forgot to include what Jagger said in his next sentence, something to the effect that these songs are not well known, but they are well known among Stones fans. I love Moonlight Mile, but it's not well known among the wider public.

[FatPie123]

"You forgot to include what Jagger said in his next sentence, something to the effect that these songs are not well known, but they are well known among Stones fans."

I admit I did not see the whole interview, but I only count Stones listeners in terms of popularity because casual listerners won't necessarily listen to such tracks, and considering how many Stones listeners there are, I would count such Taylor tracks as popular.

[FatPie123]

'Even Ron Wood's solo material is better than Mick Taylor's. Ron Wood is a better songwriter than Mick Taylor. Much rather have Taylor as a guitar player, but Ron Wood has some great songwriting credits under his belt'

I'd consider that opinion too, but it is undeniable that Ron Wood has had far more commercial success than Taylor. However, I feel that his position as a Stone and a former Faces member gives him an unfair advantage and exposure.

[odh202]

That's not fair to Ron Wood. You're not acknowledging that it took talent to write or co-write those songs, chalking it up to "exposure". I don't care about sales. I'm saying that Ron Wood has some pretty impressive songwriting credits under his belt. Mick Taylor is more of a session musician.

[FatPie123]

'That's not fair to Ron Wood. You're not acknowledging that it took talent to write or co-write those songs, chalking it up to "exposure".'

You misunderstood my statement. What I was comparing was the degree of exposure to which each musician is under, and this inevitably effects their record sales.

Of course it takes talent to write songs, but my point is that this may not have a bearing on record sales whatsoever, juxtaposing Taylor/Woods' talent and sales.

[FatPie123]

However, both sold rather poorly. In Taylor's case, it was just at the wrong time, almost as the rock n roll wave had died out, and he was virtually abandoned when it came to sales and advertising by his record company. Rochards', on the other hand, was a victim of his own success. All Stones albums, without exception, have sold spectacularly, basically because they are Stones albums (quality aside, even their poor albums have sold well). But all their solo efforts are beset by their own fame.

[odh202]

That's BS. Both of the XPensive Winos albums are excellent, even in comparison to most of the Stones' work. Also, Jagger's album Wandering Spirit was excellent. I wouldn't expect a Keith Richards solo album to sell well, but who cares? Mick Taylor was playing a lot of covers and traditional blues, that's why his stuff didn't sell. And that has to do with songwriting.

[FatPie123]

I'm not arguing against the competency of these albums; far from it. What I'm saying is that their sales, like Taylor's album, were a victim of circumstance, namely, being unable to escape the shadow of the Rolling Stones in the market. Keith and Mick J. both attempted to go solo to break free of the RS influence, but they are trapped by it in the marketplace because it is so huge, and therefore their brilliant solo work is rubbished. I was comparing this to Mick T.'s shortcomings.

[FatPie123]

"By the way, have you heard Keith Richards' solo albums? They're better than anything Taylor has released on his own, by far."

Well, now you're talking about opinions. Keith's work with the New Barbarians and his reggae album released in the 90's didn't strike me as anything special, rather just as Richards attempting an experiment outside the Stones. Mick Taylor's solo album blew me away on the other hand, and I consider it to be a work of genius by an incredible guitar player.

[odh202]

Talk Is Cheap and Main Offender are better than anything Taylor released, easily. Of course that's an opinion, but a lot of people agree with me. And Mick Taylor has no reason to feel "used". None of the songs people mention as "Mick Taylor" songs were hits, so its not like he missed out financially. If what you're saying is true, Taylor should have gone on to great critical, if not commercial success. The only reason we know who Mick Taylor is is because he was in the Stones.

[FatPie123]

'Talk Is Cheap and Main Offender are better than anything Taylor released, easily. Of course that's an opinion, but a lot of people agree with me.'

Okay, but I could say the same thing for Taylor's work.

[FatPie123]

'And Mick Taylor has no reason to feel "used". None of the songs people mention as "Mick Taylor" songs were hits, so its not like he missed out financially.'

I disagree. Plenty of people consider 'Moonlight Mile' a hit (it was even used in the Sopranos), along with 'Sway', 'Winter' and 'Time Waits...'; and he certainly lost out financially because those songs generate massive royalties due to being on best-selling records.

[FatPie123]

'If what you're saying is true, Taylor should have gone on to great critical, if not commercial success.'

Well, I do think critically he has been successful. Every dedicated guitarist has heard of and respects him as a musician. He even got a mention in Guitar Magazine's latest issue not for his work with the Stones, but for a Hnedrix cover he played. However, comercially, I feel he was simply a victim of circumstance, and was restricted from branching out due to having been a Stone.

[FatPie123]

'The only reason we know who Mick Taylor is is because he was in the Stones.'

I agree, but I feel that was a consequence of time and of him having been with the Stones. His first solo album failed due to the time it was released, and the lack of support it was given. I'm sure that if more people had known of his skills within the Stones (one could never tell from listening to the albums that it was Taylor doing all the virtuoso licks) he would have been able to escape their shadow.

[johnjohnson68510]

I'd always assumed, with no evidence, that Jagger had gotten rid of him because he was prettier than Jagger. And then they hired Ron Wood who is many things but not pretty.

[steveconn]

Actually Taylor left because he was bored with not touring the entire year of '74 and for being uncredited on songs he thought he had much influence on, like Time Waits For No One, Sway, etc.

[berherbi]

bullshit, STEVECONN is right, Taylor quit because he was not given credit on songs he co wrote..Berherbi

[howeeye]

taylors wife told him he was better than the stones and should go solo. Never listen to your wife when it comes to music

[odh202]

Richards said that Taylor didn't do anything he couldn't have done in his time off from the Stones. Richards said, "Mick Taylor is a great guitarist, but he found out the hard way that that's all he is."

[FatPie123]

Keith and Mick were clearly great song writers alone. That much is clear from 'Let it Bleed' and 'Beggars Banquet' all the way back to 'As Tears Go By'. But I believe that Taylor added a new dimension to their playing through his contributions that clearly deserved writing credit but were stifled by greed over royalties. His sole credit in 5 years of being with the band ('Ventilator Blues') seems to almost be a tacit admission of this.

[FatPie123]

Finally, I find that comment by Richards (one which I have seen many times) to be cold and callous. As something of a three-chord wonder for much of his early career, Richards has some nerve to so disingenuously disregard the talented guitar player who not only contributed to many of the greatest RS songs that Richards gets credit for, but was often the only guitar player present in the recording booth whilst Richards was off stoned on H.

[odh202]

He didn't disregard Taylor. He said Taylor was a great guitar player. But Richards had reason to be pissed. Taylor left the band without explanation, a couple weeks before they were to start recording. By the way, have you heard Keith Richards' solo albums? They're better than anything Taylor has released on his own, by far.

[FatPie123]

"He didn't disregard Taylor. He said Taylor was a great guitar player."

But he also said some very nasty things about him, and I assume it was because of the gap in talent and performance. Perhaps 'disregard' was the wrong word to use.

[FatPie123]

"But Richards had reason to be pissed. Taylor left the band without explanation, a couple weeks before they were to start recording."

I think Taylor had far more reason to be pissed, after being used and abused by the Glimmer Twins and having his talents wasted through the promise of songwriting credits he was never given. Keith's comments about Taylor persisted long after he left, so it wasn't just anger at him having abandoned the recording session (it didn't even seem to matter to them).

[FatPie123]

Then again, Richards did say he appreciated Taylor's playing and his contributions in other interviews, but that comment sort of sullied his image for me.

[thestevo46]

taylor is a lost cause,if you leave the stones,u must be ill

[odh202]

The Stones' success had more to do with songwriting than technical virtuosity. Mick Taylor didn't write Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Tumbling Dice, etc. Just pointing out that if the Stones were to ask Mick T to come back it would be a bigger boost to his career than the Stones.

[FatPie123]

But Taylor clearly co-wrote songs like Time Waits For No One, Sway, Moonlight Mile etc. Yet he gets no credit for it. I'm sure he contributed to counless other Jagger/Richards titles in a big way too.

[odh202]

I'll agree that Taylor is a great guitar player, but he's not much of a songwriter. Listen to his solo stuff and you'll hear what I mean. He was very good at playing around song structures created by Jagger and/or Richards, but the point is that the basic songs were not written by Taylor. Does Nicky Hopkins deserve songwriting credit for many Stones songs? What about Sonny Rollins, Wayne Perkins, Ry Cooder, Brian Jones, etc. These people added to songs that were already there.

[FatPie123]

Well, his solo work is a simple matter of personal taste; I happen to love it, and I'm sure if more people got to hear it, they would too. He simply released his LP at the wrong time, during the punk/techno era, and was basically abandoned by yje record company on advertisement.

As for the 'basic songs' not being written by Taylor, that is conformed to be untrue by Jagger. 'Sway' was a Taylor riff with Jagger's words, and had nothing to do with Keith, as was Moonlight Mile.

[odh202]

I think you're referring to the Rolling Stone Jagger interview from 1995. Jagger never said Taylor "wrote" anything. He said Taylor could bounce lead guitar lines off of Jagger's vocal. He played great lines around pre-existing vocals and song structures. In other words, Taylor was a great guitar player. I don't dispute that. But it's another thing to say it was Taylor's song. Keith Richards would take a song a build it from the ground up - that's songwriting.

[FatPie123]

I was actually referring to a few interviews where Jagger would avoid talking about Taylor's contributions or simply dismiss them outright. When talking about 'Time Waits For No One', for example, Jagger said that Taylor may have thrown in a few chords here and there; that sounds to me like denial. However, I would say it's undeniable that certain songs such as 'Sway' and 'Can't You Hear...' are clearly formed on Taylor's basic riff line; therefore it seems obvious he was a co-writer.

[FatPie123]

As for Hopkins, Cooder, Perkins, Keys etc, they were part time players that aided the band in playing, not writing. The same cannot be said of Taylor. He was a core member, recieved one fifth of concert shares, and definitely contributed to the writing and playing of several songs that Keith was never involved in. He most definitely writing credits (this can be evidenced by the one songs he was credited for, Ventilaor Blues).

[FatPie123]

What Taylor never realised until it was too late, was that Jagger and Richards had kept a monopoly on songwriting credits for years before he joined, with Wyman being uncredited for the JJF riff, and Brian Jones' contributions largely being simply ignored or made fun of (plus his being completely out of it on booze and tuinals). His solo work with Jagger in the studio got him zero royalties, and thus precipitated his leaving (which Bill and Charlie also thought about doing).

[FatPie123]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Taylor either wrote all their songs or carried the band, but he certainly took them to new heights with his skills and certainly co-wrote many of their greatest songs from 1970-74 (Jagger virtually admitted this in an interview). Talor had zero to do with 'Banquet' and a tiny part on 'Bleed', so J and R clearly could write great songs, but I think the participation of core band members went unacknowledged due to greed; and thus Taylor said 'I'm off!'

[titchk2003]

accorsitar, if you live in england, go to mick taylor. net, pick one of his shows that are coming up soon, go on treat yourself.  cheers tk

[bacardibum]

mick talyor kicks ass. but sriously, when are the stones gonna bring him on board to play? are their egos so big that they wouldnt allow it? im sure that they are. mick taylor would kinda bring back the good ol days when the rolling stones actually sounded like a good band instead of having a huge orchestra fill in where the guitars dont

[titchk2003]

bacardibum,, when jagger and richards were doing there answer any questions bit on youtube last year. i asked them your very question [ would they bring mick taylor on stage to at least play on a couple of tracks] but i got no reply. they only answered questions that suited them. i think your right there egos are to big to ever ask him. i cant see it ever happening. mores the pity. cheers tk

[terryorr]

Mick Taylor completed the Stones sound. He brought a real blues credibility that the Stones wanted but could never quite achieve before or after Mick T was in the band. Mick's blues work on Sticky Fingers should rank him as one of the all-time best bluesmen. Lots of truly great guitarists like Mick Taylor (and Mick Ronson etc) were grossly under appreciated.

[Mr2009Truth]

@terryorr Absolute BS. Taylor has a "white blues" thing, which is still quite impressive. But at the start, with Brian, the Stones had the real blues credibility you mention, and they even have it today when they choose to do blues with Ron Wood. The harmonica, the slide guitar...it's all there. And when Mick played harmonnica while Buddy Guy sang with the Stones in "Shine A Light", they sounded out of the delta!

[terryorr]

@Mr2009Truth I agree that Brian Jones was well versed in old school blues and Ron is good with Mick on harp. Mick Taylor was more than white blues. Mick Taylor's blues playing was competent enough to impress John Mayall when Mick was only 16 years old.. Mick was 18 years old when he recorded with John Mayall. Mick T (and D. Allman) may be the best and smoothest slide blues guitarists of all time. MIck T could also fuse jazz into his blues. When Mick T left the Stones went into recycle mode.

[lagunacat]

@terryorr Yep, and don't forget the great Alvin Lee

[Souleros]

I agree with most of you guys, after Mick left, they became very pedestrian.. I mean, how do you really rock & roll without a great lead guitarist??? I don't think I'd see them today for free.... If you haven't you need to hear Mick when he was with John Mayall, before the Stones, really nice...

[richardmule79]

you'r so right!!stones suck after mick taylor what a guitar player

[accorsitar]

looks to me like the fat young guy was playing the lead. Can Mick still play?

[maryhenry]

Looks to me like you need to have both your eyes and your ears examined.

[titchk2003]

accorsitar, can mick still play? you bet your arse he can. i went to see him just before xmas in london, it cost £12 to get in, and the crowd was about 200 people, the show was brilliant, mick and his band were ontop form, a sheer joy. 2 years ago i went to see the stones in london, ticket was £100, and the crowd was 72,000, and in my opinion it was crap, i wouldnt cross the road to see the stones, but i would go to see mick taylor whenever i could... cheers tk

[accorsitar]

Thanks, TK. I was mistaken when I saw the video. I watched the hands of the guitarists, and the dude playing lead during the solo looked too young to be Mick. Also, he wasn't standing in the front, but behind someone. You're right - he played well. I congratulate him on such a youthful face after years of the rock n roll life!

[goonchistaw]

after MT left the stones never made another classic & ron is keiths pet & is al ways the bassist for the faces

[camcon05]

totally agree nick...taylor WAS the stones. now they are a sad,sad,sad, tragic shell of what they once were.

[nickarenella]

Taylor gave the Stones beautiful melodies- now they just bang out chords- boring. Wood and Richards play exactly the same- they lost the ethereal quality to their music when he left. It's all percussion now.

[nickarenella]

Stones went downhill after MT left- he gave the Stones music beautiful melodies- whereas now both guitar players play their instruments like percussion- just banging out chords. They are both rhythm players- not lead.

[namnoiz]

sorry this sounds exactly like a train wreck!!!

[oakiarg]

please add more videos of dead elvi with mick taylor

[lindabear1]

More video of the Dead Elvi with Mick Taylor would be great!

[dojon99]

funny how there's about 17 players but all u hear is mick and the drummer. Thought the drummer did a nice job.

[TheSanityInspector]

Give the poster a break: it's a video cam from the balcony, not MTV.

[dojon99]

I give poster ten gold stars

[kingcat61]

do you know this song ha ha said the clown?

just a little thing,i saw(in france)mick taylor in concert (11 concerts in solo,2 concers with dylan)and in nice,he signed to me

several records(including welcome to new york)

HA HA SAID THE CLOWN

[kingcat61]

ha ha ha ha ha ha

i was joking hey stupid

how can you inselt somebody only for a question of music?

SHAME ON YOU SHAME ON YOU

ha ha ha ha ha said brian jones in his tomb

ha ha ha ha said lan stewart

i don t care if i am not the better guitarist

thinks ronnie wood

shame on you and do not forget that humour is important ha ha said the clown

[kingcat61]

RONNIE WOOD IS A BETTER GUITARIST

[mcddtlc]

Your so full of SHIT!!!

[taildragger51]

kingcat61; It's down to personal opinion. Ron certainly has his moments but for me Ron sounds too much like Keith Richards.(i.e sort of Chuck Berry impersonator) Mick is a loose Blues based guy with very inventive leadwork and a KILLER tone. I still listen to Mick's work on John Mayall's "Crusade" album.

 He played superbly for someone so young.

[SgtYork53]

I agree with you 100%!

[kingcat61]

hi

i was joking

of course ,he played superbly for someone so young

regards

[lindabear1]

C'mon man..You can prefer one to the other,,they are very different.But they both played in great bands before the Stones..If they didn't they never ,ever would have been recognized.Really,Ronnie will screw around live where Taylor is vey serious.Woody has had a long career as well as Mick..They both bring different things to the table;, you should know that.

[kingcat61]

hi

i was joking,to see the reactions

they are 2 different guitarists and of course,we can not forget mick taylor

regards

[lindabear1]

Hi , awwright cool..yea, a lot of opinions and ideas..Stir the soup and see how it cooks..I rarely get on here.We were at this show with the Dead Elvis'. It was a treat the Dead Elvis' are really good ,..it was a good hour set or so.. they were pumped up.

Mick is coming to NYC at the end of the month,planning on going. yours in music,p

[kingcat61]

arretons de delirer sur l importance de mick taylor dans la musique des rolling stones

mick taylor n est qu un DESERTEUR,il a abandonne les stones(comme bill wyman)

au poteau :12 balles

il a deserte pendant la guerre entre la vraie musique et la variete

pan pan pan pan et pan

ps:si vous n etes pas daccord ,vous n avez pas d humour ou(et???) vous devez etre fan de la musique de lorie et tokyo hotel

[wp4866]

why does a dead doper command respect?

[pgberkin]

Elvis would be a third declension noun, so the plural should be Elves. It would only have been Elvi if he'd been called Elvus.

[earl61]

Wait...you mean he WASN'T called Elvus?

Uh-oh.

[TenneyMead]

This is sad in that the maestro commands no respect among the mindless crowd

[nofukenway]

LIKE CASTING PEARLS AMONG SWINE!

[runninshort]

I like how Mick slowly brings everyone around

to a common groove. He's so good and he plays

like he has all the time in the world to get there. Simmer until done, I say...

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

why don't cameramen ever know who's playing ???

[RnRanimal]

three guitarists too many!

[jiiheikki]

I sure love this! Mick is brilliant!

[mcddtlc]

Love some of the comments around here, Nick N. ??

who gives a shit what he look's like! he can play

circles around Keith or Ronnie!!! And he doesn't

regret quiting the Stones for a moment! it was either that or die! but 30 years later, the Stones SHOULD

have him sit-in for a night. they NEED it!! MLC

[Siphtoner]

I love Mick's playing, but I always thought this boring, jazzy little jam at the end of the album version sounded tacked on, and wasn't up to the standard of the killer first half of the song.

[whatdafrig4]

You can't be serious, that change up made the song what it is to this day a CLASSIC Stones song.

[Siphtoner]

Sorry Frig, but to my ears this change up...while cool, would have sounded better faded out after about 30 seconds. Give 'em a taste and leave them wanting more is always better than beating it into the ground. Now live is a different story, but that's the way I still feel about the LP version

[tallpaul88]

the only 'problem' i've got with this jam, is that it's missing Keiths' jump-start intro! Keith INVENTED 'grunge', by-accident.

[gosagene]

This song belongs to MIck Taylor ( former Stone) even if He´s not the author HE and ONLY should play it. He plays the solo on Sticky ....

[panda606]

its a pity but if woodie wasnt there the stones would have split,the stones are still a great band

[melillo2]

mick looks like nick nolte from 48 hours

[beefstonfields]

48 hours of belly'in up to the bar,unfortunately.

[beenmean]

You know mick has that touch.. sort of a santana coloration, I love the way he does'nt hurry it! and repeat the hot riffs... cause we can't never get enough!

[brianjones69]

mick taylor is such a great guitarist ... i bet he regrets it to this day leaving the stones.. mick t. and keith were such a great team in the 70s .. i donno but ronnie wood doesnt even come close with mick t.

[bowiemott]

I bet he does have his regrets though at the time he seemed to be destined for a great solo career. Unfortunately he never really got it off the ground and no one is sure why. He seemed painfully shy back then and still does now. But he is a great talent

[LashBridges]

why should he have regrets? he was in it for the music, not the money. And Jagger and Richards were ripping him off so he told to get lost. Would you regret walking away from someone ripping you off?

[unrealistic1]

Taylor left because he did not like that they ,more speciafically Jagger, was getting all the hype and attention. basically, Taylor wanted to be his own man, a leader, not just a group member. wasnt necessarily because he was getting ripped off. Taylor's reason for leaving was a bit selfish,but noble and understandable

[packersabre]

nope, more specifically richards was taking credit. Just wanted credit for what he played on.

[tommylord]

Looks like the guy with the Strat is doing his best to help MT get into a groove, and doing good not to steal the spotlight.

[russdemar]

Two of my favorites guitar players who are M I A. these days.Mick Taylor with his great tone. And James C. Wilsey, with his great Fender tone.

[mcddtlc]

Waht's the big deal? He was at this convention to sign

autograph's and this band asked him to sit-in?

Still a better version of what the Stones are throwing out there these days!!! Pickup his CD:

A Stones Throw, or a new one coming in 2007!!

Still the Best Guitarist the Stones EVER had!!!

MLC

[heliopolis29]

Given Mick Taylor's large contribution on this 'what I think is one of the best' tracks off Sticky Fingers, I'd still love to see a spot with Keith's fantastic deep down and dirty riff at the beginning of the song. SOO good! Mick Taylor is missed.

[ChorltonM21]

Mick "I used to play lead guitar in the greatest rock and roll band in the world but now I'm editor of a poxy guitar magazine" Taylor.

It would eat me up - I'd cut my wrists or something!

[b54red]

He's still fantastic. Saw the Stones this year and as good as they are I really miss that tone that Mick Taylor added. Sure wish they would get him back.

[esq47]

I agree. Ron Wood sucks as a guitarist. He also added nothing to the Stones since joining them in 1975-76 (except some strage presence but that only goes so far. Mick Taylor made such a huge contribution during the time he was with them. It's too bad that his solo career hasn't worked out that well for him.

[mloaks]

mustve been like seeing Shoeless Joe Jackson playin semipro baseball in the '20's...

[bert666666]

No credit for songs he wrote, hard drugs habits, and he was quite sure the Stones wouldn't have last for more than six months, given the then health of Keith Richards...

When Wyman left the Stones, it would have been a good idea to put Ron Wood on bass and to bring back Taylor at the guitar...But to play what?

[pm7jc]

sad sad sad, a rolling stone god standing in the back of the dead ass elvisssss

[piperpig]

As they say in the biz, " A gig's a gig."

[kenipi]

the one who's playing the best guiter there.

[pappatacio66]

The fat one (unfortunately), with a Gibson Les Paul.

[Sontakker]

which one is mick?

[rickisonnow]

Papa was a Rollin Stone...and sometimes I think it's sad that he still isn't. 2003 found him instead playing with a bunch of imitation Elvis's.

One can't help but to wonder whether knowing what he knows today, would he do it all different?

[chrisp0506]

Actually Mick had a blast with the imatation Elvis's, he met a bunch of adoring fans, and played his ass off! His life is pretty good.

[rickisonnow]

I'm sorry but I just can't buy it. Being the number one Stones fan in the world and particularly, of his era, I can't help but to see this as a tragedy. I think that both he and the Stones even today are much less than they could have been had he not left. Not to take away from a gig like this being a cool thing but it should be a side thing for him with his real home up on a "Bigger Bang" stage. Some people soar to the stars in life. It's too bad that he fell back to earth so soon.

[rickisonnow]

And btw..just to clarify, my comments aren't meant to speak down to the poster or this group of musicians.

Being a musician myself, I fully respect what you do and know how much fun it is. This is just strictly a M. Taylor/Stones things for me and I'd love to see him back up there jamming w/ keef. :)

[chrisp0506]

I agree it's a tragedy. I'm a big fan too. The Stones were at there peak with Mick. Had they treated him better and more like a member than a side musician, given him songwriting credits where it was due, and if Keef was not so messed up on drugs at the time, maybe he would have stayed. I guess you have to put yourself in his shoes.

[rickisonnow]

On the other hand, if Mick had given it more time he would have become a full fledged member of the band. When he joined the Stones were huge and I don't think you can blame them for not opening up that position to him right away. Also, I think Jagger and Keef were really upset about B. Jones death and how they had kicked him out just shortly before it. I think that made them somewhat protective of the slot he used to fill.

[chrisp0506]

Well yes they went from huge to super huge a few years after he left. I'm sure if he knew what was ahead he would have stayed. I still think it's great that their best post-Taylor album, Tattoo You, he's playing on!

[rickisonnow]

My guess is, if he knew then what we know today, he STILL would have quit. Because while they might have gotten even bigger over the years, they were so huge back then that it really wouldn't have been that which changed his mind. Perhaps knowing it TODAY and in looking back, he might have done it differently. Perhaps being older and wiser, he'd see that maybe he was too hasty. Look at even R. Wood. It took him YEARS to become officially part of the band. Anyways long live U tube!

[rickster1957]

classic song

[KeithRichards1972]

Micks still got it