Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues (live in the usa, california 1969)

[cgraber]

I love that he changes it to 13 years old live. lol, even sicker mick.

[LDP13]

tremendous

[LDP13]

tremendous!!!!!

[Rabidburt]

A tremendous, vastly underrated Stones tune. . .exemplified the 'lock up your daughters' persona the band cultivated so shrewdly in the later '60s. . .

[clfetter]

love keith.

[clafong9]

Please no comparisons of Wood and Taylor. Taylor is/was light years beyond him at playing lead guitar on these songs. Watch the much hyped Japan tour of the Stones from 2007(?). Wood merely wanders around and does the rock star kick, etc. He looks the part but there is little to no lead guitar happening. Taylor made these songs sizzle. Once you've heard the great Stones songs with Taylor, they are hollow without him.

[JohnAllanification]

i didn't know that this went beyond the record - that they did it on the road.

[DWGarvin]

@JohnAllanification It's on "Get yer Ya-Ya's out", live in New York City in 1969.

[JohnAllanification]

@DWGarvin

lol yr' right,of course - i have that cd it's been so long since i've given my own stuff a listen.

thnx for return.

[clfetter]

richards.....

[jbstonesfan]

4 beatles fans...stones were already better by 69..they rocked as opposed to popped.

[Tryintoplayguitar7]

@jbstonesfan HAhaha. If you were there you'd know that by 69, the Beatlles had already blossomed psychedelic and were riffing on everything imaginable including blues, gospel, folk, and Gilbert and Sullivan. Sgt.Peppers and the White Album were like pure Blue Cheer compared to the Stones Jack Daniels. Popped? YOU obviously weren't there.

[grifftrain]

i loved it when they slowed this song down like this.

[fckyoumotherfscker]

TAKE NOTE PEDOPHILES!

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BECOME A ROCK STAR AND IT WILL BECOME SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE TO FUCK 12 YEAR OLDS.

[existenceisrelative]

@fckyoumotherfscker ACTUALLY IT'S THIRTEEN OR FIFTEEN DEPENDING ON WHICH RECORDING OF THE SONG YOU LISTEN TO. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR CAPS LOCK? AND WHY ARE YOU SO CONCERNED WITH THE HYPOTHETICAL SEX POTENTIALLY BEING HAD BY YOUNG GIRLS?

[MiizzaJimMustaine666]

:D :D

[TeaForOne1]

this version rocks!!

[belladidonna403]

thanks for replying i used to have that boot when i was a kid what a blast from the past thanks

[MrNINTENDOJOE]

under rated song for sure

[namey420]

@MrNINTENDOJOE your sure right about that this is soo good it's unreal

[tuesday12341]

Right On! I love this! I'm so glad we have never had to live in a world without the Stones. They are the best! I love you guys...thanks.

[belladidonna403]

is this the oakland collisum

[kleermaker1000]

@belladidonna403

Yep, 2nd show.

[mistersmith6000]

Sweet Home Alabama

[nankerphelge718]

pedophilia rules

[SlavonicDances]

wonderful - I love you !

[abiggerbangcologne]

@SlavonicDances I love you too. ♥

[gendercide]

Mick really sings the sh*t out of this one. I think the most vocally expressive performance of this song that I've heard.

[daevidallen1]

First time I heard 'em was this Tour. Was onlyI 9 so Mom copped Vinyl Boot on "Lurch' Records. Friends all dug The Osmonds, etc - but I felt Life-changing SOUL here.. Ended up playin Mick for a Living.

[PeteDesnoyers]

the version on get your yas yas out is a prelude to what skyrnd sounded like... listen to it, you can sweet home alabama riffs...

[hotbuelick]

you say you got a girlfriend whoose wilder than you.why dont you bring her upstairs

[blsp53]

I can see that you're 13 years old? Wouldn't fly this day and age.

[loopstheloop]

No hanging matter!

[Andymalcolm1]

Soundgarden did a pretty good cover of this song

[Thiskittenneveralone]

1969.. a very good year.. meow meow

[johnicester]

is this from the SF concert bootleg?

[AllenOption8]

Think it's from the boot LiveR Than You'll Ever Be - "On November 9, 1969 they played two shows at the Oakland Coliseum, the second of which would be recorded by an audience member for posterity."

[johnicester]

is this from the SF bootleg?

[abiggerbangcologne]

@johnicester It's from te bootleg "Live in the usa" ;) Greets

[johnicester]

California,'69...where?

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

Great tune!

[stonerbudkap]

Mick J. really shines on this one.

[undahousearrest]

You must be kidding...MICK TAYLOR is STILL a STONE...he was with the Bluesbreakers and was ASKED to join the STONES, he didnt audition...and HE LEFT THEM because the drugs and wear and tear was just getting to everyone in the group and him as well...Ron Wood was in group that was amazing but was increasingly becoming a backup band for Rod Stewart...he was a sentimental pick, looking quite like Keef, but his sloppy bar room style fit the rakish folky Faces, not the Stones...

[astroboy44x17]

You can go to any bar or Guitar Center in ANY town and find a better fit for the 'Stone than Ronnie. What where they thinking !?!?!?

To me, the 'Stones died in '75

[ixion58]

One of the true versions  !!!

[lovelyrush]

my father was there!

too bad there is no footage!

[goonchistaw]

MT is right on top of keith's frame of the song & with bill & c.w = no gaps,.,.,.,.

the touched up vers on ya-yas is the best .

killer song ,.,.,.,.

[Rasputin688]

@goonchistaw sounds like this guy is a musician, and maybe a guitar player. i listened to it twice, then... i DO concur.

[goonchistaw]

@Rasputin688 nice one .....

[rhotspot]

Bar Chords really helped me figure out this song quickly. I use the Circle of 5ths a whole lot when I'm playing Rolling Stones songs because the F chord goes 1 back on the circle when the rest of song is 5-4-1-2 in the Key of G. Great song :)

[gat520]

when's the last time they played -this song live?

couldn't " say 13 years old" now

[abiggerbangcologne]

@gat520 i think on the 4dvd set four flicks in paris

[chriskoob]

@abiggerbangcologne and you would be correct, they played stray cat during the Theater concert

[abiggerbangcologne]

@chriskoob I'm sorry!

[robin14669]

@abiggerbangcologne That's right. Jagger sings "30 years old" in Paris 2003, to keep it save ;

[David56583]

@gat520 i know right? it should be 16 years old right? haha

[JamesMatchboxLee]

As You Can Tell, Mick Taylors Playing The FILLS, Keiths On Rythmn........I Love This Set Up, During The Mick Taylor Years, The Stones Did Theyre Best Work,,,,,,,,,, I Give Ronnie Wood Credit, But Hes Never FIT. Sorry........

[dmellow45]

taylor is way better than wood, but i guess hes good too...

[phillfoote]

difference is wood IS a stone - taylor just hired gun

[goonchistaw]

@phillfoote you got that very wrong , are you saying taylor was hired ... very wrong

he was asked to join, the golden age happened & then he walked . so did the talent

[Sirocco97]

@phillfoote you my friend are a fool ,taylor was the best guitar player the stones ever had,and he was headhunted .the stones went after him ..having said that ,i love ronnie as well

[Rasputin688]

@dmellow45 reality check. wood is asked to play whatever taylor laid down in the studio. he does that. as for taylor playing wood...impossible. there you are, the proof is in the putting.

[GreenyMcFleetwood]

um first off the phrase goes, "the proof is in the pudding" and secondly Mick Taylor could smoke ron wood in every aspect of guitar playing, its obvious man hes lead guitar work is such a joke compared to Taylor.

[mcddtlc]

What the Hell are you talking about???

Ronnie can't touch any of Taylor playing!!

Open your ears & LEARN something.

MLC

[mecormany]

@Rasputin688 You wanto to learn how to play like Wood - break a couple of fingers on your fretting hand and you'll have it down in no time. Taylor couldn't play Wood -- probably not, he'd be laughing too hard. Wood may have been asked to play what Taylor originally laid down, but the next time he does will be the first time.

Geezus.

[thedraizetrain]

@mecormany nah woodys ok, i used to rag on him quite a lot & say he was shit & totally rate Mick Taylor but I heard the barbarians stuff & liked his debut record & 1 or 2 others & learned to appreciate him but he's a different sort of player

[rickster1957]

@mecormany Too funny! Too true!

[ixion58]

True version.

[freekoss]

"Live in the usa, california 1969"....Was this at Altamont??

[boweryhester]

nope. final release of Gimme Shelter cut most notably JJF, which opened the show - was in the original film along with footage of MT but now missing. why? this JJF is the most unusual version ever due to great mt slide. stray cat was in the oakland show on the 69 tour and basis for "liver than you'[ll ever be". stones cut a commercial release - ya yas tho touched up here and there in the studio it still contains imho best live versions of their most compelling work - stray cat being prime

[freekoss]

Wow, from Oakland, CA. Thank you boweryhester.

[louiseduvee]

best on the net

[789pequignot]

great song

[LeviBakersfield]

to mullerk2: brian jones imput was minimal if any at times they were able to really get going without him slowing them down(yea yea we all know it was his band blah blah but he wanted to do stupid shit with other groups and he didnt write anything. at times he was useful i.e.aftermath, between the buttons otherwise they kicked him out then he died afterwords, what does that tell you?

[LeviBakersfield]

bad night or amps were blown or they were just in the process of making this song from whats on beggars banquit to what the version is on get yer ya yas which is the best recorded version of this song the others are too sloppy or too fast get yer ya yas is just right when it comes to this track

[JmahaK]

M.E.N. brought me here!!!!!!!! :D

[mullerk2]

Hollow sound. Without Brian there is no texture. RIP Brian.

[el6caballo6oscuro6]

agreed

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

Great song!

[goonchistaw]

bit tinny but great , it would be banned now as the fefs to underage sex !!!

[mcddtlc]

Jagger's vocals are really good here for

this tour.. Love Taylor/Richards on

guitar - LIVE!!!

MLC

[sylverspice]

Is this from the Altamont show?

[alliecat1941]

dang they must be getting old now..

[2253glen]

They been old a long, long time! But still rock......

[LadyMountbatten]

why on earth has no one the original version of that great song on youtube? or is it again that wmg-shit, which delete it all the time?

[ixion58]

Mick Taylor, some bloke from Hull called Ronson, the list goes on.

[jimi1234567]

Best touring band of all time.

[boweryhester]

spell that greatness M-I-C-K-T-A-Y-L-O-R

[freekoss]

Right-on.

[skinnycimmerian]

louiseduvee, me too! it's my dad's fault i love this band. except, i wasn't born until '76 and didn't get to see them on much later tours

djlohuis, ditto my man, ditto. what i wouldn't give to have been able to see them in '72 supporting exile. goosebumps just thinking about it!

Long Live the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World!!

Thanx for the post.

[arequipa1]

bleh.... studio version is MUCH better

[npspec34]

I don't want your ID.

And I won't forget to roses on your grave.

[drschlies]

this one doesn't build up with the piano and other instruments like the studio version

even though that's my favorite part, it's still awesome

[louiseduvee]

I was there! My father turned me on to The Stones: they were his favourite band.

Yeah!

Thanks for posting!

[djlohuis]

The Stones during this era were downright NASTY! Never seen another band that held a candle to them then, and I've seen alot of bands...

[bentleius]

this is great.  thanks for posting

[PopeRoderic]

Bet your mother don't know you can bite like that

Bet she never saw you scratch like that

I LOVE this song !!! :D

[abiggerbangcologne]

i love this song too...

[billyjo1881]

The stones live in the 60 s and 70 s were pure greatness. They sound terrible after the 70s. What happened ?

[malafe12345]

The Stones never sounded as good as when they had Taylor;he was a great solo guitarist whose ability and creativity can be compared to that of hendrix; after his departure,even thou, they continued to make a lot of great music, never sounded the same

[matty6345]

@malafe12345 with due respect to mick taylor bu jimi he wasn't. taylor was great on lead but i daresay there were and are comparables. slightly worse with timing and stuff, which is crucial to a band. ron has a great beat, as keef does, and that's why he's a stone.

[mecormany]

@matty6345 Must be why Hendrix sought him out when he was with the Bluesbreakers to meet him and wanted to jam with him at MSG. What 'and stuff'? Taylor's timing, phrasing, tone and taste is exquisite, especially here considering he was all of 21. The Stones have never been the same since he left. Ron is a Stone so Keith doesn't have to look like an amateur night after night like he did playing with Taylor. Only great beat Wood has is when he's drunk and ticked at his wife.

[stargrub]

I love the stones but is it true david bowie and keith richards........uh.......had sex?

[tweetermkyman]

uh......you might be talking about Bowie and Jagger, not Keith Richards. It's a rumour started by either Bowie's ex wife or Jagger's ex wife, can't remember which one.

[ClassicRockSovereign]

It was David Bowie and Mick Jagger, and no. They were found together (naked) by Angela Bowie, and they were likely very, very wasted.

[rosenkors]

Johnny Winter?! :/

[boweryhester]

Just about my favorite stones song. Very rarely recorded live, and best version seems to be on YaYa's Out. Taylor solo soars and Keith finally makes some sense as his counter part. Thanks for this.

[MaharishiMahaYogi]

Wow Awesome!

[patguitare]

Great version of this tune...This era was by far the best musically for them. Mick Taylor was the best thing to happen to the Stones, he gave Keith a real kick in the ass in a good way. Keith's solos improved so much more during this time. BTW, this pic here is from the mid 70s, around 74 or 75 tour. You can see Ollie Brown's fro in the background! Cool Stuff nonetheless...

[bretoff]

I forgot about this tune, this live version is awesome, probably last tour they had this "sound", future sounded great too, but not like this

[kepstein8888]

I know exactly what you mean by the "sound" of that era. Hard to explain, but I know it when I hear it. Few bands can reproduce it, not even the Stones themselves.

[demonsbutterfly]

Mick Taylor was Waking up the boys at this stage. They had to play, really play.

[AdmiralKhan]

Raw, I love it**

[abiggerbangcologne]

Yeah, it's great!