Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (with Eric Clapton)

[texman00]

Best "live" version of Brown Sugar ever!

[azurluc1]

Not even the original ! It really sucks!

[imaStonesFan]

@azurluc1 Sure does

[texman00]

This tune has an awesome vibe to it!! I see why Keith consider releasing this version as the single.

[DazedConfused1969]

Mick taylor is much cleaner player than eric

[kaiserwolfable]

WOW!!!!! WOHUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

[202pdiddy]

Man this version sounds like they were stoned, but in a good way!

[oldhiway66]

Because it's a forum Anoush.....that's why they allow comments to be posted. Poor thing.

[oldhiway66]

BING - BONG- BANG!! Just like the clothes your mom laid out for you!

[bananikka74]

cool guitar sound but lags a little, the original still rules imho

[booteefulwickedness]

good gawd..........damn....BANGIN!!­!!!  :))))

[Anoush23]

to all the wanna-be-guitar-pros who just won't shut the fuck up:why dont you keep your mindfucking talk foryouselfes and just listen to this?

[Dukegrievousangel]

There is no way that anyone but Clapton is playing that solo. It reeks of 1970 era Eric, straight from the Dominoes.

[jplew138]

@Dukegrievousangel My thoughts exactly.

[Gremlinko99]

I'm 20 and don't give a shit how old you are

[strontklont]

@Gremlinko99 thank you, these comments are getting old veryVERY fast

[Fruitjoke]

Most of todays music sucks so badly compared to this! I'm 19 and can't get enough of this!

[t0mtreflip]

@Fruitjoke I'm two and can't get enough of this!

[tauntingfrenchman1]

@Fruitjoke ...cool...

[cptntwang]

that is really good. thanks for posting. eddie

[minnesotajack]

The bass has got a nice running riff in this one, but the drum fills are missed.

[straysailor]

NOT Mick Taylor on slide. That's Eric Clapton. Mick does the wicked solo.

[57fxs]

That photo is probably one of the all time greats. I remember it from the back of the 45 I wore out in 3 months playing it so much! What a great record.

[MoaiMaea]

For some reason this song makes me wanna dance naked in the light of sunset in the store of an abandoned gas station.

[AakwardAardvark]

@MoaiMaea hell ya

at the beach!

[MoaiMaea]

You didn’t get my reference, did you :| ?

[AakwardAardvark]

@MoaiMaea lol trying to mess it up

[MoaiMaea]

What?

[oleole52]

what is making that rhythm sound beginning at about 3:40?A fourth guitar?Some kind of percussion instrument?Killer version.

[AakwardAardvark]

@oleole52 Keith richards often said he added many more guitar tracks in that are hard to pick up as new guitars so i think another guitar

[909chuck]

Slide isn't E's style, much more like M. Taylor or maybe Keith havin' some fun. This shows the evolution of the recording from bluesy rough to polished rock (diamond). Reminds me of later "Stones in Exile" alternate recordings. All interesting if four, count 'em, four decades late. Such is life.

[oleole52]

Try to sit still listening to this.Like it says on the record sleeve of Let It Bleed ,"This Record Should be Played Loud."Hard Knox and Durty Sox.

[GYPSIMEX]

MAYBE WAS BRIAN JONES PLAYING SLIDE GUITAR (LAST SONG, OLD VERSION) EARLY, 1969 . WE KNOW STICKY FINGERS VERSION WITH MICK TAYLOR..

[elleng222]

This definitely Mick Taylor on slide probably recorded in 1971 with Stu on piano.

[rizzlaxl]

total myth. clapton made zedro recordings with the stones and this is taylor

[mark22160]

The picture was also used on the sheet music to Brown Sugar, which I bought but didn't help me at all because I didn't know anything about Keith's open tuning, plus the fact I was a young kid who only knew a few chords.

[nublackmusic]

Check out Niva doing the stones brown sugar . she would make mick proud!

[gregcarrsaved]

Thanks to whoever posted this awesome alternative version of Brown Sugar.

[mark22160]

Fantastic! The Stones at their best.

[robielv]

i love the stones .they always cheer me up i've been trying to do my home work can anyone tell me what album cover this is?really.

[fwball]

@robielv that picture's from the innersleeve of sticky fingers.

[MyMoppet52]

Love the slide! Boy, it really ads an edge. Fantastic. I'm 58 so there! Good Music is Good Music. This is GREAT music. Thanks!

[plgplgplg]

Love the vox on this, Mick's and whoever's backing

[swiggy58a]

@plgplgplg Definitely Keith on one backing vocal. Maybe Mary Clayton as well? Great version! Thanks for the post! Don't know if that's Clapton on slide. Doesn't sound like Mick T. though. Whovever the Players all are....this is SMOKIN'! Thanks again!

[mlzielke]

Best version of 'Brown Sugar' I've ever heard. Thanks SO much for posting this!

[Urankar3]

AWESOME song 4ever,great slide guitar-I like it,very much!!***** see you my guitar version for this great song!!!! :-)

[noweedman]

@Urankar3 strange- but jagger to me sounds a lot like randy newman on this track; maybe the days around "performance"- who knows...

[ronnogold]

This song is primo classic RS.  One of the all time great r&r songs. Love.it.

[noweedman]

@ronnogold sounds like randy newman singing....

[AbingtonNews]

That place in OC had the GREATEST bootleg vinyl!!

[gregcarrsaved]

Eric Clapton plays the slide guitar on this. He hated the hysteria surrounding the band and that is why he didn't join.

[gregcarrsaved]

I have this as part of the alt.rock.n.roll.stones collection and it is listed as Eric Clapton on slide guitar.

[phoenixstl1]

Have it on an old bootleg. I've always liked this one much better than the released version. Thanks for posting.

[strangedaysuk]

Love this so much with the slide, can't stop playing it man :) This is real misic guys

[Zutara795]

I just love me a song about raping slaves

[pat976]

@Zutara795 LOL !!!!!!!!!!!

[TheTomnom]

I'm 52 and still love them!! =:P

[Daverotherham]

I have listened very hard to a lot of Taylor and even more Clapton, and I reckon that is Taylor. Variations of the same licks as All Down The Line, but nothing of Eric's.

[lepongosalsa]

WOW...great work guys....let me stand and take off my hat....fkngreat

[Shidooobee]

Anyone who can't hear that this is Mick Taylor on slide guitar, is either deaf or not a hardcore Stones Fan !!!!

For comparison listen to live versions of 'Brown Sugar' and 'All down the Line' during the '72 North American tour !!! ( or otherwise have your ears cleaned in hospital )

[wkg55]

@Shidooobee Sorry but thst's not Mick Taylor on slide. It is E.C. I'm a huge fan of Taylor's. That is not his tone or vibrato. Listen to this with headphones. MT is in your right ear. Those riffs during te solo, THATS Taylor. His tone and hammer on and pull offs.. Total Taylor.. Snaky sounding lead.. Taylor.. Peace and Blessings! There are interviews where Keith mentions that Eric C is on slide.

[RedCoalCarpet]

That's Mick Taylor on slide! Sounds just like the Belgian Affair version only Mick T. is not as high in the mix here..

[gittahfiend]

@RedCoalCarpet Taylor plays slide WAY better than that. that's clapton slide is not clapton's strong suit.

[mythenkopf]

It's Clapton on slide,recorded at Keiths birthday 1970

[hccaos44]

Hey! Cool version. Really like it. Never heard before. Is there any other version of this song - maybe with Clapton?

CAOS

[fistofate]

I've got a live album of their European tour before they got Mick Taylor. Clapton was with them and they did this. I wonder if Eric might be on this...

[fistofate]

I like this better than the single, actually. Some of these songs they had for years before recording them. I think "Loving Cup" was like that... I really like this.

[GX2Photography]

Awesome. I had never heard this before. Thanks for posting!

[cody270392]

KIller version but the original is better

[valdypiero]

It's Eric Clapton playing slide at a Stones Jam at Keith's Birthday party.

[demonsbutterfly]

@valdypiero correct.

[CaptainBluebear08]

w slide guitar w/o sax..., far better

[swiggeee]

Hot Damn! Thanks for posting. This version is so FUNKY! More of a live feel than the one they released. Love the way you can really hear the piano and Keiths' backing vocals. Awesome!!! Thanks again.

[collcoll13]

love mick jagger

[straysailor]

The person playing slide is Eric Clapton. Mick Taylor plays the wicked solo.

[silverhazey67]

dude mick taylor and clapton kills it and you got three virtuosos playing on one song f'ing sick love it.

[angelvengatore]

How do you know is Clapton? i don't think so, Micky Taylor can do it

[flintrox]

@angelvengatore Guarantee ont thing I heard Taylor on solo. I dont remember Clapton playing with them in the 60s

[DrWethand]

Could you please send this to me?

[jimmyjazz931]

dude can you send this to me?

[rubberbutt21997]

send it to me PLEASE!

[TravisBickle72]

They need to release this version on CD!!!!

[hugoegbert79]

This is AMAZING! How have I not heard this before? And where can i get it?

[brownpants1969]

no it's not mick taylor it's Clapton doing a guest spot. Have it on an old bootleg!!!

[dimesy94]

The slide guitar greats---

Ry Cooder

Duane Allman

Elmore James

That is not in order they are just the greats

[TheStealer69]

I would add Muddy too, for that stinging slide he played. The rest out there seem to be drawn from one of these very different style slide players or combonation there of....?

[dimesy94]

Yea, thats a great point and Muddy cheers mate =)

[poisenpen2003]

@TheStealer69 Robert Johnson had a pretty unique style including slide

[univibe23]

I was about 13 or 14 when I first heard this album and was floored!! I remember that picture above--man I thought they were the coolest, luckiest bastards on the planet and I wanted to join them-screw school and the 9 to5!!...but didnt we all want to be a Rolling Stone!!

[allgrams713]

This is the Duane Allman influence of those days.

[dimesy94]

Hell yeah even after Allman's death musicians still drew influence years after

[Stoned69]

This is Mick Taylor on slide.

[flintrox]

@Stoned69 Agree, this has all the earmarks of Taylor on slide. Not 100% sure but just listen.

[BassBuffett]

@Stoned69

Mick is/was one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, just could not keep

up with the drugs and puss.

I think he's back with a new band now?

[san5a89]

@Stoned69 are you sure is mick?

[wellergilardino9]

@Stoned69 Sorry man it's not, 1 it's not his style and 2 Keith asked Eric Clapton to play for him on his Birthday.

[Charliekuka]

Awsome!

[PAULLONDEN]

Thisis fuckin'H☼T...

Not as hot as the Sticky version though ♫

[ChristianSchock]

I have heard the clapton version and this isnt it. Nor is it Mick Taylor. This is the undisputed master of slide guitar Ry Cooder.

[allgrams713]

I'll dispute it...Duane!!!!!

[malaleel]

The master of slide guitar is Duane Allman!

[club349]

elmore james

king of the slide guitar

[mike446211]

This to me sounds like Mick Taylor style of playing slide guiter

[parisianUK]

2:05= Clapton

[PunkDrummerboy86]

An alternate version was recorded 19 December 1969 at Olympic Studios in London, after (or during) a birthday party for Richards. It features Al Kooper on piano, and Eric Clapton on lead guitar. It also features Richards singing the first verse, and loudly backing up the rest of the song. This in my opinion should have been the version released on the album. Great Shit!

[GeppMartini]

It's not Mick Taylor. It's a bootleg with Eric Clapton !

[fujicity]

in this version,E.C. plays guitar?

[BartShore]

wish that was a little cleaner sounding.

[harpo103]

I saw Mick taylor at Club Bene in NJ in 1985. GREAT!

[swacbro]

according to an old, vinyl bootleg LP I have (complete with mimeographed liner notes) Clapton is playing the slide on this...got the record on the Ocean City boardwalk in the early '70s...really shows my age

Philly Frank

[stratocasterbg]

Hi Philly thanks for the info i didn't know that Eric is playing the slide here:)

As for your age i saw that you are 50.I am 22.

I know a guy who is 12 and is huge stones fan.What i'm trying to say is........good music is ageless!!!!!!!

[liamdude555]

Im 12 and my favorite band is the rolling stones by far I know all the history and can name all the albums and former band members :D im obsessed

[tokaicarl]

i was obsessed at 12 and still am at 45 !!!

[kNockuar]

@tokaicarl and i'm 23 and i just love it. you rarely find this music today. keef is a human riff!

[cherrybomb2600]

@tokaicarl

it just gets better!

[cherrybomb2600]

@tokaicarl

it just gets better! i saw them live, back in the day.

[kristoffmcewan]

@stratocasterbg

good music is ageless

doubtless dude :)

sem duvida meu

senza dubbio fratello

nehuma falta ermano

[andy65guitar]

@stratocasterbg Well said!!! And so true!

[jamal49]

I have this on a vinyl boot (beautiful deep blue cover). It is supposedly Eric, but it is more probably Mick Taylor, who played a wicked slide guitar. All the notes on the slide solo are too much like MT's playing. I got it in the early '80s in a place on 8th Street in NYC.

[boweryhester]

exactamundo, and that's a good ear you have - mt for sure. seemless, fluid countermelody with that devil slide we all know was gone the minute woody signed on. thank great post.

[gittahfiend]

mick taylor was the most proficient,I'll give

you that.But Rocking Ron Wood brought tthe rolling stone slide with him.

[ElmoLewiss]

i don't believe it, maybe parts of it are EC, but mick taylor is definitely playing slide.

[Noseheros]

@swacbro If its a bootleg they might've jsut put that on there for more buyers

[x170063]

@swacbro Ocean City (Maryland?)

[chicken011905]

@swacbro it's hard for me to age too because we don't 'own' the world anymore when we get older, but hey, i just wanted to say, you can't help when you were born!  man, thanks for the insight! i just had a thought how robert johnson, muddy and elmore james lit those guys' fire, yet it took a decade into their career when slide was a choice flavor for stones, eric, etc.

[LBjim]

@swacbro Philly Frank. you are so right. My uncle passed away 2 years ago and he left me his vast record collection including this. It is really cool man.. I love the slide that EC does...Take care and enjoy..LA Jim

[hotfudgemoney]

@swacbro Ocean City New Jersey? That's funny you got this there. I got a couple Stones albums around Ocean City, granted this was 2 years ago, not 40.

[e7rachael]

Was Clapton auditioning at this point...or what?

anybody know?

[stratocasterbg]

Well i don't know about audition but i am sure that Eric plays with the Stones on some earlier version of Brown Sugar in december '69 in London.But he does not play on the released version as far as i know :)

[tommburt]

@stratocasterbg

Was for Keith's birthday party so I've heard

[evanguy]

In the 60's and 70's he frequently did session/guest work with his famous friends, often without being credited. In addition to the Stones he worked with the Beatles on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as well as with Lennon and Harrison in their early solo careers. I think he may have been offered a spot in the Stones around this time, but obviously if he had gotten an offer he didn't accept.

[texman00]

@e7rachael

I remember hearing an interview with Keith years ago where he said Clapton asked him "Why don't you guys call me when you need to replace a guitar player?" Keith: "Because you are just too good";