My favorite Stones record. I think this is the one where they combine all the elements they do to the best of their ability. But it still all comes together to feel as “Stones” as anything.
mine too.
it's quintessentially stones and the best line up that the band ever had. Mick Taylor was a phenomenal guitarist.
I’m not sure how many people were familiar with this Fred McDowell song, but I don’t think that the songs covering it did it any harm.
At the end of the day, the Stones are a blues band and I really like this rendition of a blues staple. I know that I mention Mick Taylor a lot but his slide guitar playing here is fantastic. I’ve heard this track referred to as a filler. That’s simply bo***cks. It’s a great track, performed well and fits the album perfectly.
A really hard rocker from the Stones here. It doesn’t let up from start to finish. Great use of horns / brass again which is a feature running throughout the whole album. The thing with the use of brass, it’s used very, very well on Sticky Fingers. Not too much, just enough. A goldilocks moment if you will
Ahhh well. April is going to be a different format. Rather than an album we are going to choose individual tracks from the 70's by female artists.
The group is rather dominated by albums by male artists so wanted to highlight some of the great music by female artists.
Still thinking of the tracks to put forward. We get two each and see how many we can get through in the 90 minute session
This is the first track that I am considering
If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up by Betty Davis
Not to be confused with the Hollywood actress. This is Betty Davis, the singer, performer, a funk pioneer and a great songwriter.
She was also the wife of Miles Davis (I only mention this to make the following point). The fact that she was married to one of the greatest musicians of all time can often overshadow what a great artist she was in her own right which is extremely unfair.
This is one of her most well-known tracks from her 1973 self titled debut album.
It’s quintessential Betty Davis with her raw and sexually charged funk sound that she did so very well
Had our music session and both tracks that I put forward got played. This one got a mixed reception. I was surprised that it was such a marmite track. Basically, people either loved or hated it.
Slow-paced and bluesy and harks back to the bands’ early influences with solid blues and gospel influences running through the track. I love the organ at about 2 /3 of the way through and Mick's vocals are top draw
I hadn’t realised that Marianne Faithfull released this track prior to the Stones putting this on Sticky Fingers. I love her version, which includes contribution from Mick, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche and Charlie. What a lineup so I’ve included it here as well as the Stones version.
The Stones' version, with slightly different lyrics, featured Mick on vocals, Keith on acoustic guitar, Ry Cooder on slide guitar and Jack Nitzsche on piano, Bill Wyman on bass, and Watts again on drums. What a lineup again
Definitely one of the Stones greatest tracks. Sleazy and brilliant
The Stones go Country Rock. Pretty much a warmup track for what was to come with Exile a couple of years later.
Not my favourite track from Sticky Fingers but still a great song and Keith and Mick T are both great on lead guitar. Mick J’s voice is OK on this but he’s far more a rocker than a country singer.
The Stones go Country Rock. Pretty much a warmup track for what was to come with Exile a couple of years later.
Not my favourite track from Sticky Fingers but still a great song and Keith and Mick T are both great on lead guitar. Mick J’s voice is OK on this but he’s far more a rocker than a country singer.
For me, The Rolling Stones are quite possibly the greatest alt country band of all time. Part of that is because Jagger understands country music and sings it better than anyone has ever given him credit for...but he also understands that staying true to who he actually is makes him a perfect alt-country vocalist. The rest of the band gets it as well. Dead Flowers is an almost perfect country song.
The Stones have a great number of country tracks. I have long maintained that they should release a compilation of country songs...it would be a lot bigger than you might think...and it would be a pretty great album. It would hopefully look something like this:
No Expectations
Far Away Eyes
Sweet Black Angel
Country Honk
Factory Girl
Dead Flowers
Let It Bleed
No Spare Parts
Dear Doctor
Blinded By Love
High And Dry
Sweet Virginia
Indian Girl
Prodigal Son
Salt Of The Earth
Sweethearts Together
Love In Vain
Torn And Frayed
Wild Horses
You Got The Silver
Do You Really Think I Care
...and there are several more. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
Of her mystery
And crashing through the walls
Of dying history
hadn't really considered whether the Stones might be the greatest atl.country act of all time. They would certainly be contenders and I'd love to see that compilation album as well. Some great pick there.
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