The highest peak of the Rolling Stones and the highest musical level too was with Mick Taylor... and the best records especially Sticky fingers was with Mick Taylor
But you guys act as if Miller and Taylor were sustainable. Miller was strung out and useless at the end of his tenure with the Stones, and Taylor was bowing out because he didn't see the band lasting another few years. True, he was agitated over writing credits and the working nature of the band (or lack thereof), but in truth, he thought the Stones were done. Miller, on the other hand, was losing his touch, hence the awful overproduction of Goats Head Soup.
The greatest mistake the Stones ever made was not doing WHATEVER IT TOOK, to keep Mick Taylor in the band. For starters, they could have PAID him. He was given no credits on SEVERAL albums---in other words, no residuals. In addition, his mates should have helped him with drug addiction and got him the help he needed to stay with the band. They did not... With all due respect to Keith Richards---on Mick Taylor's WORSE DAY, Keef couldn't hold a candle to him. Make no mistake, Keith Richards is a very good guitarist. Mick Taylor is a GREAT guitarist. A guitar genius. Right up there with Hendrix, Clapton, and Santana. No doubt about it. The five albums he produced with the Stones from '69-'74 are all classics. The band was never the same after 1974.
Clapton , Santana are 20, 21st. Probably, he's with Brian May, David Gilmore, Prince , Ry Cooder, Charlie Sexton , Larry Campbell Knopfler, and 15 others
lol… yea… only the most successful touring band of all time and still selling out stadiums in 2024. Some Girls, Tattoo You, Emotional Rescue, Steel Wheels, and even Voodoo Lounge were all great albums. MT walked into the Stones when they were at their creative best - it had almost nothing to do with him as evidenced by Beggars and Jumpin Jack. That said, yes, MT was a superb guitar player that elevated the Stones sound. But the Mick Taylor fanboys that think the Stones success was because of MT are delusional and insufferable .
This is the demonstration that the most important in music business is to create. He is the best guitar player the Stones ever had, but without the RS he is just another virtuoso, an amazing one, but .. By the way, I think that the RS owe him so me money, it is not fair that the guy is suffering when the others are rich
This was about a year before Mick stole the show at Glastonbury with the Stones. Mick and Keith ought to go on bended knees and ask him to rejoin the band.
I really think this whole solo sounds alot like Santana. Best thing I heard Mick play in my opinion was the slide solo for Love in Vain. Various live renditions
Es verdad qué cómo buen guitarrista es lo máximo, sólo que con los Rollings se veía como qué no encajaba en el grupo no se movía, muy serio no se integraba al feeling de los Stones era como un poste ahí parado muy seco , tímido y eso creó que le afectaba mucho aún en este video, al menos ya se mueve como músico excelente, pero debería transmitir más.
Would you mind listening to the original on The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers". This here is just very disappointing....I wish Mick was still with the Stones instead of Ron Wood.
I second the statement regarding Wood but Mick has had some really great live CYHMKs over the years and they're all so different. Live at the Lonestar Cafe, or at 14 Below, for instance. Gives him a chance to use all those really cool fused sounds longer than we got on the studio version. I think what's disappointing is the wear and tear he's sustained over the years that keeps him from being "on" every show. But we get those glimmers of the old Taylor cutting through sometimes and it makes it all the more special. Hell, some of his newer licks/stylings are even more amazing than they had been. Again, on a good night. This one was admittedly a little rough but he was, as we know, untouchable for many decades.