@@wolfgang4078 totally agree with you. Better that Mick left the rolling stones. Mick Taylor is a great guitarist. keith is famous and bad guitar player.
@@jorgeramirezcamarena4904 lol your comment was silly, Jorge Mick Jagger IS the Rolling Stones I doubt you were being serious, however. Just hyperbolic. ☺☺☺☺
Just came across your 7 year old youtube comment about "12 of the greatest nights" on a b-day with Mick Taylor. I can't believe no one has asked. So what's the story?
@@jorgeramirezcamarena4904 _Bingo_ Yes, huge Moodies fan. Those 7 LP's are _truly awesome._ Rick & Morty makes me think & laugh, excellent stuff. And my name is also Rick, so...
Taylor is a legend. I had the privilege to watch him in Vancouver. A small venue ...... real old-skool blues style :) It was the f@ckin best. He's guitar solo's with Keith Richard's riffs were the best ever in Rock history
I played the Edinburgh Blues Festival/Caledonian Brewery...we went on and he followed us. Such respect and his slide playing was superb as was the whole band. I performed there again and in the band hospitality room is a picture of Mick and myself which funny enough my wife found amongst all the pictures on the wall. Honor to have met him and I got to play his beautiful Les Paul...just one of the gems in my life on the road.
Brian Jones played on the original Little Red Rooster... however Mick Taylor was a great addition to the Stones and played on many of their great songs..
Can count on one hand the no. of live shows I've been to in the last 25 yrs., but I was at this one-Bernard Purdy on drums. Taylor as fluid a player as could ever be heard, such tasteful, deep, melodic blues! Most memorable.
I love you Mick , you led me to the slide my friend , which has givin me peace on earth. Please lose weight or the world will lose another legend , way to soon. I see you are playing a Strat more these days , good move.
Does anyone know what the make of that Strat is....is it armed with Lace Sensors or what are they....EMGs or what...?? Appreciate any feedback from learned ones
Why do people insist on comparing for "the best"? Each musician is different. Each contributes his/her own personal touch. Can you imagine if we only had one "best" musician? How fast would life become totally boring?Learn to appreciate each musician for what he/she brings to the table. Love them all and pray they never go away.
@@theartfuldodger935 "Battering his women", bad as it is, wasn't confined to Brian Jones. Many others did so and still do. But Brian's contribution to the Rolling Stones is undoubted and he started them off. But like so many others also he couldn't deal with being overshadowed by the lead singer. They're always a band's front-man."Misogynistic", no more or less than other rock stars.
@@paulherring2434 "Many others did so and still do". So that makes it OK to excuse his behavior? Pathetic. In the end, Brian Jones contributed NOTHING to the band and for that reason he was fired. Mick Taylor was 1000% better as a guitarist and contributor. Brian was nothing more than just another British kid into the blues in 1962. He met Mick and Keith and enjoyed a free ride until he self-destructed.
@@theartfuldodger935 Well Dodger, you have your opinion on Brian Jones and you're sticking to it. That said, by not reminding us here of the shortcomings of other popstars, yet quickly pointing out Brian's, aren't you reflecting a jaundiced and prejudiced view of him?
Saw him in the 90`s in Buenos Airs opening a show for Eric Clapton. Tks to Mick Taylor I did not loose my money ! He played blues and rock, Clapton played pop music in the Phil Collins way. I almost left the show in the middle of Clapton`s part.... Taylor is really great !
Too much phasing on this guitar ! what for ? MT has always been among my favorite guitarists because his playing is so fluid and natural. Especially his solos : on every occasion he uses the best possible choice of notes, no question about that. As a guitarist myself, he has always been so inspirational for me.
Mitch Kenvin I totally agree! Keith Richards is greatest rhythm guitarist but the stones never have really had a gut wrenching, screaming lead guitar since Mick Taylor. Imagine Joe Bonamassa playing lead and jettison Ronnie Wood.
@@mr.d.4175 because he never really played blues or rock/blues and deep purple belong to hard rock which a different genre than what Hendrix, Page, Taylor... would play
The Rolling Stones were at their best with mick Taylor. Best albums and best live. He took that band further than they ever achieved without him. Remember the Beatles had just broken up and everyone looked towards the stones to carry on. Mick Taylor did that for the stone’s.
@@Cream1968 he had to. He couldn’t keep up with Keith R. Heroin habit. He said if he would of stayed with the stones he would of died. Check out mick Taylor interviews.
Kev Dean : We all know Keith’s riffs. Been hearing them for fifty years. It doesn’t hurt to show some appreciation for MICK TAYLOR because he deserves it !!!!!
I saw The Stones at the LA Forum. Stevie Wonder was the opening act, and MT played his ass off with The Stones. It's just not the same without Brian or Mick. Then again, I prefer der blooz.
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.
He's a great guy....met him in ac...he invited me to come back and have a drink with him I met him after the show he's a wonderful man the nicest guy you'll ever want to meet
He was only 20 when he joined the stones and he idolized Keith and followed him full tilt into the drug world. He said he quit to save his life. The party lifestyle became too much.
He left because Keith was knee deep in heroin addiction and Mick Taylor was getting dragged into it. He said he would of died if he stayed with the band. Mick jagger didn’t want him to leave. Let’s just say that there was no rehab clinics back in the early 70s. Mick Taylor chose saving his life over being in a band with heroin addicted Keith. Mick Taylor did a interview explaining all of it. Look it up.
Ronnie Wood was a better fit personality wise. The improvement was Woody wasn't so much of a technical guitarist. This better suited Keith Richards playing style. The reality is Keith and Ronnie were able to weave as they call it. And it helped Ronnie Woods was a better team player. Ronnie didn't whimper like a little bitch , his looks and personality were far superior to the likes of Mick Taylor.
I saw this musician four times in two days. 1969 at the Chicago Amphitheatre. front center both Micks about 10 to 15 feet away. He quit the band since he was getting addicted to smack. I love his playing on ::"Can't you hear me Knockin" Alternate. His tone is gorgeous.
Haven't seen Mick since he was a kid playing with Mayall at U of Manitoba in Winnipeg sometime in the sixties. No one is a kid anymore but he still has the chops
Have you never heard of Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, etc etc?, Mick was pretty cool on slide after Dave Kelly, on normal guitar nowhere near the best!, Sorry mate but I saw them all live, Taylor with John Mayall. T
@@kevinobrien1259 ........Fleetwood Mac in the Peter Green days were my all time favourites yet I stand by my opinion and of course you are entitled to your opinion.. Being in my 70s I have also seen them all.
For a long time after he left the Stones, Mick Taylor had the nickname "The Only Man to Leave the Stones Alive!", a reference to the earlier death of Brian Jones. He will always be immortal through his contribution to Rock and Roll history but he will always be remembered best, as far as I'm concerned, for one of the Rolling Stones most excellent tunes, "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" from the "Sticky Fingers" album waaaaaaaaaaay back in 1971. One wonders what musical direction the Stones would have gone if Taylor had remained in the group...
Absolutely LOVE Mick!!! Met him once. The Stones were never the same and Ronnie Wood was a horrid replacement as he can't play a blue lick to save his life.
Mick Taylor, great máster of Blues and Rock, only stopped those 4 Years that he was with the Stones he could have had a better Cárrer like that of Eric Clapton 🎸
Ha Ha , don't I know it Dave, keeping up with all the shows right now! You'll see I posted my comment 11 months ago, before we knew he was on the shows.. brilliant!!
