My little guitar students LOVE the Stones.
They want to learn all the songs.
With all their iPads, iPhones, iPods, You Tube, Music Software, Loop-generators, beat-boxes, and laptops making all of today’s “music” available to them, they would rather play “Ruby Tuesday” with me on bass and singing harmony.
That says something about both today’s “music” and about the Rolling Stones.
Happy Birthday, Mick.
I didn’t like the ugly basket then and I still don’t like him.
But it’s fine for people who do.
Back in the mid-60s as a young teenager, I can remember spending so much time playing “drop the needle” on my vinyl Stones’ albums — picking off and learning all of Keith Richards’ guitar solos note for note by ear.
I’ve been playing guitar for almost 52 years now, and my tastes and skills have gotten considerably more sophisticated, but those early years spent taking solos off those albums were a critical stage in my development as a player.